Taiyo Yuden +R disc questions......and blank media in general

@brobear

I agree on the fw being the problem, I keep hoping Plex will come out with another update. Maybe if some other people complain to them besides me they will. They were quite quick to say we do no recommend that media and the burner has no problem with TY coded Sony, which is hard to come by in my area.

 

Hopefully they're still sending those Sony/TY DVDs my way. I'm down to about my last 50 and it's time to restock. I don't get upset when I can only get the MIT Sony +R, they work real well with my Plex and HP burners.

 

I have a feeling that a lot of AD members live in my area, cause all the stores shelves are cleaned of MIJ media. Used to be able to find it but not anymore. So I will stick with my Verbs and TY's and Maxells all work great.

 

the pickings are pretty slim over here in CA in my area as well~ most of the brick and mortar stores are stocking the 16x rated media these days, the 8x are becoming much more difficult to find~

i, for one, am glad that i STOCKED UP BIG TIME when the pickings were good, i'm sure you guys remember when the 8x were immensely popular for $19.99/50-pack~ media was about $0.40/piece on sale at bestbuy, circuitcity, compusa, etc; but prices HAVE dropped to the $14.99/50-pack level at this point~

the 8x MIJ dvd+r Fuji and Sony available EVERYWHERE about a year ago still remain my personal "favorite" choice locally, but as reports around the country from various members have shown, they are becoming quite scarce and you will be pretty lucky to find them naturally, the 8x dvd+r Fuji and Sonys that are "made in japan" are the YUDEN000T02 Taiyo Yuden made discs, so far after thousands of pieces used, they are my FAVORITE media at this point in time~

i purchase 90% of my media from online or directly from Taiyo Yuden these days, but feel that Sony media is pretty good quality on my various drives/burners. there are other members that have had GREAT success with Sony media, regardless of country of origin, but for my burners and my individual setups, nothing beats a good Taiyo Yuden disc for my backup purposes~

docTY~

 

I'll take TY(s) just about anyway they come. I don't mind if they're Fuji, Sony, Verbatim, or TY branded.

By to way, to change the subject a bit, I found a neat little free tool. Check out RightMark and their RightMark CPU Clock Utility. It lists and monitors a bunch of data for your CPU. You were wondering if you had a Gallatin or Northwood. Among other things the utility lists the core and revision of the CPU. When you build the PC for your father, you can check and see for sure the easy way with the utility. The other fun method is tracking down all those nice numbers stamped on the CPU. For those who like to OC, this is a handy little tool for checking things out; it even gives the core voltage, multiplier, cpu frequency and load figures.

 

@brobear

will give it a DL and test out that EE chip i have to find it's REAL identity~ next time i go visit my father of course, i completed the build last week finally and delivered and set it up last weekend...will update u with the news then, thanks for the software tip! have a good one.

docTY~

 

You're welcome. Which board did you end up using? Sounded like the Asus was lost. Did you OC it at all or just leave it stock? Default on those is still good for a single core.

And to get us back on track, yes that TY is "good stuff".

 

@brobear

ended up using my Gigabyte Pro-G board, yeah, still couldn't find my ASUS looked high and low, to no avail... LOL

i left it stock btw, gigabyte's mobo is not as feature rich in the OC dept. as the ASUS, so i just updated the BIOS and let bygones be bygones it's STILL a screamer for a single core Intel chip and remains VERY cool too (30C idle/less than 40C full load w/ Zalman heatsink)

sorry for the off-topicness, as stated in my sig, Taiyo Yuden 4 LIFE!

docTY~

 

Sounds like a sweet setup. Those CPUs run so cool Zalman coolers are overkill. I still use one though. OC(ed) from 3.4 tp 3.62GHz, I'm still getting similar temp readings to yours. At 3.6 the performance is better than the current 3.8GHz P4(s). I bet the PC you built burns TYs well. LOL

 

One thing i noticed about the sony +r 25 and 50 packs made in japan at my local bestbuy is that the Made In japan said on the package that the dics were created to dvd+r specifications v1.2 but all the MIT +rs were V1.3. Lokked for an exception to the rule but found none. Does this mean that they are older and not being produces by sony anymore or taiyo yuden hasnt updated the specifications yet?

 

The DVDs carry the Sony label. However, they are manufactured by 2 different companies in different manufacuturing facilities (different countries). If you want to check revision codes for the separate media, DVDInfoPro serves up the specs. TY may have done some revisions, but that wouldn't effect the Sony plant, or vice versa. The Sony/TY I have carries a revision code of ooh, I'm not sure what the latest is. Sony DVDs look alike, so I'm having a problem finding a Sony MIT in the bunch, but the revision code of the Sony would have nothing to do with the TY code, I suspect those are in house designations. With the quality of the 8X +R Sony DVDs, it makes little difference where they come from, Japan or Taiwan.

 

BroB,

Sorry it took so long to get back to you about those Verbs....I was on shift for 24 hours and then pulled another 11 hours of OT.

Identifier says that mine are:
From: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.
ID: MCC 02RG20

 

Seems you and Arniebear both got the in house items. MCC has long been considered top of the line. I've gotten a bunch of verbatims from different manufacturers, but it's all been good.

 

Works for me.