Which brand of blank DVDs do you use?

[Chewy]

So far, judged by QualityScore with cdspeed.exe and nec3520/40 5x
scans
TaiyoYuden 4x dvd-r 99%
TY 8x dvd-r 96-98%
Ritek 8x dvd+r r04 90-95%
verbs mcc 90-95%

[jm1647]

I found this on another site and was wondering about the 8ECC vs the 1ECC

Nero CD-DVD Speed's quality score is based on Max PIF.

Max Quality Score
PIF 8ECC 1ECC

1 99 98
2 99 95
3 99 93
4 98 90
5 97 84
6 97 77
7 96 70
8 95 64
9 95 57
10 94 50
11 94 48
12 93 45
13 92 43
14 92 40
15 91 38
16 90 35
etc etc etc

[Chewy]

I found this on another site and was wondering about the 8ECC vs the 1ECC

Nero CD-DVD Speed's quality score is based on Max PIF.

Max Quality Score
PIF 8ECC 1ECC

1 99 98
2 99 95
3 99 93
4 98 90
5 97 84
6 97 77
7 96 70
8 95 64
9 95 57
10 94 50
11 94 48
12 93 45
13 92 43
14 92 40
15 91 38
16 90 35
etc etc etc

It's just an attempt at making 1 vs 8 ECC scanning comparable.

a 99 score scanned on either is darn good!

[blutach]

I use Ritek R03s for my DVD-5s and Verbatims for DLs. So I can't vote.

New poll option added for Taiyo Yudens

Regards

[jm1647]

I prefer Taiyo Yuden, I get the TYG01 4X and TYG02 8X and I just got some verbatim 8X MCC003's . I have used other brands with good results also.

[Chewy]

I prefer Taiyo Yuden, I get the TYG01 4X and TYG02 8X and I just got some verbatim 8X MCC003's . I have used other brands with good results also.

I saw tyg03's today for tygo2's price. Kinda wondering if they just change the media code, makes sense, new strategy already allows me to burn
tygo2's at 16x.

[jm1647]

@rbrtpl - supermediastore, has shipped the 4x value brand to me that have been all TYG01 onetime and all TYGO2 another and people have recently posted about receiving TYG03's when ordering the 4X.


Edit - yup the fw strategies are getting better and better especially with the modified fw's out there for different burners.

[Chewy]

http://www.supermediastore.com/-taiyo-yuden-16x-dvd-r-4-7gb-shiny-silver-finish-200.html

[mastercontrol]

I only buy Taiyo Yuden blank DVDs. There was a point where I used to buy Ritek, but their media is total garbage these days, so I spend the extra money and buy good quality media now.

[Donovan]

I bought some Great Quality branded discs (8x -R's) from Fry's, 10 bucks for 50 blanks..... everything I read about them said they were NOT real Taiyo Yuden discs. I just downloaded DVD Identifier to find out "once and for all" :


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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:TYG02]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.]
Manufacturer ID : [TYG02]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4.71 GB (4.38 GiB)]
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[ DVD Identifier V4.2.0 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
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So far I'm more than happy with 'em too.

[jm1647]

Look near the stacking ring for a 8 character etching starting with GG, mine have GG000102

[jmet]

Mine have TG00116 on the hub.

[jm1647]

Probably different batches ?? I got mine from Supermediastore, Value pack, a while back.

[Chewy]

I bought some Great Quality branded discs (8x -R's) from Fry's, 10 bucks for 50 blanks..... everything I read about them said they were NOT real Taiyo Yuden discs. I just downloaded DVD Identifier to find out "once and for all" :


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:TYG02]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.]
Manufacturer ID : [TYG02]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4.71 GB (4.38 GiB)]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ DVD Identifier V4.2.0 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

So far I'm more than happy with 'em too.

I think they are real and reading here

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?selectmedia=2966#comments

leads me to believe that the bad reports are 90% USER error, DUH!

[BR7]

I mostly use Sony AccuCore +R 8x And I use Verbatim +R 16x when I find them on sale