Officedepot Verbatim 50packs $12.99

[Super56K]

If ordering online you need $50+ for free shipping. Don't forget you could easily pricematch at any place that carries these discs.

Link: HERE
local circular(shows 16x on sale)

 

[13Gigatons]

Nice price but don't fool yourself into thinking these are first class dvd's.

I await someone to purchase a 50 pack and post the Media ID:

Media ID Quality Guide

The following list is in preference order. The best discs are near the top of the list. The discs at the bottom of the list are suitable only for a landfill. PVC is the best of all, LONGTEN is the worst of all, etc. Note: Some codes may be listed twice, done because a -R, -RW, +RW and +R by the same company may not be the same quality. The format is listed because of this.

1ST CLASS MEDIA
Almost flawless burns with 95-100% reliable results:
PVC = Pioneer (Japan) = (-R)(-RW) ... media is no longer made
MXLRG0x = Maxell (Japan) = (-R)(-RW)
YUDENT, TYG0x = Taiyo Yuden (Japan) = (-R)(+R)
MCC, MKM = Mitsubishi Chemicals (Singapore/Taiwan) = (-R)(-RW)(+R)(+RW)
TDK, TTG0x, TTH0x = TDK Corp (Taiwan/Japan) = (-R)(-RW)
SONY0xD = Sony (Japan/Taiwan) = (-R)(-RW)

2ND CLASS MEDIA
Decent discs, though not perfect, about 80-95% success rate:
RICOHJPN = Ritek or Ricoh (Taiwan) = (+R)(+RW)
PRODISC = Prodisc Media (Taiwan) = (-R)(+R)
RITEK = Ritek (Taiwan) = (+R)(-R)(-RW)(+RW)
FUJIFILM = Fuji = (-R)(+R)
OPTODISC = Optodisc = (-R)
INFODISC = Infodisc Media = (+RW)

3RD CLASS MEDIA
Quality can be very questionable, about 50-80% success rate:
LEADDATA, LD01, LD, LEDA = Lead Data = (-R)(-RW)
BEALL = Samsung BeAll (Taiwan) = (-R)(+R)
MBI = Moser Beaur (India) = (-R)(+R)(+RW)
MAM-A, MAM-E (USA, Europe) = Mitsui = (-R)
PRINCO, fake TDK = Princo (Taiwan) = (-R)(-RW)
ONIDTECH = Ul Tran Technology (Taiwan) = (-R)
MUST = Unknown OEM = (-R)
GSC001, GSC002 = Gigastorage (Taiwan) = (-R)(+R)
CMC, CMCMAG = CMC Magnetics (Taiwan) = (+R)
PHILIPS = Philips (Taiwan) = (+RW)

4TH CLASS MEDIA
Pathetic garbage media, landfill material, about 0-50% success rate:
CMC, CMCMAG = CMC Magnetics (Taiwan) = (-R)
PIODATA, PIO = LeadData/ Ritek (Taiwan) = (-R))(+R)
OPTODISC = Optodisc (Taiwan) = (+R)(+RW)
LONGTEN = Jilin Qingda (China) = (-R)
YIJHAN = Yi Jhan Technology (Taiwan) = (-R)
ALL FAKE MEDIA = mostly InfoSmart (HK), E-Net (UK) and Mitsui (USA,Europe)
AN31, AN32, ANWELL, AN30 = "default" stamper code (usually Infosmart) = (-R)
AML = Advance Media Limited (Taiwan) = (-R)
INFOSMART, ISO001 = Infosmart (China) = (-R)(+R)
DAXON = BenQ/Acer (+R)(-R)
VANGUARD, VDSPMS = Unknown OEM = (-R)
UME001 = UmeDisc (Hong Kong) = (-R)
WFKA = Wealthfair Investment (China) = (-R)(+R)

ANYTHING ELSE = Unknown OEM or NEW

 

[Super56K]

Nice little post and all, but in store these are 16x. Should be 16x that you get online as well. 16x Verbatim media is ONLY MCC. Nothing on Videohelp.com that says otherwise. So don't fool yourself, these are 1st class media.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: Super56K
Nice little post and all, but in store these are 16x. Should be 16x that you get online as well. 16x Verbatim media is ONLY MCC. Nothing on Videohelp.com that says otherwise. So don't fool yourself, these are 1st class media.

Aren't MCC the ones they began to out source to other plants and the quality went down ?

 

[Mallow]

Originally posted by: Super56K
Nice little post and all, but in store these are 16x. Should be 16x that you get online as well. 16x Verbatim media is ONLY MCC. Nothing on Videohelp.com that says otherwise. So don't fool yourself, these are 1st class media.

I couldn't even find online what speed these are.

 

[Super56K]

It says that they're 16x in their local ad: here

I should have posted that link in the original post anyways. I think I'll swap 'em out.

 

[Super56K]

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

Originally posted by: Super56K
Nice little post and all, but in store these are 16x. Should be 16x that you get online as well. 16x Verbatim media is ONLY MCC. Nothing on Videohelp.com that says otherwise. So don't fool yourself, these are 1st class media.

Aren't MCC the ones they began to out source to other plants and the quality went down ?

From your own source: "Verbatim became infamous by switching from high-quality MCC to ultra-cheap CMC (CMC Magnetics) media, although they have since returned to using MCC." About them outsourcing I think I remember reading something about them letting other labelers use the MCC code with lower standards, but I haven't heard anything about Verbatim making lower quality MCC media.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: Super56K

Originally posted by: 13Gigatons

Originally posted by: Super56K
Nice little post and all, but in store these are 16x. Should be 16x that you get online as well. 16x Verbatim media is ONLY MCC. Nothing on Videohelp.com that says otherwise. So don't fool yourself, these are 1st class media.

Aren't MCC the ones they began to out source to other plants and the quality went down ?

From your own source: "Verbatim became infamous by switching from high-quality MCC to ultra-cheap CMC (CMC Magnetics) media, although they have since returned to using MCC." About them outsourcing I think I remember reading something about them letting other labelers use the MCC code with lower standards, but I haven't heard anything about Verbatim making lower quality MCC media.

The quality of MCC was apparently dropping after moving to tiawan. Some people were complaing on another forum.

Anybody who buys these should do a burn at 16x and then use Nero CD-DVD speed to see what quality the disc burned at.

At this price these would be a steal if the quality was first class still.

 

[conehead433]

Video Help Verbatim 16x

Looks like MCC to me. I'll probably pick up at least one pack today. I don't need discs, but I have finally managed to use up all my 4x discs and am working on using all my 8x discs. By that time I'll have a few hundred 16x discs. I can now burn a DVD faster than my first CD burner could burn a CD. Too funny.

 

[nealh]

IMHO..if these are MCC004 they are best burnt at 12x and if so ..like a previous spindle can rival TY02

 

[sindows]

I managed to get 2 packs of the -r variety for $17 and change
I pmed at OM and then used a $10 off $20 coupon that I got in the mail. The stuff at the bottom of this post is what media they are according to dvdidentifier. I don't know if they're fakes or not...


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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:MCC 03RG20 ]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [MCC 03RG20 ]
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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[steaming79]

i bought a spindle of these verbatims a week or so ago. i've gone thru nearly half of em already. they've all burned at 16x on my plextor with nero. no coasters either. i dig em, so stop talking smack about verbatim (if you are). OD is owning on great dvd media deals, too bad they can't keep that stuff in stock all the time.

 

[isekii]

I wish these were the printable

 

[videopho]

Originally posted by: isekii
I wish these were the printable

Me too but still shoping for a Lightscribe dvd burner so you will not need the printable ones anymore.

 

[Wompa164]

Can anyone post a picture of the labels on these? I'm kind of picky when it comes to writing space, I wanted to make sure there is lots of room.

 

[hytek369]

decent deal

 

[Wompa164]

Good deal. I just pricematched to Officemax for their 115% and got a 50pack of -Rs for $9.

 

[RISman]

Same here...OfficeMax comes through in the clutch! -Excellent find!

 

[The_Dude8]

bestbuy has 100 pack of memorex 16x dvd-r or dvd+r for $19.99.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...yId=pcmcat65200050026&id=1110264240514

in store, it's 19.99.