I'm weird???
You were the one who enlightened us with the earthshattering information that September was the 9th month. I was just following suit.
I'm weird???
You were the one who enlightened us with the earthshattering information that September was the 9th month. I was just following suit.
um, nice, but 8-14 means 8th through 14th, as in days, not sept 14th
hence why he put sept. 8-14 and not just 8-14
The Verbatims at Sam's Club are your typical CMC Magnetics spindle...the same kind you'd get if you bought Imation or TDK (the Made in Taiwan version). They're not bad. CD-R technology has certainly advanced from 4 years back, when it mattered more what kind of disc/dye you got. Yet, people still repeat what they hear from 4 years ago. I haven't ever seen anyone say an Imation or TDK CMC Magnetics disc has failed on them. It's mostly the generic ones with no topcoat that gave most Taiwanese manufacturers a bad rap. You won't see cheapo, generic "Made in Japan" discs often because prices are higher in Japan. So if you're trying to keep costs as low as possible, you wouldn't go to Japan for the source of discs. End result is that the lowest-end discs give all discs from Taiwan a bad name.
You can't go wrong with "Made in Japan" discs. It doesn't matter to me though, whether they're Made in Japan or Made in Taiwan. As long as they have a good topcoat on them (i.e. as long as you get it from a big name such as Imation, TDK, Verbatim, etc.). None of the taiwanese discs have ever given me trouble, even back in the days when quality variances between cd-r discs were much greater.
Of course, if the choice were available and price didn't matter, I'd always choose Made in Japan. It goes for any product, not just CD-Rs.
You can't go wrong with "Made in Japan" discs. It doesn't matter to me though, whether they're Made in Japan or Made in Taiwan. As long as they have a good topcoat on them (i.e. as long as you get it from a big name such as Imation, TDK, Verbatim, etc.). None of the taiwanese discs have ever given me trouble, even back in the days when quality variances between cd-r discs were much greater.
Of course, if the choice were available and price didn't matter, I'd always choose Made in Japan. It goes for any product, not just CD-Rs.
According to the local add in chicago, sony's are on sale.. $15.99 after instant rebate, and also some mail in rebate will reduce it even further (don't recall $$), this is for a 50 pack spindle.
I've used sony media in the past (80 min) with great results. Atip reports them as being made by sony.
I've used sony media in the past (80 min) with great results. Atip reports them as being made by sony.
Looks like the Fujis are 16x - does anyone know if these burn at speeds of 40x or 48x??? Also, remember these can be bought online and shipped free!
Mike
Mike
I picked up The Crow & The Crow: City of Angels both for $15.99. It was a 2-pack that wasn't on the floor. Just ask someone in the DVD section. Nice deal as I have never seen The Crow for less than $15.99 alone. So $15.99 for both was HOT.
Also picked 2 of the Fuji CD-R ($22.99- $10 Instant - $10 MIR=$2.99) and 1- 50 Pack Slim Memorex Colored Jewel Cases ($14.99-$10 MIR=$4.99).
I got out the door for around $60.00 for everything and have 30.00 in MIR coming
Oh by the way the CD-R's are 40X.
Also picked 2 of the Fuji CD-R ($22.99- $10 Instant - $10 MIR=$2.99) and 1- 50 Pack Slim Memorex Colored Jewel Cases ($14.99-$10 MIR=$4.99).
I got out the door for around $60.00 for everything and have 30.00 in MIR coming
Oh by the way the CD-R's are 40X.
I've never had trouble with any generic discs that I buy at Fry's. I agree..if I had a choice, I would prefer the ones made in japan, but cost is a factor too.
ok, i stand corrected. got 2 packs of the fuji's which are definately Taiyo Yuden, made in good ole' JAPAN, i'm a Fuji fan now. thanks for setting my straight all
Fujis are definately TY. Bought them a couple months ago. I have a 100 stack of TDK that were made in Japan...bad luck with that stack. Over half of the discs wouldn't burn any higher than 12x when they were rated at 32x.
Correction: As noted in posts prior to yours, the Verbatim VALUELIFE are the same as your typical CMC, Made in Taiwan, don't trust for anything you can't replace discs. The Verbatim DATALIFE which Sam's also carries are the Azo dye that's generally regarded as being on-par with the Made in Japan cyanine TY discs. In practice, I've haven't found a player that doesn't love the Datalife discs (as burned on my Plextor), though I have come across one player (a 3 disc changer in an all-in-one type stereo of questionable quality) that hasn't liked the TYs. Just another data point.
either Lite On or Sanyo
if it is lite on which was the case with my TDK drive, u could turn it into Lite On 48x and i did just that
They're likely just using old clipart or database info. If you get the spindles and they're labeled anything under 40x (including 16x), the fastest recommended speed is 32x for a good burner (eg. Plextor), and 24x for others.
I know it's already been answered using Lite-On's app, but a more popular one can be found through Google.. just do a search for CDRIdentifier.
I just hope Fuji can keep up their words and send me back the $10 MIR in 20 days!!!
Last time it took me 8 weeks to get it.
Last time it took me 8 weeks to get it.
I'm still waiting for my July FujiFilm 100pk CD-R rebate to come in. Fuji CD-R is very good, but the rebate is not.
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