Thermo Nuclear Hot: TDK Taiyo Yuden 50-pack 80-min CDRs $1.99 AR - (Circuit City -- through 7/31.... )

[K-squared]

Surprised I haven't seen this posted yet, so here's yet another hot deal for TYs....

There is a misprint in the Circuit City sales flyer. The back page shows the TDK 50-pack 80-min CDRs $4.99 AR ($13.00 Circuit City mail-in rebate, $7.00 manufacturer's rebate). However, the register spat-out a $13 CC mail-in rebate and $10 TDK mail-in rebate - and the in-store display was marked $1.99 after rebates - which makes your total $1.99 plus tax on $24.99 - for 50 Taiyo Yudens.

These are Taiyo Yudens, with the black screw-on cap and labeled "Made in Japan".

*ANY* pricematch opportunity in the next 30 days will most likely make these TYs FREE - since there's no instant rebate! ! ! !

Rebates go to TDK (in Young America - limit three!) and directly to Circuit City (in Young America, tend to be slow but reliable). I'll update this later - time for bed....


The important stuff:
TDK 50-pk 80-min CDR
SKU CDR80CB50T
UPC - 0 20356 47896 4 (I have them right here!)
manufacturer - Taiyo Yuden (100% unverified)

Price breakdown:
* $24.99 - register price // out-the-door cost
- $13.00 - Circuit City mail-in rebate (through 8/03)
- $10.00 - TDK mail-in rebate (through 7/31, then $7.00 through 8/03)
* $ 1.99 - end-cost excluding tax


edits

 

[dlaw]

Aren't there a post which saying the same deal with making $8?

 

[ChurchOfSubgenius]

Not being a smart-ass (this time), just wondered what make these CD-R's so special?

 

[allisolm]

Surprised I haven't seen this posted yet

Check here: Make $8.01 (less tax) on TDK 50pk CDR at Circuit City.

 

[zveruga]

You wont be able to make $8, because both the online and the CC register rebate ask for the ORIGINAL sales receipt. But at $1.99 + ~$2.00 tax its still one hell of a deal. Got mine!!! (4 left on Union Square, NYC location as we speak).

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: ChurchOfSubgenius
Not being a smart-ass (this time), just wondered what make these CD-R's so special?

Taiyo Yuden = Made in Japan = High Quality CDRs = Long strategy die, etc. - everybody agrees, now you do too! -

 

[Bonedoc]

All four on the shelf at the Clearwater Florida CC were marked "Made in Taiwan".

 

[Jhill]

All of them in my area are made in tawain also. (orem utah)

 

[Bookmage]

it really depends on ur storeand wut theyre stock is
the CC in fairfax has had hte same stock of TDK cdrs for hte past 2 months,
half are black tops, the other half are not,
i try to hide the black tops so most ppl get the taiwan made...
that being said... al lthe fujifilm are made in taiwan..
half hte memorex ones are also black tops too...

and u can also ask for a repritn of the receipt at CC, that counts as an original and a copy of the reciept
u can also check the status of ur rebate thru CC at teh cc.com website....

 

[amdskip]

They must say "Made in Japan" to be the good ones.

 

[BMdoobieW]

The ones at the Union Square store in NYC were all non-TY But I still got one anyhow

zveruga: There were about 10 left at Union Square at 7:10pm. I guess they restock like good little boys and girls.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Lanyap

Originally posted by: ChurchOfSubgenius
Not being a smart-ass (this time), just wondered what make these CD-R's so special?

Taiyo Yuden = Made in Japan = High Quality CDRs = Long strategy die, etc. - everybody agrees, now you do too! -

What he said.

 

[spinn]

bookmage...all fujifilm are made in Taiwan?? even the ones that say Made in Japan?? explain?

 

[Nefrodite]

Originally posted by: spinn
bookmage...all fujifilm are made in Taiwan?? even the ones that say Made in Japan?? explain?

no, just some. he said he hides the japanese ones so most people just take the taiwanese ones. which i suppose is good for those of us that care

 

[Almighty1]

All the ones in the San Francisco - Van Ness Avenue Circuit City are the Made in Taiwain CMC ones. Now I know how to sorta tell who makes the CDR's besides the origin regardless of what brand it says.. I guess if it's Taiyo-Yuden, it has the screw on disc on top like on Memorex, Fuji and TDK's. And then if it's made by CMC Magnetics, on the clear plastic cover on the top of the CDR's, there are these clear plastic rubber rings that go between the top CDR and the cover. Atleast that's on all the Philips, Imation and TDK made by CMC I've seen for the past year or so. I wonder if Ritek or Princo has their own distinction as well.

 

[jrichrds]

I've noticed Princo spindles using a foam ring on top. Like the Jensen 50pack CD-Rs at Circuit City.

When it comes to CD-Rs, I guess all these name brands have nothing to do with the actual product. The only difference between the different made-in-Taiwan spindles from Imation, TDK, and Philips is that CMC printed a different logo on top of the discs and wrapped the spindle with a different paper insert.

 

[zoiks]

I've been buying cdr's for a while now. How do you know that TY's are going to last for a long time. Should'nt other cdr's that have a lifetime warranty that are made in korea/taiwan be just as good.
I have bought verbatim/maxell/tdk and they all worked pretty darn well. Last i remember, they were still working
While burning, i had the same problems with Fuji's (TY's) as i did with Maxell's and other brands when I had a crappy burner. At times it would burn some cd's and rest of the time make coasters.
Sure maybe TY uses a different dye. But i really dont care about that if other cdr's work just as good for a better price. Or should I?

 

[Almighty1]

Originally posted by: jrichrds
I've noticed Princo spindles using a foam ring on top. Like the Jensen 50pack CD-Rs at Circuit City.

When it comes to CD-Rs, I guess all these name brands have nothing to do with the actual product. The only difference between the different made-in-Taiwan spindles from Imation, TDK, and Philips is that CMC printed a different logo on top of the discs and wrapped the spindle with a different paper insert.

Heh, I guess the Circuit City brand of CDR's are Princo's as well. The CompUSA Princo CDR's I got were 12x 80min 700mb but were shrink wrapped and didn't come in a plastic thing. I think even CMC discs might have different quality depending on how much each company is paying them since I guess you can think of it like how they test memory and CPUs... the best of the bad quality might go to the one who pays more. I guess even bad quality has different levels too

 

[Almighty1]

Originally posted by: zoiks
I've been buying cdr's for a while now. How do you know that TY's are going to last for a long time. Should'nt other cdr's that have a lifetime warranty that are made in korea/taiwan be just as good.
I have bought verbatim/maxell/tdk and they all worked pretty darn well. Last i remember, they were still working
While burning, i had the same problems with Fuji's (TY's) as i did with Maxell's and other brands when I had a crappy burner. At times it would burn some cd's and rest of the time make coasters.
Sure maybe TY uses a different dye. But i really dont care about that if other cdr's work just as good for a better price. Or should I?

I guess because Taiyo Yuden, Mitsui and Kodak literally invented and engineered the CD-R technology and holds patents for. Verbatim is owned and made by Mitsubishi Chemicals although when Mit went to Taiwan, things got worst. TDK's have different qualities since there is TDK Japan, Taiyo Yuden Japan, Ritek Taiwan, CMC Taiwan so it depends on which one you got. Maxell can either be Ritek or if it's Gold color, those are original Maxell's but most writers have problems writing to them. Coasters isn't the issue anymore since even the crappy CMC will write fine unless you label it with a CD writing pen before writing, you'll get a coaster after 1/2 a minute. The problem is data reliability. With the CMC discs, they will work fine for a day or so and then have problems reading. I'm trying to get rid of some Imation 650mb 74min CDR's. about 30 or so. For free to be exact but you just need to pay $0.50 for shipping Email me if any of you guys want them...

 

[jrichrds]

I have Ritek CD-Rs from a Memorex spindle from back in the day when 4x was the fastest CD-RW around.
And they all read perfectly fine to this day. Since then I've used everything from Princo to Taiyo Yuden, and they all work the same for me. Is Multimedia Masters and Machinery (MMM) still around? I have PNY discs made by them.

 

[zoiks]

I guess because Taiyo Yuden, Mitsui and Kodak literally invented and engineered the CD-R technology and holds patents for. Verbatim is owned and made by Mitsubishi Chemicals although when Mit went to Taiwan, things got worst. TDK's have different qualities since there is TDK Japan, Taiyo Yuden Japan, Ritek Taiwan, CMC Taiwan so it depends on which one you got. Maxell can either be Ritek or if it's Gold color, those are original Maxell's but most writers have problems writing to them. Coasters isn't the issue anymore since even the crappy CMC will write fine unless you label it with a CD writing pen before writing, you'll get a coaster after 1/2 a minute. The problem is data reliability. With the CMC discs, they will work fine for a day or so and then have problems reading. I'm trying to get rid of some Imation 650mb 74min CDR's. about 30 or so. For free to be exact but you just need to pay $0.50 for shipping Email me if any of you guys want them...

I dont think i ever had the problem of cdr's working for a day and then not working anymore! In fact every brand that i ever bought works fine to this day with the exception of khypermedia. Somehow the label is peeling taking the dye along with it on several of my cd's so thats one brand i would never buy.
I bought a spindle of 50 cdrs (GQ) from Fry's for $5 and i must say so far they have been great. Im pretty sure they aint TY for sure.
I do own a huge amount of cdr's from many different brands and so far none are more or less better than TY as far as i am concerned besides khypermedia that is.
I'd buy a spindle made in mongolia if it was cheaper and if it was any good.It doesnt really matter to me if it was made in japan or not!

 

[Nefrodite]

i too have cheapie disks that last for a long time. but ussually its because they've been sitting in cases somewhere the coatings sometimes turn yellow, and flake rather easily. so ur data isn't really protected all that well. but for crappy cd mixes or whatever i couldn't care less about i use cheapies. but if i'm archiving pictures or something more important that i want to last and make sure it does, i use ty

 

[Almighty1]

Originally posted by: jrichrds
I have Ritek CD-Rs from a Memorex spindle from back in the day when 4x was the fastest CD-RW around.
And they all read perfectly fine to this day. Since then I've used everything from Princo to Taiyo Yuden, and they all work the same for me. Is Multimedia Masters and Machinery (MMM) still around? I have PNY discs made by them.

Same here except the problems I had were only with Imation CMC Magnetics Silver/Blue 74min 12x discs and the MMM discs made by my friend in China. MMM is just the name of the company that made the machine, not the actual manufacturer of the media itself.

 

[unclebabar]

sheesh, Nefrodite, where have you been storing the discs that turn yellow? I've had cd-r's that have the top coat flake off (Mr. Data, or as I like to call them, Mr. Crap), but nothing that's changed color so far.

 

[Nefrodite]

i just store em in the spindle only some have had the top coat yellow a bit they had white tops with coatings, sorta like ty but not as shiny to begin with.