24 Apr
2005
24 Apr
'05
11:10 a.m.
My memory might be a little fuzzy, but I think that there was some talk about
how to find good CD-R media a bit ago. I was just looking around (finally got
to Fry's) and found some Maxell "CD-RPro" disks that were Tayo-Yuden
manufacture. Packaging even said "Made in Japan" Salesman didn't have any
idea about
Japanese disks, though, and pointed out "other same brand disks" available in
larger quantities [Taiwanese, probably CMC] So, they are there, but only in
quantity 25 spindles. Perhaps a E-mail campaign to Maxell letting them know that
we approve and notice would encourage them to stay with T-Y?
- Scott
24 Apr
24 Apr
11:20 a.m.
Even better, but harder to find in local shops, are Mitsui Gold CD-R's.
Kodak used to make true gold CD-R's, then they went to a gold alloy, then
they stopped making CD-R's altogether. I have a pallet-full of their
gold and gold alloy ones.
Mitsui Gold's are readily available by mail order, for like $80 per 100.
Tim.
2:55 p.m.
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 Saquinn624 at aol.com wrote:
My memory might be a little fuzzy, but I think that
there was some talk about
how to find good CD-R media a bit ago. I was just looking around (finally got
to Fry's) and found some Maxell "CD-RPro" disks that were Tayo-Yuden
manufacture. Packaging even said "Made in Japan" Salesman didn't have any
idea about
Japanese disks, though, and pointed out "other same brand disks" available in
larger quantities [Taiwanese, probably CMC] So, they are there, but only in
quantity 25 spindles. Perhaps a E-mail campaign to Maxell letting them know that
we approve and notice would encourage them to stay with T-Y?
Hmm, funny. I only managed to find a 10-pack of the same. Didn't see
anything about T-Y on them but then I didn't look all that much. Where
would I find on the disc or packaging that they are T-Y?
I looked but didn't see anything larger than the 10-pack. This was at the
Fremont Fry's. Which one did you find the spindle at?
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25 Apr
25 Apr
1:59 a.m.
In message <Pine.LNX.4.33.0504241454050.2892-100000 at siconic.com>
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:
Hmm, funny. I only managed to find a 10-pack of the
same. Didn't see
anything about T-Y on them but then I didn't look all that much. Where
would I find on the disc or packaging that they are T-Y?
Look for the country of manufacture - if it says "Made in Japan" on the
packaging, the discs inside are almost certainly Taiyo Yuden. It seems T-Y
are the only CD/DVD recordable manufacturer in Japan...
In terms of CDRs, if Taiyo Yuden CDRs are the best, then Verbatim's
"DatalifePlus" series are a very close second. Make sure you get the
DatalifePlus "Super AZO" or "Metal AZO" discs - the ordinary Datalifes
are
rebranded CMCs. The barcode on the 50-disc spindle packs is "0 23942 43343
9", reorder code 43343. If you've got the right ones, CD-R Identifier or
Kprobe will identify them as being manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical.
I've had fairly good luck with RiTEK DVD-Rs with the G04 dye, but I've just
bought 50 T-Y DVD+Rs from www.aprmedia.com. They're Fujifilm branded, rated
at 8x speed and come in a cakebox with a clear top and a grey base. Barcode
is "4 902520 252111" for a pack of 25, "Made in Japan" to the left of
the
barcode.
Later.
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In message <15a.4f6dcc82.2f9d3b2b at aol.com>
Saquinn624 at aol.com wrote:
Packaging even said "Made in Japan" Salesman
didn't have any idea about
Japanese disks, though, and pointed out "other same brand disks" available in
larger quantities [Taiwanese, probably CMC]
I got that in Maplin - "Oh, you know we've got a special on 100 shrinkwrapped
unbranded CD-Rs for ?20". Just for grins, I picked up the pack and the bottom
disc was scratched to hell. For extra points, there was visible unevenness in
the dye layer, along with what appeared to be dust spots inside the dye
layer. Needless to say, I picked up two packs of T-Ys and left. I'm down to
my last nine T-Y CDRs ("THAT'S CD-R" branded - T-Y's own brand).
It's sometimes worth taking a quick look at the CDFreaks.com forum at
<http://club.cdfreaks.com/> - there's a forum called the "Bargain
Basement".
Simple idea - find a good deal on CD media, share the info. That's where I
found out about SVP and APRMedia.
Later.
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