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| Seeker47 posted 2009 Aug 15 12:36 | ||||
| Just noticed this online:
http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com/ads/2009/08/14/43798/Fuji-100 ... -R-Spindle I still have some Fuji 8x -R blanks, different color discs from the period in which they were being manufactured by TY. But I'm thinking those days must be long gone. As this is such a good price for a 100-spindle, I'm going to ask if the Fujis are still any good ? If even Verbatim has been slipping the last year or so, probably not . . . . | ||||
| budz posted 2009 Aug 15 13:31 | ||||
| Last I know is those FUJI's are RITEKS or CMC which is crap.
Better to just buy SONY printables DVD+/-R from Costco's coupon book. Buy (1) 100 pack get the second one free. | ||||
| lordsmurf posted 2009 Aug 15 15:07 | ||||
| Fuji hasn't been good for a long time now.
See www.nomorecoasters.com | ||||
| victoriabears posted 2009 Aug 15 22:47 | ||||
| not worth the saving over Taiyo Yuden/Verbatim.
Think about it, you save 20 cents per disc, use 1000 of them, you save $200, and in 5 years time you find you cannot play them, thats $40 per year, $3.33 per month, really is it worth it | ||||
| Noahtuck posted 2009 Aug 15 22:58 | ||||
5 years ?? :shock: Being a bit optimistic eh..... :lol: Yep... i remember when Fuji were all TY back in the day... that was nice!!!!!! Could walk into BestBuy and pick up a 100 pack for $25.00-$30.00!! And knew they were gonna be the best you could buy........ I have been exclusively Verbatim for many years since then.... It all started back in the day before dvdr's existed and i got hooked on Verbatim cdr's. Once upon a time there was a man.... Oh sorry.... I digress..... LOL!!! | ||||
| lordsmurf posted 2009 Aug 17 03:11 | ||||
Not because the discs "went bad", but more because you didn't even try to use the disc again for 5 years. That's the de-myth'd version. | ||||
| Seeker47 posted 2009 Aug 17 11:57 | ||||
So -- if the storage of the discs was o.k. -- you're not suggesting that they need to be played periodically to keep them good, are you ? More like they should have been tested for playability right after burning . . . ? I try to do that with every disc that I make, whether it is on the computer or with a DVDR. But I have a very extensive collection, and the reality is that I may not try to watch a recording again (or, really, even for the first time, in the case of many movies I've recorded off of cable) for as much as 4 years. There's always a huge backlog, and only so much free time for watching stuff, so it can be quite a while before I get around to seeing it. If there is any positive in this, it is that only a relative minority of the disc accumulation was intended to be long-term archival: the typical movie or program I recorded is something I would just want to see once. But it's no big deal to take a freshly made disc and randomly scan a few places on it, to make sure they have sound & picture, and don't freeze up on you. (I do this on a regular standalone player.) It's no guarantee, but is about the best that is practical. I'm not gonna generate one of those defect graphs for most of these discs. | ||||
| lordsmurf posted 2009 Aug 17 15:11 | ||||
| Yes, meaning you didn't notice the flaws present the minute it was burned. They do not magically appear a few years later, you just never noticed they were there.
The problem mostly affects people that burn too much. (Especially those fools who want to "back up" Netflix or Blockbuster.) | ||||
| zoobie posted 2009 Aug 17 15:27 | ||||
| don't insult the fools...ops :D
most of the stuff I wouldn't bother to waste the time or 13 cents copying but I have a wife... :) |
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