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| Should I buy DVD-R with no brand name? | ||||
| greglee posted 2008 Aug 15 01:55 | ||||
| I saw some online vendors selling DVD-Rs which have no brand/manufacturer on the label; but is just advertised as:
Grade A 8X DVD-R 4.7GB White Inkjet Hub Printable In fact here is one example: http://www.checkoutstore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DVDR8WI&CartID=1 Are these discs reliable? | ||||
| lordsmurf posted 2008 Aug 15 02:00 | ||||
| No.
It's probably fakes or crap. Not worth the money. The price is not very good anyway. I can get Verbatim (archival-grade MCC/MKM) media for $25+tax in 100-spindles. Why buy unknown junk? | ||||
| greglee posted 2008 Aug 15 17:45 | ||||
| [quote="lordsmurf"]No.
It's probably fakes or crap. Not worth the money. The price is not very good anyway. I can get Verbatim (archival-grade MCC/MKM) media for $25+tax in 100-spindles. Why buy unknown junk?[/quote] I see, does "Grade A" mean anything? | ||||
| FulciLives posted 2008 Aug 15 17:57 | ||||
| I buy Taiyo Yuden at RIMA.COM
The 100 pack of Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD-R discs = $25.99 + shipping Not only is this fairly inexpensive but it is simply the BEST blank media money can buy. Period. - John "FulciLives" Coleman P.S. The Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD-R White Inkjet - Hub Printable = $31.99 + shipping | ||||
| samijubal posted 2008 Aug 15 19:00 | ||||
| If you want to deal with a rebate, Verbatim rebates are the fastest I've ever done about a month usually, you can get 100 Verbatim DVD-Rs for $19 at Buy.com. They aren't printables. | ||||
| DereX888 posted 2008 Aug 15 23:22 | ||||
Its just marketing bullshit. Think of it that way: i.e. "Grade A" made in India by CMC is probably not even "Grade Z" by Taiyo Yuden (if there ever was and they had such grade). Why save FEW PENNIES per crappy blank disc, when you could be using simply the best ones? Its not like you are going to burn 1000 of them, and if you did - that would save you maybe just enough for maybe an extra spindle (at best) of a crappy blanks... which you would probably waste on replacing "bad burn" discs anyways... ;) | ||||
| lordsmurf posted 2008 Aug 16 00:49 | ||||
| Correct: "It's just marketing bullshit." |
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