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Verbatim Fakes At Futureshop? | ||||
| ROBERT BLACK posted 2008 Dec 28 20:20 | ||||
| I just came accross made in China Verbatims from Futureshop. Are they outsourcing to China as well as India or are these in all likelyhood fakes?
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS1 ... ;langid=EN You would believe Futureshop would check their sources a little better than that. | ||||
| ROBERT BLACK posted 2008 Dec 29 21:48 | ||||
| So no one has seen these Made in China Verbatims? Has anyone bought them? | ||||
| Noahtuck posted 2008 Dec 29 22:02 | ||||
| Well....
I buy all my Verbatims locally, never online. Also, i can not find where it states those are made in china ?? | ||||
| Bix posted 2008 Dec 30 19:46 | ||||
| I saw a mention of Chinese Verbatims at another site but didn't get any details.
Have there been any cases of retail fakes before in the US or Canada? | ||||
| Gen-An posted 2008 Dec 31 07:45 | ||||
| I've heard of MIC Verbatims in the EU market, but it looks like they've made their way to NA. | ||||
| libiec posted 2008 Dec 31 18:50 | ||||
| I happened to be in Future Shop today and saw these as I was standing in line at the checkout. Label on the back said they were made in Taiwan so I bought a pack just to try them out. Burned a few and they seem to be typical Verbatim discs. | ||||
| Noahtuck posted 2008 Dec 31 23:02 | ||||
| Well...
I'm still waiting to be shown these are MIC....... Or any MIC Verbatims online for sale in the U.S. | ||||
| AlanHK posted 2008 Dec 31 23:24 | ||||
| I live in Hong Kong. You'd think if there were Made-In-China Verbatims we'd see them here. But I've only noticed Taiwan and Japan on the labels. (I buy the Japanese ones myself, made by Taiyo Yuden.) | ||||
| ROBERT BLACK posted 2009 Jan 03 14:31 | ||||
The MIC Verbatims are only the 10pcs and look exactly like the link photo above. Check the label. Some are Made In Taiwan, majority have the made in China label at the back.. I bought the MIT and I agree they burn fine. Haven't scanned them in Nero yet. I've only seen then in Futureshop. | ||||
| MikeW posted 2009 Jan 04 17:41 | ||||
| Yeah, I just bought several packs of Chinese-made Verbatims myself.
They're manufactured by CMC Magnetics, who has begun producing more and more Verbatim media in China, as opposed to just Taiwan. So far, every disc has burned and played back fine (TRT), although I'm currently unable to perform any scans. Based on what others have said, I'd expect error counts to be higher than those of Taiwanese discs. However, given the stability of this particular dye, there's a good chance that degradation won't be an issue. | ||||
| ROBERT BLACK posted 2009 Jan 05 20:41 | ||||
Thank You Mike. I would assume they have the Mitsubishi media codes? | ||||
| MikeW posted 2009 Jan 05 22:44 | ||||
Yep, MCC 03RG20. | ||||
| ROBERT BLACK posted 2009 Jan 06 00:08 | ||||
The same code as the similarly packaged Taiwanese discs. | ||||
| lordsmurf posted 2009 Jan 08 17:03 | ||||
| Verbatim "made in China" CD-R have been common for a while now, though most of it was outside the USA. | ||||
| victoriabears posted 2009 Jan 09 11:53 | ||||
| I am very confused, why would anyone pay $1 each when discs can be bought for at most $0.50 each including shipping, eg: Taiyo Yuden/Verbatim on sale. | ||||
| ROBERT BLACK posted 2009 Jan 09 20:20 | ||||
The were going for $0.30 cents each until recently. | ||||
| kenmo posted 2009 Feb 17 16:29 | ||||
| I just purchased severals packages of these 10 dvd-rs. I purchased them at Futureshop for $1.99 per package. They are labeled made in China...
DVD Identifier reports the following... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:MCC 03RG20 ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R] Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.] Manufacturer ID : [MCC 03RG20 ] Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4.71 GB (4.38 GiB)] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ DVD Identifier V5.2.0 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||
| lordsmurf posted 2009 Feb 21 03:25 | ||||
| Exchange rates are a major reason at prices jumping a lot. | ||||
| ROBERT BLACK posted 2009 Mar 17 01:38 | ||||
Just a heads up that sale for $1.99 a 10 pc is currently on at Futureshop until Thursday. All the packs seem to be Chinese made CMC Verbatim. They've scanned and tested well so far. No visible irregularities in the dye either. |
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