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GQ (Great Quality) brand: never buy that stuff!
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Fool_Name
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11. June 2005 @ 08:03 |
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Never buy brand GQ (Great Quality). I bought 100 DVD-R disks (from Fry's) and all of them but two were defective. They burned OK but failed Verification stage. At first, it made me think that I had bad DVD burner but when I bought a brand new DVD burner, it had the same results. It dawned on me to try different brands of DVD-R disks and any different disks worked fine with any of my drives incluing the one that I thought was defective.
Conclusion: never buy anything made by GQ (Great Quality) brand.
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AfterDawn Addict
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11. June 2005 @ 08:51 |
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12. June 2005 @ 02:30 |
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hi fool_name
yeah, i mentioned about this brand a few months ago, something about "gay quality" or something along those lines. if i am not mistaken, Fry's is one of the few retailers that even carry this horribly cheap brand. the burns are very inconsistent and i think the catch is when people see dvd media at such a LOW LOW price, they think they have found the sale of a lifetime, drop down some money for it and now they are stuck w/ one of the worst of the worst~ :P
i am sorry you had to find out the hard way, i've tried them before as well and that's why i gave the GQ a nickname as stated above. crc errors were OFF the chart~ one of the worst i have seen, on par w/ CMC MAG~
try some better media, a penny saved is NOT a penny earned in this case...you will regret it in the long run. may i suggest some TY or Verbatims to try, these are actually "GREAT QUALITY"~ completely opposite of the GQ brand and how they perform~
Recommended Media:
Taiyo Yuden 4x dvd-r TYGO1/ 8x dvd-r TYGO2/ 8x dvd+r YUDEN000T02/ 16x dvd+r YUDEN000T03
Verbatim 8x dvd+r MCC003
Verbatim dvd+r DL (MKM001)= flawless no compression backups
"Do Yourself A Favor, Use The Good Stuff
TY & Verbs 4 Life~ :)" ~docTY~
"Its better to be quiet and appear stupid, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
I am always prepared to recognize that there can be two points of view - mine and one that is probably wrong - John Gorton
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14. June 2005 @ 05:28 |
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i too recall one or two threads re GQ media. It's like the thread about media called 'Great Azo' - the name alone makes me wary. 'Great Quality' - hmmm that would be enough for me to steer clear regardless of details !
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AfterDawn Addict
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14. June 2005 @ 20:01 |
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GQ= Grim Qualities~ :P
i actually have a few of these from YEARS ago, not a single one will play even on my COMPUTER~ :P, im sure they deteriorated LONG time ago to non-playback state, but, nevertheless, they are GC= great coasters for me now~ :)
Recommended Media:
Taiyo Yuden 4x dvd-r TYGO1/ 8x dvd-r TYGO2/ 8x dvd+r YUDEN000T02/ 16x dvd+r YUDEN000T03
Verbatim 8x dvd+r MCC003
Verbatim dvd+r DL (MKM001)= flawless no compression backups
"Do Yourself A Favor, Use The Good Stuff
TY & Verbs 4 Life~ :)" ~docTY~
"Its better to be quiet and appear stupid, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
I am always prepared to recognize that there can be two points of view - mine and one that is probably wrong - John Gorton
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14. June 2005 @ 22:22 |
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don't forget AUR (Absolute Utter Rubbish). Everything's about opposites, good and bad, right and wrong, and Verbatim and AUR!
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Network ~ DD-WRT ~ 2node WDS-WPA2/AES ~ Buffalo WHR-G54S. 3node WPA2/AES ~ WRT54GS v6 (inc. WEP BSSID), WRT54G v2, WRT54G2 v1. *** Forum Rules ***
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AfterDawn Addict
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15. June 2005 @ 04:56 |
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it's so sad what media has become these days~ $$$ is the root of evil
Recommended Media:
Taiyo Yuden 4x dvd-r TYGO1/ 8x dvd-r TYGO2/ 8x dvd+r YUDEN000T02/ 16x dvd+r YUDEN000T03
Verbatim 8x dvd+r MCC003
Verbatim dvd+r DL (MKM001)= flawless no compression backups
"Do Yourself A Favor, Use The Good Stuff
TY & Verbs 4 Life~ :)" ~docTY~
"Its better to be quiet and appear stupid, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
I am always prepared to recognize that there can be two points of view - mine and one that is probably wrong - John Gorton
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15. June 2005 @ 05:01 |
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In order to keep up with demand, and keep it cheap, quality always suffers. The only way you find out if your media is good is to have others positive feedback, so as long as forums like this exist the word will get out :~)
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kcdc30
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15. June 2005 @ 21:24 |
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hey at least fool_name can burn 2 at once now.2 is better than one i always say.
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15. June 2005 @ 22:40 |
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@kcdc30 - you've lost me completely there ?
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Network ~ DD-WRT ~ 2node WDS-WPA2/AES ~ Buffalo WHR-G54S. 3node WPA2/AES ~ WRT54GS v6 (inc. WEP BSSID), WRT54G v2, WRT54G2 v1. *** Forum Rules ***
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kcdc30
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15. June 2005 @ 22:45 |
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he bought another dvd burner. attempting to find good in bad. not very funny i guess.
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15. June 2005 @ 22:49 |
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cor dear, it's too early, i re-read a couple times and missed the obvious as usual!
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kcdc30
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15. June 2005 @ 22:56 |
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ahh! the obvious is always the most often missed. i have the same issue. probably why i screw myself first, everyone else second.
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15. June 2005 @ 22:57 |
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lmao, but i usually ending up doing both, then myself again as i spend more time editing my replies than anything else
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Network ~ DD-WRT ~ 2node WDS-WPA2/AES ~ Buffalo WHR-G54S. 3node WPA2/AES ~ WRT54GS v6 (inc. WEP BSSID), WRT54G v2, WRT54G2 v1. *** Forum Rules ***
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kcdc30
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15. June 2005 @ 23:01 |
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speaking from newbie status, i probably spend more time figuring out the damn keyboard than you spend editing.
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23. June 2005 @ 21:03 |
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I wrote about these GQ's (Garbage Quality ) before on another thread a while ago.
STAY AWAY from these Disc's of any kind DVD or CD media.
They are always on sale for verty cheap prices.
I even had a salesman @ Fry's, around a year go tell me that there Garbage.
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24. June 2005 @ 01:12 |
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and i believe i responded to you dabig on that thread~ :) GQ suck~!
Recommended Media:
Taiyo Yuden 4x dvd-r TYGO1/ 8x dvd-r TYGO2/ 8x dvd+r YUDEN000T02/ 16x dvd+r YUDEN000T03
Verbatim 8x dvd+r MCC003
Verbatim dvd+r DL (MKM001)= flawless no compression backups
"Do Yourself A Favor, Use The Good Stuff
TY & Verbs 4 Life~ :)" ~docTY~
"Its better to be quiet and appear stupid, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt."
I am always prepared to recognize that there can be two points of view - mine and one that is probably wrong - John Gorton
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bratcher
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24. June 2005 @ 12:36 |
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I would never buy a GQ DVD disc! Only TY!!! They are the best in blank DVD media.
Now GQ CDR's (made by LeadData) are a different story in my opinion. Not as good as TY or Ritek media but the last batch of 100 GQ CDR's I bought worked fine burned as audiodiscs at 16x. They are a heck of a lot better than CMC junk thats for sure! I burned a few at 32x & they played fine in all of my CD players.
Was recently given a 50 pack of Maxell color CDR's (made by Ritek) plus I just got a 100 pack of TY CDR's from Meritline so I really don't need to grab the $6 GQ 50 pack CDR's on sale at Frys right now.
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24. June 2005 @ 13:37 |
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kivory666
You might be right.......Can't remember, sorry.
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