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Memorex any good?
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Pariah
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12. October 2005 @ 03:47 |
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Best Buy has a real good sale going on Memorex DVD+r. As far as quality, are they any good? How would they compare to Verbatim (my normal brand).
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12. October 2005 @ 04:04 |
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Do you mean MEMOSUX!
Beware of them.They have a lot of different manufacturers and the quality will vary considerably between them.Lots of cmags on the majority of those memosux.Verbatim makes a little memorex media,but very hard to pick out.
Verbatim over memosux any day!
Try staples.They have the sony on sale.Some of the plus sony are tys!
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12. October 2005 @ 04:26 |
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That question was a joke right? You can't seriously be considering going to Memorex after using Verbatim. That is a question that has been asked and answered 100's of times on this forum. How did you miss the other threads? Sorry for sounding harsh but it makes my skin crawl everytime someone asks if Memorex is any good. For about 99% of the people on this forum the answer will be a resounding NO!!! If you want to experiment and have money to waste go ahead and check them out....
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12. October 2005 @ 09:07 |
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Of course Memorex are good! Good for creating future coasters and for target practice. Memorex's choice of manufacturers for the DVDs that they market is destroying their otherwise fine reputation ...
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12. October 2005 @ 09:09 |
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12. October 2005 @ 10:21 |
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memosux should be posted as a sticky............ DONT WASTE MONEY AND TIME !
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12. October 2005 @ 11:35 |
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memosux should be posted as a sticky............ DONT WASTE MONEY AND TIME !
.. AND FORUM SPACE
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12. October 2005 @ 14:29 |
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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7141844&type=produc...
$15 for memosux +16x that are likely cmags
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$18 for sony +1x-8x the are made by taiyo yuden on the made in japan spindles at staples!
Those memorex probably aren't going to successfully burn at 16x,12x,and most likely 8x. After viewing those backups on your stand alones,you may have to go down to 2.4x!
Sony +1x-8x: Both the Taiwanese SonyD11 and the Yuden000-T02 will successfully burn at 16x and look great in my stand alones.I still keep the burn at 4x just to keep those itty bitty errors reduced.
6 cents apiece difference between cmags and tys! You make the call!
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12. October 2005 @ 14:36 |
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With the 4x and 8x +R Memorex you can get either CMC or ProDisc - a lose lose choice
However, with the 16x, you can get MCC, Ricohjpn, Phillips or CMC .. in other words .. a 50-50 shot, at least in theory
I've never seen MCC 16x Memirex but I've seen 16x RicohjpnR03 that were pretty good stuff
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12. October 2005 @ 14:41 |
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saugmon hit the nail right on the head. everyone i know that has tried memorex 16x media has gotten cmc mags.
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12. October 2005 @ 15:25 |
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I'm sticking with TY media. I've only burned a few so far, but I'm already hooked. TY media is great!
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12. October 2005 @ 15:40 |
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Right now I'm working on 360 Fuji/YudenT02 +R discs that are a pretty yellow, blue and pea green. From time to time I mix in some Verbatim MCC003 and MCC004 stuff just so my burners won't forget about 'em. A while ago though, I bought some Memorex discs at a yard sale (10 for $1) They came in full-sized jewel cases, that's really what I spent the buck on. To my surprise, they were RicohjpnR03. In a spindle however, I have never heard of anything but CMag Memorex discs ...
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12. October 2005 @ 15:52 |
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yeah i used to wonder what everyone at ad was talking about. all the memorex i got locally to start out with were ritek,prodisc, and richojpn. then the sh-t hit the fan (CMC MAG). i had to stop buying them at that point.
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12. October 2005 @ 17:54 |
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CMC MAG Memosux, in ONE word, SUCKS~ :) some of the worst media out there, not even worth the cakebox spindle they come on~ :) do yourself a favor, use the good stuff~ check my sig...and go with all the other recommendations these other FINE members have suggested.
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Memorex any good?
that REALLY made me laugh~ :) thank you for the chuckle today~
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12. October 2005 @ 22:57 |
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Of course Memorex are good! Good for creating future coasters and for target practice. Memorex's choice of manufacturers for the DVDs that they market is destroying their otherwise fine reputation ...
LOLs..... I like this one, and now let me add one more below.
Memorex is good for spending more money from your pocket. So yeah, go get them while Memosux are flooding at the stores now.
Now, it's time for the MATH:
100 blank of Memorex
35 coasters
65 successfully burned
2 - 6 months down the road, 35 discs will freeze (picture gets pixelate and distort)
100 blank of genuine Yuden
000 coasters
100 successfully burned
000 nada
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12. October 2005 @ 23:02 |
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lol, i like that alkohol, you should make that a trademark reply for bad media threads, ppl might take notice of replies such as that one :)
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12. October 2005 @ 23:22 |
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creaky,
I like it too bro. Hopefully the MATH will knock their attention.
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12. October 2005 @ 23:44 |
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That's funny, alkohol...I've had the same results with Memorex over the past 3+ years that you've had with Yuden.
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13. October 2005 @ 00:00 |
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DVDeviant,
It's good for you then. That is really funny indeed. I remembered my first successfully burned using that cheap @ss Memosux 3 years ago, and it didn't take long (probably 2 months later) to convert into a piece of useless junk (please excuse my bad language). Since then I switched to Taiyo, Fuji and Maxell, and never looked back.
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13. October 2005 @ 04:12 |
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and some people say "the bigger the cushion, the better the pushin'"
personally, I'm a "the closer to the bone, the sweeter the meat" kinda guy
If you can figure out what this has to do with this thread, more power to ya!
JUST REMEMBER, IF MEMOREX DOESN'S BURN YOU NOW OR IN 3+ YEARS, IT WILL SOONER OR LATER!
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13. October 2005 @ 05:20 |
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From time to time I mix in some Verbatim MCC003 and MCC004 stuff just so my burners won't forget about 'em.
well, at least we know catfreak cares aboout his burner....
that made me laugh buddy.... put a smile on my face....
now, hopefull we got the original poster converted !!
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13. October 2005 @ 07:29 |
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lol...catfreak...that last statement you made was hilarious..."it(memorex)will burn me eventually"...dont make me laugh buddy...You guys act like "your" media would still be here if we were nuked by an atomic bomb...damn...My memorex is gonna last just as long as your Yuden, Verbatim, Maxell, etc....bet on it.
And alkohol...thats a shame that your experience with memorex didnt work out...really. You ever think to blame anything else BUT the media? Your writer perhaps? I bet you'd come back at me saying what top-of-the-line high dollar dvd writer you've got, right? lol. I bought my writer(liteon) from WalMart, dude...cheap too. I use Memorex. Been burning successfull dvd's for over 3 yrs and none of them have given any playback problems. So, whats the deal? Oh, its gotta be the media. We couldnt look like an ass and admit that all the money spent on our dvd writer was wasted b/c it doesnt perform well using various media. FYI, I've used at least 5 diff brands of dvdr media with my writer...all successful. I think you guys are barking up the wrong tree. Either you didnt know what you were doing when you tried memorex(you were probably all noobs at the time, and thru your "noobism" wasted your memorex by making "noobish" errors.)Then you heard everyone suggesting another media, got your sh*t together, and learned how to burn a few dvd's. Either you didnt know what you were doing...or your writers, that I always hear you all speak so proudly of, are sh*tboxes. You should admit it, but I know you never will. You're sheep, and you have to follow the flock. Later.
And, yes, everytime I see a thread that openly labels Memorex as bad media...I will speak up. Why not? You guys think it sux....I dont. This is a discussion forum, and your opinions are no better than mine.
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13. October 2005 @ 07:54 |
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@ DVDeviant.......
there are a few members in here who swear by memorex (aka venom) and a few others........ but i am no noob to backing up nor with media, i too have a lite on burner, but it is an oem drive, no wally world part.......
but i'd like to ask this..... why why why, so many people say memorex is bad... nevermind the hype and biased statements others say, this is just a simple factual question.
if memorex media is priced the same as 'supposed better' media, then which would you buy?
and answer me this, and i re-itterate, i am no noob to burning, but why would my media (when i started burning and used memorex) have so many errors and fail, and now i have switched to verbatims and fuji (MIJ) have minimal to no errors and play flawlessly?
same thing for audio media, i at one time, had memorex as well, and immediately after a burn, i play the cd in my car cd player, and it skip almost instantly, but i burn the same audio on a 'supposed better' cd and have no skipping......... same burner, same program, same exact tracks.............
not a knock at you, i don't want a debate or argument, i am just stating personal experience...
nothing that you say, and no offense, will make me switch to memorex media, i will stick with what works for me.... point made.
and if memorex works for you, then i respect you !
i think nothing less of you if you choose to use memorex, if it works, it works.
i just wanted to add my comments !
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13. October 2005 @ 09:33 |
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@DvDeviant -
i'm glad alkohol & gear79 haven't been baited by your comments. i and others have noticed the few comments you make when it comes to Memorex. your're entitled to your opinions, however how about you help clarify something, how about providing some example MID codes for the Memorex you use ?, ie we all know Memorex don't actually make discs but put their name to a (widely) varying quality in disc manufacturers. Maybe you only pick the decent ones, it's just i don't recall you've ever hinted at which ones you use.
i take slight offense being called a sheep when i have a lot of direct experience with stuff like this AND troubleshoot logfiles like they're going out of fashion. Plus even if i didn't have experience, or troubleshoot logfiles endlessly, where's the masses of threads of burning woe with good media, on this and/or other sites ??.
This comment does also apply to all the regulars (experienced regulars no less) i know of btw...if you read a fraction of my media-related posts, especially the logfile ones, you'll see i attack every symptom i can see, i don't just say 'ah, it's the discs'. Basic, common sense troubleshooting is to attack each and every basic symptom, and to keep going until you find the culprit(s). (Granted the root cause isn't always found, but i digress). Only when ALL the other problems have been ruled out, is changing the media the next thing on the list to try. If that doesn't work, then cleaning of burner, and if that doesn't work, it's then worth swapping the burner. Of course there are other things to check too, but when i deal with logfiles, they're the basics to start with.
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Either you didnt know what you were doing...or your writers, that I always hear you all speak so proudly of, are sh*tboxes. You should admit it, but I know you never will. You're sheep, and you have to follow the flock. Later.
- at least this time your insults are directed mainly at the burners, not much directed to the ppl in the thread this time. I now use a Lite-on too, well i did before it was a Sony (rebadged Lite-on).
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And, yes, everytime I see a thread that openly labels Memorex as bad media...I will speak up. Why not? You guys think it sux....I dont. This is a discussion forum, and your opinions are no better than mine.
- opinions are one thing, experience is another. Yes you're experienced with your own burns, that's fine and no-one has or will dispute that. What i and others do is use our own experiences and MANYother people's experiences to get ppl burning again. That's all, it certainly doesn't matter to me what media other ppl use. But I and others will only recommend ppl use proven decent media, we would be giving out bad information if we advised ppl to use media that has proven to be questionable. Not all Memorex are bad, but it makes it very difficult to recommend Memorex when the disc manufacturers they use are basically a lottery. A person who doesn't know (or care about) the difference between disc manufacturers is very likely gonna get caught out if they're not advised that they could be buying decent Memorex one week, then crap the next week (due to not being able to tell which manufacturers made a particular pack of disks).
i'll end this by quoting a reply to one of your previous posts from here - http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/7/216589 as it's relevant here -
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I use it everyday successfully. So, in my opinion it isnt.
- as i keep saying, that's good for YOU. i and others deal with (many more than just one) person on a daily basis
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You guys act as if no one can disagree with you
- i and others disagree with that 100%
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...and probably assume that I dont know what I'm talking about simply because I use a brand of media that you find unfavorable.
- i and others are happy that you know what you're talking about, no-one's saying your experience of your own situation is wrong
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Offer newbies intelligent advice from now on...
- we do, on a daily basis
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...and not bias comments praising a specific media that "seems like it works better cuz it costs more
- no, it's back to EXPERIENCE again i'm afraid
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Sry again for the poser comment...hope I didnt hurt anyone's feelings too bad.
- that's more like it, especially as the poser thing was used back in February too, in another Memorex thread.
i got 1000s of posts under my belt. No i'm most definitely not bragging. I have a serious point (as will some of the other so-called 'haters') with this - most of my posts are bad-media related. Period. Memorex/CMC feature in 99.8% of those bad media posts alone.
As i've said before and will no doubt say again in my time here at AD, there are people who use this stuff and get on great with it (Venom included!). GREAT, and no problem with that. But until i stop seeing Nero logfiles afflicted by subpar media EVERY DAY and a never ending of other posts that are afflicted by subpar media, then i and others will continue to show this media for what it TRULY is - crap and not fit for GENERAL CONSUMPTION. This is NOT an Afterdawn phenomenon but fact. (don't forget i and the others you are calling 'haters' are actually intelligent AND experienced in these things). Period.
Anyway, i'm not replying in order to get at you or keep this going, but to show that EXPERIENCE is rife in the group of 'haters'..
ps believe me it gives me no pleasure or satisfaction to know that most of the problems in my posts are bad-media related.
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13. October 2005 @ 10:36 |
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I have no problem posting the codes for the Memorex discs that I normally use. And yes, I know that Memorex puts their name on-top of disk manufacturer names to sell under the Memorex name. I'm glad you openly acknowledge that. When someone new asks here about Memorex, the main and almost ONLY thing I hear is "Memorex Sux". Which isnt true and in my opinion...is not something an intelligent experienced member here would say. And you insist I dont back up my statements/opinions?! Gimme a break. The majority of your(group) replies are simply "Memorex sux. They're only good for coasters. Find new media." Its not only MY opinion that this media is reliable....its a fact. A fact is proven to be true is it not? I'm not the only one I know that uses Memorex media. In fact, the Afterdawn community is the only place I've heard such things...which always brings me to the "bandwagon" statements. I know that many of you are experienced, but in threads like these you(the group) acts like they lack experience and/or intelligence and/or any kind of professional attitude when helping someone out. The "MEMOSUX" thing I hear repeatedly is brilliant, by the way. Oh, that sounds like you're offering the members here a rational explanation as to why they should go out and buy Verbatim, etc.
My point is that I dont really understand the point you keep bringing up to me. You say " OK, you use Memorex and it works. That's fine for YOU." OK..you guys hate it and that's fine for YOU. The bottom line is that Memorex doesnt suck. Your attitudes on the matter do.
Anyways, you guys know that I'm not on here constantly trying to start flame wars. I rarely post at all, but I do visit quite frequently....And if I feel the urge, I'll voice my opinion, until I am no longer able to do so here. Whats so bad about that? Just hard for me to keep quiet on this subject when I swear by memorex media, as do alot of people I know.
Anyways, here's the codes for the Memorex brand I've been using for quite a while.
Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID RITEK R03
Media Product Revision Number 02h
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 405405696
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.70GB)
Book Type DVD+R
Media Type DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.4x 3324KBps
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1
Complete Media Code
00000000 08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 00 00 00 52 .......RITEK...R
00000020 30 33 02 38 23 54 37 09 00 3C 65 00 A0 5F 14 14 03.8#T7..<e.._..
00000030 0A 0A 0A 0A 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................
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