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memorex vs maxell
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darnton
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14. January 2006 @ 09:57 |
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i have about 100 movies on memorex discs and have been reading that over time the memorex might become faulty with freezing issues and discs not playing. i recently have a bunch of maxell discs and was wondering should i transfer the movies i have on memorex over to the maxell discs. thanks a bunch in advance.
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14. January 2006 @ 10:29 |
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What type do you use? DVD-R or DVD+R? I CAN tell you this: Either way you'll have better media with the Maxells. The Maxell Made in Taiwan DVD-R usually are RITEK. Good Media. The last I got were Maxell DVD-R 8x, MIT. They coded as RITEKG05 Good ones. Memorex? Not worth the money . Junk. If you are going to tranfer the ones on the "Memosux" to the Maxells, I personally would use CloneDVD 2 & Clone them. Just the way I would do it. You could also use Nero Recode too.
Use The Best Media for The Best Burns! TYs, Verbs,(Made in Taiwan) Sony MIJs (YUDEN000 T02), Sony Made in Taiwan DVD+R 16x, Maxell MIJ, RITEK G05.
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14. January 2006 @ 10:33 |
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14. January 2006 @ 10:36 |
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Thanks creaky!
Use The Best Media for The Best Burns! TYs, Verbs,(Made in Taiwan) Sony MIJs (YUDEN000 T02), Sony Made in Taiwan DVD+R 16x, Maxell MIJ, RITEK G05.
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14. January 2006 @ 11:17 |
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Personally speaking,
I'd back them up right away on Maxell unprintables.
I've used a combo of Maxell ritek G005 and Hitachi's
Really good discs
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darnton
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14. January 2006 @ 11:17 |
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i am using the memorex DVD-R the maxells i have are DVD-R. was just wondering if it would make sense 2 transfer my copies i have on memorex to the maxell discs.
thanks a bunch for all the replies.
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14. January 2006 @ 11:27 |
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Yup,
I'd do it right away and not by Memorex again.
I've got close to 1200 back ups on Maxell of various makes (Ritek, Hitachi ,MIJ)
and all are the same as the day they were burned (Ido a batch Nero scan on my disc's)
I would at this stage recommend non printable Disc's
Ashj
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darnton
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14. January 2006 @ 11:27 |
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instead of using clone dvd2 to transfer my discs, could i not just use DVD Shrink like i have been doing.
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14. January 2006 @ 11:30 |
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100, thats alot. have u ran the memorex through dvdinfopro to see what they are? when i started using memorex in 03, the ones i was getting were mostly ritek with a few prodisc. it was late 04 before the cmc mags started showing up in my area. if they do turn out to be mags, run a scan for crc errors. if thier are no errors u should be able to copy them to the maxell media.
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darnton
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14. January 2006 @ 11:36 |
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i just used dvd profiler on the memorex and came up with.
manufacturer id cmc mag am3
did the same on the maxell
ritek g05
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14. January 2006 @ 11:37 |
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@darnton -
what i do is simply copy/paste the video_ts folder to hard drive using windows explorer (as all the encryption malarkey has already been dealt with on the original copies) then simply burn back to decent media using burning program of choice.
CMC Mag (Ugh!). run away...
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14. January 2006 @ 11:42 |
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Maxell are infinitely superior,
Mij slightly better then Ritek g05 but still Maxell G05 has given me first class results.
my 2 cents worth, or 2 p worth seeing I'm scottish :)
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darnton
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14. January 2006 @ 11:43 |
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this might be a stupid question for you to read but a rookie here so i dont mind feeling like a moron asking it. can anyone tell me in detail what is the problem using any media with cmc on it.
thanks
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14. January 2006 @ 11:45 |
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14. January 2006 @ 11:48 |
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14. January 2006 @ 11:51 |
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@ashj - indeed. i always update one of my replies in page 2 of the link from my sig, with any new Memorex/CMC horror story/epic threads, including that one... :)
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14. January 2006 @ 11:58 |
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Yup you are indeed a force to be listened to,
on a side note I tried to buy some more Verabatim TY02 from SVP only to find out they had sold out......
Just how many are you buying .... lol
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14. January 2006 @ 12:08 |
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no way don't say that, i nearly bought some in the week as well. that'll teach me to dither..
i'll just have to buy shedloads then when they get some in, i've started buying in mutiples of 8 tubs as then they're still in the original slim carton straight from Japan and i can store them easier that way. i still have many, many tubs, but why should they be in a cold warehouse when i could be nurturing them
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14. January 2006 @ 12:17 |
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Heh,
they were sold out wednesday and thursday of this week, but i managed to order some late friday.
Just thought of you and your Sig when they listed as sold out :)
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14. January 2006 @ 12:40 |
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14. January 2006 @ 13:17 |
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14. January 2006 @ 13:41 |
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Don't even compare that shitty (piece of crap) Memosux, especially CMC MAG to MAXELL (Hitachi or Ritek). I have no further comment.
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14. January 2006 @ 15:18 |
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Thanks ashj. I already stocked up on some of those a couple of months ago when they were even cheaper at only £6.49
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14. January 2006 @ 21:28 |
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Let's see now... CMC = Memorex = "Memosux" , right? Then does that mean that CMC = Verbatim = "Verbsux"? Then we have Samsung, Philips, Imation and some others that sell CMC; does that mean they are all "sux"?
Luckily Verbatim doesn't sell CMC predominantly as Memorex has. I have a huge batch of Memorex backups, but they're the Ricoh manufactured media (good stuff) except for one small batch of CMC. When Memorex moved to using CMC predominantly for both -R and +R recordable media, that's when I changed brands. I got stuck with a small batch of CMC +R. To date, I've not had any of the ones I recorded turn up bad. However, I got some coasters in the burn process. My problem with them was getting a good burn. Once burned, they played okay.
When/if the CMC do show up bad, then I'll just do another backup. I wouldn't redo a lot of backups if they're playing properly. Stories of DVD rot and other woes are often over exaggerated. Storing a DVD properly in it's container does a lot toward extending the life of the media. Most media once recorded will probably outlast the technology we're now using to play it. (How many of you have 45 RPM and 33 1/3 RPM records?) ;) Backups aren't really intended to be permanent anyway. That is unless you're lucky enough to live in one of those locales where it's legal to record anything you wish. They're usually meant for use in order to preserve the original. ;)
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15. January 2006 @ 10:24 |
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Quote:
(How many of you have 45 RPM and 33 1/3 RPM records?) ;)
Me, but I'm of the age (almost 63) where they were popular. I have 2 large boxes of albums and nothing to play them on. Not sure what to do with them.
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