Verbatim Europe has send out a statement that there are counterfeit Verbatim DVD-R 8x discs on the market. For now the discs seem to be mainly available on the Hungarian market. User PPeter has posted the story in our Media Forum. The counterfeit discs look very similair to the real thing but result in less quality burns. Not only the packaging and printing on the disc is falisfied, also the Media Identification Code has been faked.
Posted by PPeter:
We are facing a very rude situaton in Hungary, counterfeit Verbatim DVD-R 8x discs (with faked MCC02RG20 MID and falsified package) are spreading everywhere in large volumes in our country. Only the 8x DVD-R 25pk spindle is involved. On my homepage you can find a very detailed comparative article about the counterfeit Verbatims (the article is Hungarian, but the pictures make it understandable).
The European office of Verbatim officialy made a statement to help us to identify the fake Verbatims. Now we try to find the source, where the fake discs were manufactured. Please help me to find any other DVD-R disc on the market with this stamper ID on the inner ring: "DVD-R M-803", may be this can help us to find the original source of this product.
You can read the official statement of Verbatim Europe here. PPeter, Verbatim Europe and CD Freaks is very interested in finding out who might have manufactured these discs. If you know more, than feel free to participate in the thread or send us an email.
