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Media Sales 3/26 - 4/1 (Sony & Verbatim this week!!)
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spankyj01
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29. March 2006 @ 06:44 |
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I found a couple of the 10 packs of Verbatim DL's at my local Bestbuy. They were located on the top shelf of the blank media in an area labeled "Inventory Overstock".
I grabbed the 2 packs and went and got them scanned at the register, but they rang up at $34.99. So needless to say, I did not get them. If you weren't able to get them at $7.99, don't worry. Doesn't seem like many of us will be able to.
This happened in my FL store.
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29. March 2006 @ 09:21 |
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normally now for best buy... watever is on sale that week.. they now have a table set up..
half the table with the sony's this week.. the dual layer verbs. and some HDs..
makes it easier.
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mifronte
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29. March 2006 @ 10:14 |
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@spankyj01 -
Thanks for checking. You could have priced matched those 10 packs with the Office Max price of $19.99 + 10% of the price difference. You would have ended up paying less than the 20 packs that are on sale ($36.98 instead of $39.99). It's not much of a savings, but at least it pays for the sales tax.
That is how I found out about the $7.99 clearance price at my local BestBuy in CO. I was trying to price match with the Office Max sales price of $19.99. The Verbatim DVD+R DL 10 packs were located not in the media aisle, but at a separate location along with other media marked for clearance.
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delateur
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29. March 2006 @ 16:50 |
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I was at Best Buy today (and Office Depot) looking to see what I could see. Office Depot had a good buy 1 get 1 free on Sony DVD+Rs, but they were all Taiwan (which is still MCC from what I understand, so nothing wrong with that), so I passed and went to Best Buy. Over there, I got the last stack of MIJ Sony 8x DVD+Rs for $15 and I think they've got those Verb DL +Rs, also for a very nice price for a 10 pack (it's under $10, but I don't remember exactly how much). I might pick up a couple of those tomorrow, but I normally don't need DLs, so I don't think I'll buy more than 30.
Edit: I was mistaken on the Best Buy thing. They do NOT have Verbatim DL discs at under $10 for 10, they have LIGHTSCRIBE discs for under $10 for 10. The best that I've seen for DL so far is about $2 apiece, or $40 for 20, at Best Buy. That was a little steep for me, considering I don't really NEED them. I will try to find a good buy on a 10 pack, I think. :)
Cheers!
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29. March 2006 @ 17:46 |
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Hey, Happy Birthday Jasper! Being 37 and having a hard time imagining my 9 year old daughter being 18 someday makes me panic, but anyway...congrats.
MovieDud
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AlanK
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30. March 2006 @ 03:41 |
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CompUSA is having a "Midnight Maddness" Sale this Friday. They have a spindle of 100 DVD +R's or -R's on sale for $24.99. The flyer did not say the brand.
The sale is Friday (3/31/06)6-Midnight.
FYI!
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delateur
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30. March 2006 @ 07:24 |
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@AlanK: If there's no brand specified, you're probably looking at store-brand media, which in most cases isn't a smart buy if you're looking for high quality. The problem is that, unless the media is from Japan (in which case it's probably Taiyo Yuden, as I'm pretty sure that that's the only thing shipping out of Japan, and even if it wasn't, I believe all MIJ media is good), you're more than likely looking at a Made in Taiwan stack. Now that could be MCC (Mitsubishi Chemical Corp), but more than likely is CMC Mag, which is pretty much the worst media you can buy. You're better off paying a few more pennies apiece and getting some name brand media you can rely on. I could be wrong on this, and I believe I read somewhere that there are some store brands (OfficeMax, maybe) that are pretty good quality, but I went into Office Depot the other day and the salesman pretty much said that their storebrand media is whatever they can get the cheapest...
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30. March 2006 @ 07:40 |
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Office Max is crap media ... However, the salesman at Office Depot outta stick to selling sharpies ... Office Depot brand discs are the best 'house brand' out there .. I've purchased countless DVD+R discs from them and the ONLY codes I've seen on 'em has been 8x-RitekR03 and 16x-RicohJpnR03 ... Now, not saying that they're as good as MCC or Taiyo Yuden, but that Office Depot stuff is some pretty decent media ...
About those CompUSA discs ... If you're lucky, maybe they're made by CMC Mag in Taiwan ... Probably not, most likely they're made in Hong Kong, India or China (waaaay worse than Taiwan)
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delateur
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30. March 2006 @ 07:59 |
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@catfreak: Hey, bud, thanks for correcting me, there! I got them reversed. I couldn't remember which was "okay" media and which wasn't so hot. I haven't bought store-brand media in so long, I wouldn't have a clue. I think that you can probably agree, though, that unless you're getting a supremely killer deal on OfficeMax discs, you are probably better off sticking with the "heavy hitters" when they go on sale (which they always do) like Sony and Verbatim. I think Sony is always MCC or TY (Taiwan or Japan, respectively) and Verbatim is always MCC. If you're using MCC or TY, you're pretty much never going to run into any huge problems with compatibility, durability, or coasters.
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30. March 2006 @ 10:29 |
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I think Sony is always MCC or TY
.. You are correct, the made in Japan Sony discs will be Taiyo Yuden, but I have never seen Sony discs with MCC dye ... the Taiwanese Sony discs are coded Sony and use the secret Sony dye .. these are good, but a tick below the MCC Verbatim discs ...
One thing about the Ritek manufactured discs ... they might not scan as pretty as the Taiyo Yuden discs but they will easily play on all DVD players
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delateur
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30. March 2006 @ 12:37 |
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Hmm... a tick below MCC you say? Well, I'll settle for that, I guess, since I want to try some 16x burning, and the Sonys are still on sale for $15 for 50, so I picked up a brick of the 16x Taiwan discs today. I'm not really obsessed with the fastest burn or anything, but I would like to see what the quality is like on some of the newest media out there, burning at maximum rated speed, and for $15, I can afford to experiment. :)
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delateur
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30. March 2006 @ 12:37 |
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Hmm... a tick below MCC you say? Well, I'll settle for that, I guess, since I want to try some 16x burning, and the Sonys are still on sale for $15 for 50, so I picked up a brick of the 16x Taiwan discs today. I'm not really obsessed with the fastest burn or anything, but I would like to see what the quality is like on some of the newest media out there, burning at maximum rated speed, and for $15, I can afford to experiment. :)
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30. March 2006 @ 23:50 |
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im no disc scientist but ive tried alot of disc and the only brand i havent had any trouble out of so far is sony...
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30. March 2006 @ 23:56 |
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oh yeah.... i wanted to comment on burning at 16x... i just bought two 50 packs today (office depot buy one get one) and i cleared 160 gigs worth all at 16x.... (been putting off getting disc for a few) they all burned ok.... i normally buy the 8x but if i make it thru these with a 95% success rate.... im switching... i just use the sony dru-810-a... nothing too fancy...
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31. March 2006 @ 03:58 |
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just remember rare though it maybe you can ocassionally get a KLINKER in any brand of media ! Although sticking with quality brands lessens that risk manyfold times over . That is one of the hallmarks of great media - Quality & consistency - They are consistantly Excellent where the lesser quality brands are either Totally inconsistent - Might actaully get a good spindle now and again ! LOL! it could happen ( yeah right!!) and then get many more that are complete & utter junk ! Or if they are consistent at all they are consistantly bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (More likely) or ( Most likely!) also You would think that a DVD burner Made by SONY would absolutely love Sony Brand media But Being many Burners are made by companies other than the one who's name goes on tha outside ( Rebadging ) That may or maynot be the case ! Best advice use good media & what works for you Good luck ! happy Burning !
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31. March 2006 @ 05:36 |
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i just use the sony dru-810-a... nothing too fancy...
... might no be too fancy but it is a rebadged BenQ DW1640 ... simply the best burner for the money to date ...
And just think ... if you're using made in Japan Sony discs you'll be burning rebadged discs with a rebadged burner
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delateur
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31. March 2006 @ 06:33 |
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Yep, this will give me a good opportunity to put my Benq through the paces (just got a 1655 not too long ago) and see how it does!
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31. March 2006 @ 15:31 |
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the springfield Il bestbuy had 5 sony - 50 packs left today (octagon spacer) picked one up haven't used sony before and not many - mostly + verbs or ritek. but from what i've read I should be pleased.
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31. March 2006 @ 19:04 |
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@actech,
Your Sony DVD's are in fact TYG03 disks, excellent vintage my friend, you won't be disappointed at all.
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Yujenh
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31. March 2006 @ 19:08 |
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hello guys,
been busy for awhile. i just got 4 packs of the mij ocatagnal
sony's. the ones i got are tyg02 not the 16x. i believed the ad saids 8x were suppose to be onsale not the 16x anyways. Anybody got the TYG03 should be really thrill and probably should have regret for not picking up more because its fantastic deal for a 16x TY.
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delateur
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31. March 2006 @ 19:24 |
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My Best Buy had a mix of the 8x Sony TYs and the 16x Sony MITs for the same price. While the 16x are not TY, they're still decent quality, although I'm not sure how well they'll do at 16x. I want to say that mort81 burns Sonys at 16x, though, and has had excellent results with them.
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31. March 2006 @ 19:49 |
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I want to say that mort81 burns Sonys at 16x, though, and has had excellent results with them.
oh is that right? lol
i think perhaps saugmon has, but mort81 is firmly in the Verbatim camp last i heard..hehe
juss messing with ya delateur, im back btw~ :)
as to the TYG03s, i can't say MY OWN success is that good with them, i MUCH PREFER the TYG02s (8x dvd-r) over the 16x DVD-R, c'mon, if ANYONE has used Taiyo Yudens extensively on here, it's yours truely~ :)
docTY~
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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
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TY & Verbs 4 Life~ :)" ~docTY~
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1. April 2006 @ 00:20 |
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i think perhaps saugmon has
Not on purpose yet doc ty, LOL
I've done a few sony yuden000-T02 which are 1x-8x speed and had no trouble with burning them at 16x,purely accidental though. These benqs will overburn majority of 8x media to 12x and 16x. Thank goodness for solidburn/overburn control technology of Benq.
12x on MCC-004 verbatim +16x is no problem on my benq 1640. I haven't tried it with my 1650 yet,but it should be pretty close to the same results.
Definitely at least 8x on all my quality ty and verbatim media!
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delateur
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1. April 2006 @ 05:52 |
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@docTY: Oops! I guess I got my facts confused. I was pretty sure it was mort81 that had done a bit of successful 16x burning, but I'm probably mistaken. I know that most people don't recommend burning at 16x, though, based on actual experience and poor results. I hope that even if this media can't be burned at 16x with good results, it is as good as 8x media when burned at that speed. Good to have you back, doc. Stay well and take it easy on yourself, 'kay? :)
@saugmon: It's good to know that, even if it was accidental, you've had some success at higher speeds. How did the quality compare to slower burns?
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1. April 2006 @ 06:10 |
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I've had good success (and scans) burning the 16x Verbatim discs at 16x ... I ALWAYS burn at the maximum rated speed of a disc and, with both of my BenQ drives (1640 and 1655 flashed to 1650), I get the best scans when I burn at the maximum rated speed of the disc
As far as overburning goes ... burning 8x Yudens at 12x yields slightly poorer results than 8x burning does but still better than most other brands burned at rated speed ... 16x burns of Yuden 8x starts to give more PI errors than I'm comfortable with but quality scores are still in the 90's ... The 8x MIT Sony discs will overburn but with mixed results .. some good some bad
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