Bought a spindle of 100 Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R on Ebay. Ran them through Nero and got this reading.
Manufacturer ID TYG02
Supported Speed 8x-4x
On the inner hub of the disc, it has this stamping...YG521A108089GG
Can I be assured these are real deal TYs or is something foul here?
May have jumped the gun on this posting.
Using DVDidentifyer, it states this is authentic TY media.
Am I safe to assume these reads are correct?
Just not 100% sure as of yet....don't know what you're buying on Ebay these days.
let me put ur mind to rest...this coding that you have posted up on here, per chance is it from the CLEAR PLASTIC FAR INNER HUB part of the disc? it seems to be "etched in", rather than "laser inscribed?"
hehe, ok, this is what you should do...just OUTSIDE of this "inner hub" reading on the CLEAR part of the disc, you SHOULD see a "laser inscribed" reading that is on the SILVER PORTION of the disc, where the silver part begins and the "clear part" ends...THERE you will find the GG000xxx that i speak of in my thread~ :)
i'm thinking about re-wording what i mean when i say "inner hub" reading in my posts, some people are getting confused as to what i actually mean...this was not my intention, i just couldn't find a "better word" for it...
anyways, the Taiyo Yudens 8x DVD-R discs you got in your hands SHOULD be genuine, you are looking at a different "inner hub" reading than what i was referring to, the inner hub readings from my thread are on the beginning of the SILVER part near the hub and are "laser inscribed" on, rather than seemingly "etched" in the clear portion of the disc...
please confirm to make sure i am correct, i am 99% sure that you got AUTHENTIC TYs, however, to "seal the deal", you WILL need to find the GG000xxx hub reading on the silver portion of the disc to be 100% certain~ :)
do not trust dvdidentifier/dvdinfopro, etc. 100% when it comes to MEDIA ID coding, these are EASILY FALSIFIED and easily faked from shady media companies...namely the TYG02 coding by Taiyo Yuden..these are probably the MOST prevalent of the "fake MID" codings out there in the world today...
follow my 3 rules/guidelines for determining AUTHENTIC TYs, ALL 3 must be adhered by in order to validate a genuine claim
rated speed must be correct/ media id coding must be correct/ "inner hub" coding must also be correct....and obviously, the media MUST be "made in japan" :)
docTY~
please double check for me to let me know that i am right about this, i'm somewhat inebriated right now, but i still have the ability to reason...to a certain extent... :)
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."
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