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Santa_Ape

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15. January 2006 @ 12:53

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I was looking at the media thread trying to figure out what kind of DVD-R's to buy, and this part confused me:

1ST CLASS MEDIA
Almost flawless burns with 95-100% reliable results:
PVC = Pioneer (Japan) = (-R)(-RW) ... media is no longer made
MXLRG0x = Maxell (Japan) = (-R)(-RW)
YUDENT, TYG0x = Taiyo Yuden (Japan) = (-R)(+R)
MCC, MKM = Mitsubishi Chemicals (Singapore/Taiwan) = (-R)(-RW)(+R)(+RW)
TDK, TTG0x, TTH0x = TDK Corp (Taiwan/Japan) = (-R)(-RW)
SONY0xD = Sony (Japan/Taiwan) = (-R)(-RW)

my personal preference after trying all those above is taiyo yuden (YUDENT, TYG0x = Taiyo Yuden (Japan) = (+R)(-R))it's cheaper and burns with less PIF than verbatim and all those others for that matter. next is TDK, TTG0x, TTH0x = TDK Corp (Taiwan/Japan) = (-R). then MXLRG0x = Maxell (Japan) = (-R).

OK, what I want to know is what are these things: MXLRG0x, TYG0x, TTG0x, SONY0xD, ect.

Do They stand for a model type by the company because I'd much rather not order DVD-R's over the internet, and I see the same brand of DVD-R's at Best Buy that I can Pick Up at the store but I don't see any of those things that I dont understand what they mean.

Somebody Please Help Me!

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xhardc0re

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23. January 2006 @ 19:50

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They are media codes. Go ahead & launch DVD Decrypter. Now look on the right hand side in the rectangular box. With a DVD-R or DVD+R (not a CD....DVD Decrypter *does* burn CDs but doesn't give media info) in the drive, it will give you a media code. You can tell media apart by looking at that code. If you get YUDENT or TYG0x, you know you have excellent media. If you get CMC or some other crap (look in my signature), then the media sucks.

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