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Official docTY Taiyo Yuden thread
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17. August 2006 @ 10:38 |
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@ frbernard hope I didn't sound sarcastic it wasn't meant to be and no reason to apologize to me , i'm the master at making boo boos.I'll get back with you tonight on using Nero if you have no luck. Happy burnin Chris
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17. August 2006 @ 10:47 |
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if thats the only difference between the 1650 and 1655 is the light scribe. i really dont need the light scribe seeing i do have my hp that does the light scribe. plus newegg has a $3 discount on the 1650 right now... i cant beleive that a drive that good for 27 buck and once again i paid 106 for my hp
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17. August 2006 @ 10:51 |
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I paid over $200.00 for my ext. Plextor 716 and it sits by the way side now because I mainly use the Benqs unbeleivable drives for the money. Chris
Edit I'm really bad now thought this was the other thread I was in last night. Chris
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17. August 2006 @ 13:39 |
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@cincyrob
I too had a lightscribe LG and so i chose the DW1650 from newegg. I would stick with newegg and get the 1650 and pass on the 1655 with lightscribe. Present lightscribe technology has been a flop, IMHO.
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17. August 2006 @ 13:46 |
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@cincyrob
get the Benq 1650 from newegg~ :) LOL
docTY
Recommended Media:
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."
I am always prepared to recognize that there can be two points of view - mine and one that is probably wrong - John Gorton
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17. August 2006 @ 14:33 |
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the doc has spoken 1650 it is. but i gotta wait till newegg gets some in.. i think doc might have purchases all of the drives along with those TY's..lol
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17. August 2006 @ 14:46 |
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LOL cincyrob
i only have (3) three Benq 1650s, and mine aren't from newegg! i paid a premium for 2 of them from ncix (Canadian company) before they were available here in the U.S. ($60 U.S. a piece, so double of what they are going for now) the prices have dropped so dramatically that once they are in stock again, i see no REAL reason not to get one, you're getting it at 1/2 the price i paid for mine and i've had nothing but success on the 1650 (probably about 1,200 burns total on the two units i currently have in my systems) :)
as i've said so many times in various other threads, these Benqs are IMHO, the "best bang for the buck" drives available on the market today~ :)
docTY
Recommended Media:
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."
I am always prepared to recognize that there can be two points of view - mine and one that is probably wrong - John Gorton
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17. August 2006 @ 14:50 |
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Rig #1 Asus Rampage Formula Mobo, Intel Core2Quad Q9450 CPU @ 3.55ghz, 2gb Corsair DDR2 1066 Dominator Ram @ 5-5-5-15, TR Ultra 120 Extreme w/ Scythe 9 blade 110 cfm 120mm Fan HSF, HIS Radeon 512mb HD3850 IceQ TurboX GPU, Corsair 620HX P/S, CM Stacker 830 Evo Case, Rig #2 Asus P5W DH Deluxe Mobo, Intel C2D E6600 CPU @ 3.6ghz, 2gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Ram @ 4-4-4-12-2t, Zalman CNPS9500LED HSF, Sapphire Radeon X850XT PE GPU, Corsair 620HX P/S, Cooler Master Mystique Case, Viewsonic 20.1" Widescreen Digital LCD Monitor, Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1 THX Desktop Speakers, http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=348351 http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=236435 |
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17. August 2006 @ 15:06 |
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@CincyRob, even though we disagree on good baseball teams, we can agree on staying with Newegg.com, I have never used them but have heard enough/seen enough to make me leary of tigerdirect.com
Just my 2˘ from a second place soon to be first place team fan.
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17. August 2006 @ 15:12 |
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@CincyRob as stated by blivetNC I to will take New egg over Tiger 2 sour dealings with Tiger was enough and Neweggs customer service has been outstanding with me.Just my 1/2 cent. LOL government got the other 1 1/2! Chris
I've also had Quality service from Meritline too. Chris
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17. August 2006 @ 15:15 |
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I prefer newegg too but I have never had any problems with meritline either.
Rig #1 Asus Rampage Formula Mobo, Intel Core2Quad Q9450 CPU @ 3.55ghz, 2gb Corsair DDR2 1066 Dominator Ram @ 5-5-5-15, TR Ultra 120 Extreme w/ Scythe 9 blade 110 cfm 120mm Fan HSF, HIS Radeon 512mb HD3850 IceQ TurboX GPU, Corsair 620HX P/S, CM Stacker 830 Evo Case, Rig #2 Asus P5W DH Deluxe Mobo, Intel C2D E6600 CPU @ 3.6ghz, 2gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 Ram @ 4-4-4-12-2t, Zalman CNPS9500LED HSF, Sapphire Radeon X850XT PE GPU, Corsair 620HX P/S, Cooler Master Mystique Case, Viewsonic 20.1" Widescreen Digital LCD Monitor, Klipsch Promedia Ultra 5.1 THX Desktop Speakers, http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=348351 http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=236435 |
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17. August 2006 @ 16:16 |
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You guys are scaring me on the Tigerdirect thing. I have used them in the past for simple stuff, media before I knew about the good stuff and cheap hardware. And now I have purchased (on Monday) some new computer parts. No media because I can get it cheaper in town or from Meritline. I was going to PM aabbccdd, but I have bugged him enough in the past. Thanks buddy for your help. Are they poorly rated, sell fake stuff, or just bad service? I know Newegg is great but had some problems with them sending to a different address so decided to go with Tiger because they would let me sent it somewhere other than my house. Had stuff ripped off before sitting on the front porch. :( Got it covered by UPS though so no biggie for me. I ordered the BenQ DW-1655 because they didn't have the DW-1650 and I thought the Lightscribe thing might be of some use. Give me the scoop guys (gurus) and I will convert once again. LOL. Thanks in advance for the grilling. :P
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17. August 2006 @ 16:23 |
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Having different billing and shipping addresses should not be an issue at NewEgg. I've had plenty of items sent to my job that I ordered from them (NewEgg)...
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System 2: Core2Duo E6400 O/Ced @ 3.2 GHz, Gigabyte GA 965P S3 mobo, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, 2GB PC6400 RAM, PNY GeForce 6600, Hyundai B70A 17" LCD. |
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17. August 2006 @ 16:24 |
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Same here with Newegg, I'm never home during the day and it always seems to rain when my box is on the front porch. Besides, there is always someone at work to sign for my goodies, namely..Me!.
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17. August 2006 @ 16:33 |
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@mort81
thanks for the link but meritline is out of stock also guess its not ment for me to get one of these drives....
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17. August 2006 @ 16:36 |
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Do you guys have the work address on your credit card bill so they will send it there? This is what they told me and I have not added it yet but I will as soon as possible. Don't want to exclude Newegg from my ordering list. lol. Thanks for quick responses.
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17. August 2006 @ 17:16 |
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I have been using TY's for about a month now and have used about 30 or so discs. I have to say that my experience has been flawless and I am very satisfied. I'm glad I dumped memorex! Thanks to everyone for your help!
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17. August 2006 @ 17:44 |
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@evilmunke
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I have been using TY's for about a month now and have used about 30 or so discs. I have to say that my experience has been flawless and I am very satisfied. I'm glad I dumped memorex! Thanks to everyone for your help!
glad you have had success w/ the TYs...may you have continued success with them for months to come~ :)
@greensman
yeah, you have to call your credit card issuer and add an "alternate address" onto your credit card on file in their system, after that, when you need to have a company ship your purchased product to a diff. address, it will verify properly and you can have it sent/delivered to ANY address that you add to the credit card company's record of you on file~ :)
@all
i actually ordered my other Benq 1650 from meritline months ago, i received it next day (being in CA and driving distance from their warehouse LOL) with no shipping problems whatsoever. as for tigerdirect, i've ordered from them before on quite a few occassions, but the only probs. i encountered from them were their customer support dept. where they WOULD NOT honor my $50 rebate on an older lcd monitor i purchased from them years ago (filled out rebate form properly, even sent the UPC coding along with original receipt via USPS certified mail so i KNEW they received it within the given time frame of the rebate, they obviously couldn't give me the excuse that they "never received it" because i had proof from USPS the exact day and time that it was delivered...needless to say, i never got my rebate, but i later sold the LCD monitor for the same price i paid used only for about 3 months)...which is enough FOR ME PERSONALLY to never deal with mail-in rebates ever again if i can avoid it~ :) other than that, they have competitive pricing on MANY parts and shipping times were never a problem from my own experiences.
i prefer newegg for computer components however because they have been a pleasure to work with and i get everything within 2 days maximum (being in CA once again) the only factor that would convince me otherwise to purchase from another vendor is the CA sales tax i pay on everything from these reputable west-coast retailers. when your order is to the tune of thousands of dollars, CA sales tax will tack another few hundred onto it, so i look elsewhere if that is the case and i can buy identical products out-of-state for a lower shipped/non CA sales taxed price, it's all about price shopping for the lowest SHIPPED/taxed price... :)
docTY
Recommended Media:
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."
I am always prepared to recognize that there can be two points of view - mine and one that is probably wrong - John Gorton
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17. August 2006 @ 18:01 |
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I just called customer service on my bank and explained the deal with them, they were happy. I was happy, no more wet packages on the front porch.
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17. August 2006 @ 18:05 |
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I wanted to post some scans for comparison! I have a TYG03 in the mix just for the Doc. :p I'm like a kid with a new toy and wanted to share, hope this doesn't bother anyone but I wanted to show why we use premium media even though we don't really put high stock in these scans. It does show the difference with the Memosux brand media. BTW these all play just fine even the RICOHJPN R03 disc. :p
Scan of a home dvd on Verb MCC 003. (93)I actually ripped the image from the Memosux disc (scan below) from a friend and reburned the image onto a Verb, how does it score so much higher than the Memosux. WOW.
Scan of a home dvd on Memosux RICOHJPN R03(84) Had to scan it 3 times to get a score this high. lol.
Hey a score of 95 on a Verb MCC 003. Yeah!
Pretty nice score on a TYG03 (93) burned at 8x of course.
All of these were burned on a rebadged Lite-on SOHW-1673S and scanned with the same drive. btw it is the same setup that scanned the last set of burns (scans) I posted. Interesting stuff to me thanks for all your input the last few pages. Always up for learning new stuff, getting educated that is. :p
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17. August 2006 @ 18:17 |
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17. August 2006 @ 21:18 |
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greensman , how fast are you burning the TYGO3s ? and try running your scans at the same speed you burned them. 8x MAX.
feel free to PM me about PC parts if needed . no problem at all !!
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18. August 2006 @ 04:54 |
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got a few more scans here(3) ONE IS ON ONEOF THE SAMPLES ty SENT ME 8X+R 1 is on a mij sony8x+r and the last one is on the verbs im haven problems with burnt at 12 time.. you all will be suprised.....
this is the sample disc from TY
this is a sony mij 8x
and this is the verb 16x+r that has been giving me problems burnt at 12x.
now what is going on here not the results i would have thought i would have gotten... im stunned with my the results actually
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18. August 2006 @ 06:20 |
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I usually get 95s with MCC004 burned at 8X on my drives:
Burned at 8X on Pioneer 109 (fw 8.57)
Burned at 8X on LiteOn 1693S (fw KSOA) now using KC4B fw
Dropbox: http://db.tt/p5P9bH1d
System 1: Core2Quad Q6600 O/Ced @ 3.15 GHz, Gigabyte GA EP35 DS4 mobo, Zalman 9700, 4GB PC6400 RAM, Sapphire Radeon 2600HD Pro, Samsung 920BW 19" Widescreen LCD, Hauppauge! PVR-350.
System 2: Core2Duo E6400 O/Ced @ 3.2 GHz, Gigabyte GA 965P S3 mobo, Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro, 2GB PC6400 RAM, PNY GeForce 6600, Hyundai B70A 17" LCD.This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18. August 2006 @ 06:22
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18. August 2006 @ 10:34 |
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Got some questions. Is it advisable to cross-flash a DVD drive with another company's firmware? I have a Memorex DVD burner (rebadged Lite-on SOHW-1673S, same shipset company as the SOHW-1693) and was pondering the idea of a cross-flash. Would this make the drive better in any way or just rinder it useless? I will be changing my setup a little bit in the next week or so and also wondered if this would create better burns? I am going from a Dell P4 1.5GHz w/ 512 SDRAM to an AMD 3200 2.0GHz w/ 1GB DDR RAM and 1000Hz FSB (I think this is correct and yes this stuff is from Tiger because of what a previous post indicates, lol). I was hoping this config would give me a more stable environment and better everything. I have mentioned in the past the Dell is 5 years old and a great computer but again it is 5 YEARS OLD. LOL. docTY sorry if this is the wrong thread but you guys are so helpful and knowledgible thought this place was a start. Please re-direct if need be.
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PS Be careful how you answer I may PM you and bug you to death, just ask aabbccdd. LMAO. Not really, thanks for the help again, all. And a great weekend to everyone. :)
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