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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Recording Media => Topic started by: Big Muff on December 02, 2007, 05:11:33 PM
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I'm down to the last of my Japanese fuji's... now that they're no longer made, what kind should i look into?
thanks!
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costco tdks.
cdrs are very expendable anyway, what with archiving and all.
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Costco.com search isn't turning anything up for TDK or CD-R's... strange.
thanks for the heads up though
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I use Taiyo Yuden exclusively. It's worth the extra few buck to me after seeing all the test results.
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Sam's Club Verbatim. all of there blank media is 1st Class FWIW, not to mention extremely cheap prices
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I use Taiyo Yuden exclusively. It's worth the extra few buck to me after seeing all the test results.
What brands still utilize TY discs?
I just had this conversation with my gf this weekend and I thought Fuji was the last of the companies using TY and that their stock had run dry. I don't pay nearly as much attention to this stuff as I used to though so maybe I"m way off
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I use Taiyo Yuden exclusively. It's worth the extra few buck to me after seeing all the test results.
What brands still utilize TY discs?
I just had this conversation with my gf this weekend and I thought Fuji was the last of the companies using TY and that their stock had run dry. I don't pay nearly as much attention to this stuff as I used to though so maybe I"m way off
Here's one source on TY CD-Rs (there are a few others as well, but I use these guys):
http://www.meritline.com/taiyo-yuden-cdr-cd-r-blank-media-disc-discs.html
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I always get my TY cdrs and DVDs from mediasupply.com
They have specials once in a while and every so often they mail out coupon codes for $5 or $10 off any purchase.
http://www.mediasupply.com/cd-r-media-taiyo-yuden.html (http://www.mediasupply.com/cd-r-media-taiyo-yuden.html)
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nother vote for TY's
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good to know - thanks for the info.
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What brands still utilize TY discs?
I just had this conversation with my gf this weekend and I thought Fuji was the last of the companies using TY and that their stock had run dry. I don't pay nearly as much attention to this stuff as I used to though so maybe I"m way off
I found some new fuji stock at kmart a month or so ago, new packaging, all made in japan...bought up all 6 spindles they had...not sure if this ws old stock that had new labeling or new stock rebranded TY's as I havent really been out looking since...
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I really don't use cdrs anymore since getting a h120 for flac playback in the car. archiving is all done on TY (or made in japan sonys) dvd so I don't really worry about TY cdrs as shelf life of audio cds isn't a concern for me anymore as there are backups of everything I have on audio. when I do buy cdrs I get TDks from target or wherever they are the cheapest. usually $8 for 50 spindle.
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I use Taiyo Yuden exclusively. It's worth the extra few buck to me after seeing all the test results.
Ditto
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I just had this conversation with my gf this weekend ...
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I always get my TY cdrs and DVDs from mediasupply.com
They have specials once in a while and every so often they mail out coupon codes for $5 or $10 off any purchase.
http://www.mediasupply.com/cd-r-media-taiyo-yuden.html (http://www.mediasupply.com/cd-r-media-taiyo-yuden.html)
this is where I get them too.
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I use Taiyo Yuden exclusively. It's worth the extra few buck to me after seeing all the test results.
Ditto
same here.
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Don't use CDRs much any longer, but I always used ones Made in Japan as I seemed to have better success with them. If memory serves, not all TYs (or any brand for that matter) were MiJ, so getting the right ones required finding the CD-code to determine where they were manufactured. Since this was difficult to do for store-bought, I always bought from mediasupply.com and other online sources that published their codes.
Edit to add: Also, IME the poor quality CDRs didn't manifest in bad burns. I could burn darn near any CDR without problems (except for some Maxell's). The real problems came when I tried to read them 1 week, 1 month, 1 year later. Unreadable. I quickly learned the ability to burn successfully didn't indicate whether or not I was using a quality CDR. YMMV.
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Edit to add: Also, IME the poor quality CDRs didn't manifest in bad burns. I could burn darn near any CDR without problems (except for some Maxell's). The real problems came when I tried to read them 1 week, 1 month, 1 year later. Unreadable. I quickly learned the ability to burn successfully didn't indicate whether or not I was using a quality CDR. YMMV.
Concur. I had no idea that I had a bad burner, because I wasn't verifying w/ Nero after I burnt, but I had a lot of problems w/ files I burnt missing chunks - as soon as I turned on Nero verification I found it, and realized I needed a new burner because nothing was passing verification. This is extremely important for files where the data must match the meta file.
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I am on the TY team as well. I get mine from:
http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/category.asp?c=93