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!
costco tdks.
cdrs are very expendable anyway, what with archiving and all.
Costco.com search isn't turning anything up for TDK or CD-R's... strange.
thanks for the heads up though
I use Taiyo Yuden exclusively. It's worth the extra few buck to me after seeing all the test results.
Sam's Club Verbatim. all of there blank media is 1st Class FWIW, not to mention extremely cheap prices
Quote from: anodyne33 on December 02, 2007, 06:56:52 PM
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
Quote from: Tim on December 02, 2007, 07:20:09 PM
Quote from: anodyne33 on December 02, 2007, 06:56:52 PM
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
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)
nother vote for TY's
good to know - thanks for the info.
Quote from: Tim on December 02, 2007, 07:20:09 PM
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...
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.
Quote from: anodyne33 on December 02, 2007, 06:56:52 PM
I use Taiyo Yuden exclusively. It's worth the extra few buck to me after seeing all the test results.
Ditto
Quote from: Tim on December 02, 2007, 07:20:09 PM
I just had this conversation with my gf this weekend ...
Quote from: Jaledu on December 02, 2007, 07:29:14 PM
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.
Quote from: dorrcoq on December 02, 2007, 11:22:32 PM
Quote from: anodyne33 on December 02, 2007, 06:56:52 PM
I use Taiyo Yuden exclusively. It's worth the extra few buck to me after seeing all the test results.
Ditto
same here.
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.
Quote from: Brian Skalinder on December 03, 2007, 08:25:03 AM
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.
I am on the TY team as well. I get mine from:
http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/category.asp?c=93