Watch the Sunday ads for Fuji CD-Rs. I picked some up from BB recently when they had the 50 pack for $6.99. They were MIJ and Nero CdSpeed identified them as Taiyo Yudens. Just be sure to look for "Made in Japan" ones in the greenish gold label not the blue label ones.

I subscribe to the newspaper, so I get the Sunday issue every week. Even if I did not subscribe, I could go buy the local paper from the gas station down the street for about $2. Lots of good stuff in those Sunday papers (free comic books, comics section, news, wants ads, store circulars, etc), well worth the $2 per issue.

Anyway, I pull out the ads for Staples, Office Max, Office Depot, Circuit City, and Best Buy. Fry's Electronics has the "big ad" on Fridays, so I've already looked at it.

Anyway, I look for one of these 3 items:
SONY DVD-R or DVD+R
VERBATIM DVD-R or DVD+R
VERBATIM DVD+R DL (Double Layer)

Whoever has one on sale, with the best price, gets my business that week (assuming I need discs). If no discs I want are on sale, I go online and see sales there.

The banners at the top of sites like www.digitalFAQ.com have specials. You can also visit stores directly, see what is on sale. Between www.rima.com and www.supermediastore.com and www.meritline.com (maybe even www.shop4tech.com site), there is something on sale. Also look at www.bensbargains.net to see if uncommon stores like www.buy.com or www.newegg.com or www.amazon.com have sales.

Online, I pretty much only want TAIYO YUDEN DVD-R or DVD+R, if the media is "unbranded". Maybe PRODISC if there's a super amazing deal. If branded media are available, SONY or VERBATIM there too.

In the unlikely event nothing I want is on sale anywhere, I wait until next week. I'm never totally without media, I buy a stock for my needs plus some, when I buy.

When you shop the way I do, a thread like this one (which has gorged itself up to 26 pages), really is not necessary. Although I find the coupons very helpful, so still very valuable.

Just something to consider. The do-it-yourself method. :)

When you shop the way I do, a thread like this one (which has gorged itself up to 26 pages), really is not necessary.

Large threads don't scare me at all, but unlike others, the great thing about this thread is that it's not necessary to go back and read all 26 pages. The discussions here are primarily about current sales or other, similar data. I mean, sure, you could go back and read, but who wants to know what was on sale 8 months ago? :confused:

Besides, not all of us buy in "WalMart-type" bulk, so I think it's absolutely necessary, particularly in regard to less common media sales. I don't recall any newspaper ever showing a DVD-RAM sale...not that I wouldn't subscribe to the paper anyway, it's worth the $1.50 just to read the news itself, ads or not. ;)

I don't buy in bulk either. Last time I shopped, I bought three 25-packs of Verbatim DVD-R for about $22 including tax. Hardly a big investment.

I've just seen a lot of problems lately in forums threads where people quote old prices, or they post about it at the last minute. I'd rather educate people on how to find deals themselves, so they can get first crack at them too.

That's all I was getting at. Like I said, the threads still have some good use.

...I'd rather educate people on how to find deals themselves, so they can get first crack at them too...

"Teach a man to fish..." :)

Still, sometimes, I'm at a dried-up fishin' hole or prefer someone else to just give me the meal. ;)

When you shop the way I do, a thread like this one (which has gorged itself up to 26 pages), really is not necessary. Although I find the coupons very helpful, so still very valuable.

Umm, the people in this thread are using the same newspaper ads you are.

It's just a good way to get a summary of the current deals, and sometimes others check them out faster than we do.

Why do the "Rich" buy poor, and the "Poor" buy rich?

No deal here but--------
I bit the bullet and am trying my luck with these $$ because I wanted Glossy.

I just ordered them form TapeandMedia.com.
Their description is:
Verbatim DVD-R 4.7GB 16X White Glossy Inkjet Printable, Hub Printable in Slim Case NEW.

The price was $16.40 plus shipping. $$$$ I know, I know!
Spending money I don't have!

Urlee :D

I just ordered them form TapeandMedia.com.
Their description is:
Verbatim DVD-R 4.7GB 16X White Glossy Inkjet Printable, Hub Printable in Slim Case NEW. Urlee :D

And boy are they on the ball!!
I put in my order this morning and they already notified me they shipped it giving me the tracking number and all.
Sounds like a good outfit to order from?

Urlee

It's not "this week", but I was looking at the "black friday" sale web sites and one of the big stores -- circuit city or best buy, is going to have a 100 pack of DVD-Rs for $4.99 -- Friday and Saturday.

It's not "this week", but I was looking at the "black friday" sale web sites and one of the big stores -- circuit city or best buy, is going to have a 100 pack of DVD-Rs for $4.99 -- Friday and Saturday.

I'd rather pay $24.99 and not have to be there. :eek:

Actually thanks for the info. I think there may be a lot of great deals this year!

It's not "this week", but I was looking at the "black friday" sale web sites and one of the big stores -- circuit city or best buy, is going to have a 100 pack of DVD-Rs for $4.99 -- Friday and Saturday.
I think that's at BB,they don't have a store brand,so I'm guessing they might be Sonys?Or more likely,they'll be some brand no one's ever heard of.

It's not "this week", but I was looking at the "black friday" sale web sites and one of the big stores -- circuit city or best buy, is going to have a 100 pack of DVD-Rs for $4.99 -- Friday and Saturday.

These are Dynatech brand.

These are Dynatech brand.
Hmm, never heard of them. Did you mean Dynex? If so, those are probably Ritek, certainly worth 5 cents a pop.

Dynex Dvd-R 100pk $4.99

Not bad. Considering they're selling them for $44.99 right now, that's almost 90% off.

Hmm, never heard of them. Did you mean Dynex? If so, those are probably Ritek, certainly worth 5 cents a pop.

Yep. Sorry about that. I downloaded the scan, but then got busy looking at lots of other stuff before I came back to post. I've never heard of Dynex either.

I got the Dynex special from last year for my computer drive befroe I knew anything. They are still brand new +R and are MIT Made in Taiwan

That is not to say that this years will be but I know the location matters to some.

I got the Dynex special from last year for my computer drive befroe I knew anything. They are still brand new +R and are MIT Made in Taiwan

That is not to say that this years will be but I know the location matters to some.

By any chance you don't happen to have DVD Info or DVD Identifier on your computer so you could insert one of those Dynex DVD+R's of yours and tell us the Media ID?

If anyone out there does know the Media ID of the Dynex brand, please let us all know.

Thank you.

Office Depot; Sony 16x DVD-/+R 100 disc spindle - $24.99; Regularly $76.99.

If anyone out there does know the Media ID of the Dynex brand, please let us all know.I picked up a 5-pack of the Dynex DL discs to try with my new LG GSA-H10L burner for the pc. The ID shows them to be RITEK-D01-01. No problems with them and they even play fine on the Panny ES15. :)

Local Office Depot B&M selling their "OD branded" DVD+R DL 25 pack (Item #721-208) for $5.01! YMMV

They are currently listed at $79.99 on their online site.

Mfr Code = RITEKD01
For more info, see
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

So it looks like Dynex and Office Depot brand are both Ritek with the Media ID. As long as I know that, they will be fine as Ritek has proved to be a reliable brand in the past.

Speaking of Office Depot, they have a 100-pk of Sony DVD+/-R for $24.99, and it's even listed on their web site:

http://www.officedepot.com/textSearch.do?uniqueSearchFlag=true&Ntt=684948&x=0&y=0

It's not "this week", but I was looking at the "black friday" sale web sites and one of the big stores -- circuit city or best buy, is going to have a 100 pack of DVD-Rs for $4.99 -- Friday and Saturday.

5c per DVD! I haven't checked the BF websites yet, thanks for the reminder!

Maybe the "Playaz" will drop to that price as well!

Usually sales at smaller or less popular retailers are easier to find and get-in/get-out - hopefully they may have some sales there!

Maybe the "Playaz" will drop to that price as well!

hoops, I just looked at the Staples BF ad today. The Playboyzzz +/-R will be in packs of 60 discs and will be $2.98* (5 cents per disc).

*After EZ-Rebate rebate

hoops, I just looked at the Staples BF ad today. The Playboyzzz +/-R will be in packs of 60 discs and will be $2.98* (5 cents per disc).

*After EZ-Rebate rebate

Wow that's nice! Thanks Spyder! EZ-rebates take forever but they reliably arrive and clear the bank :-) And earn rewards points too! Now I have to be nice to my local Staples so they can give me some from their secret stash ;-)

Office Depot has Sony +RW 25 pack for $9.99

Best Buy has Sony +R DL 25 pack for $39.99

Wow that's nice! Thanks Spyder!

The new 60 pack :confused: seems a bit odd to me though, as I've only seen them in the 50 packs until I saw the early scan of the BF ad. I'll definitely compare the media codes before I buy.

Dynex Dvd-R 100pk $4.99

btw, the ad says Fri & Sat too, it's not just a "Fri 5am-10am" kind of thing. They said a minimum of some decent-sounding number too.. in the 70s I think.

Are the "Playaz" ones good or bad? I thought they had a bad reputation, but then a few of the further replies make me question that.

Are the "Playaz" ones good or bad? I thought they had a bad reputation, but then a few of the further replies make me question that.

They are actually called PlayO discs. hoops and I just have some fun with the name. I bought 250 of them (at the paltry sum of $2.00 for 50 discs = 4 cents each) and haven't had a failure yet. :)

Are the "Playaz" ones good or bad? I thought they had a bad reputation, but then a few of the further replies make me question that.

If you're interested I bought a 20-pk of DVD+R DL (PlayO brand), and the Media ID is: RICOHJPND00.

Which according to this website: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

Rank as the #1 Media ID of the 2nd Class Media. That site rates media from 1st Class to 4th Class and per respective class whatever is higher on the list is better than what's lower. So that "RICOH" Media ID for the +R DL PlayO's, is almost considered 1st Class quality. I haven't had a problem with them yet.

However I don't know what the Media ID is for the single layered +R or -R.

However I don't know what the Media ID is for the single layered +R or -R.
According to Videohelp, Playo +R is AML 002 and -R is UME01.

According to Videohelp, Playo +R is AML 002 and -R is UME01.
That's bottom of the barrel codes. I'd think that Videohelp is wrong on this one, as I've yet to hear anyone identify the Playos as anything other than Ricoh. :confused:

That's bottom of the barrel codes. I'd think that Videohelp is wrong on this one, as I've yet to hear anyone identify the Playos as anything other than Ricoh. :confused:
I assume by the price you paid that your Playos are single layer. What is their MID?

There's also an inconsistency between digitalfaq and videohelp; digitalfaq says AML 002 and UME01 are both -R. I'm not so sure Videohelp (since they were vcdhelp) is incorrect, I've been relying on them for years and haven't caught any mistakes yet.

Hey, spyder, I just got a Sears flyer and they have a MEMOREX DVD player (MVD2040) on sale for $29.99.

Since Imation bought Memorex, I know you're anxious to try Memorex DVD-R/RWs, so this would be a perfect complement!? :D

I just realized, I have 3 of the McDonalds Best Buy Bucks, so hopefully I'll be able to get a 100 pack of DVD-Rs for $1.99!

I assume by the price you paid that your Playos are single layer. What is their MID?

There's also an inconsistency between digitalfaq and videohelp; digitalfaq says AML 002 and UME01 are both -R. I'm not so sure Videohelp (since they were vcdhelp) is incorrect, I've been relying on them for years and haven't caught any mistakes yet.

Yes, the Playos I bought were SL discs, and they were of the -R variety. I didn't check any discs in the pack of +R before I gave them all away. -R all read as Ricoh.

I suppose it is possible that the newer Playos could be lesser quality. The new packaging is 60 discs, rather than 50. I haven't seen them personally, just in a BF scan so far.

Hey, spyder, I just got a Sears flyer and they have a MEMOREX DVD player (MVD2040) on sale for $29.99.

Since Imation bought Memorex, I know you're anxious to try Memorex DVD-R/RWs, so this would be a perfect complement!? :D

Hell, yeah! I'm still looking to get one more disc to compliment the single one Memorex that has worked for me so far. The Smithsonian offered me $1 million for it, but I'm certain it's worth more than that. Imagine the look on my great-grandchildren's faces when I show them a working Memorex disc! If the players are as good as the discs, I'm 100% positive that they will be able to play anything thrown at them...for at least 0.00000000000001 seconds before failure. :D

I just realized, I have 3 of the McDonalds Best Buy Bucks, so hopefully I'll be able to get a 100 pack of DVD-Rs for $1.99!

What's the deal with these? I looked on eBay (for reference purposes only) and see people (with good ratings, mind you) paying MORE THAN the face value of the cards in auctions. I don't get it. :confused:

What's the deal with these? I looked on eBay (for reference purposes only) and see people (with good ratings, mind you) paying MORE THAN the face value of the cards in auctions. I don't get it. :confused:

It looks like some people are being insane on ebay, as usual. I think some are ignoring the shipping cost!

If they are legit, some others are a good deal.. there's one for $200 in best buy bucks for around $100 total. (ooooh, cheap series 3 Tivo)

These were just things that came off of the expensive chicken sandwiches during McDonalds' recent Monopoly game. I guess their gimmick worked (they also did a similar one last year, but the Best Buy Bucks were on something more common like a Big Mac IIRC), since I bought the combos when I don't usually do so.. (But I knew I would be "getting back" either $1 or $5.. so it's a gamble)

Starting Sunday November 19 from the Sunday paper ads:

Ads are for DVD-R and DVD+R unless otherwise specified:


* 100pk Ativa 16x $18 @ Office Depot (Is Ativa a new home-grown brand or new generic brand?) (18c per)
* 50pk TDK 16x $11 @ Cricuit City (22c per)
* 50pk Verbatim $13 @ Best Buy (26c per)
* 25pk Maxell $10 @ Walgreens (40c per)
* 30pk Verbatim DVD+R Lightscribe $20 @ Best Buy
* 3pk Fuji mini-DVD-R $10 @ Longs Drugs (not sure if this is a good price)
* 15pk Maxell $7 @ Walgreens (under 50c per!)


<u>Memorex Days</u>
* 100pk Memorex $25 @ Office Max
* 50pk Memorex $13 @ Office Max
* ideal gifts for people you don't like ;-)


<u>Related</u>
* 50pk Maxell CD-R $6 @ OfficeDepot
* Dane-Elec 1gb SD card $10 after MIR @ Office Depot
* Olevia LCD HDTV special @ Office Depot (ODP)


If you are accidentally reading this thread but you do not find this useful, you may find <a href="http://www.smurfs.com/">this</a> interesting ;-)

Anyone see any great deals on good CDs recently? Seems like the gf has been powering through them at a high clip. Since I only use them for small amounts of data, such as owner's manuals, I don't look for them often. Thanks.

Are the brands of CDs typically congruent with DVDs in regard to quality? Or can it differ? As in, "Sony makes a great DVD, but their CDs, not so much." Or the other way around.


Office Depot (ODP) has a bundle of 75 DVD-R and 25 CD-R in a single package of the ODP brand. I think it goes on sale about once a month for $15. It comes out to 20c per DVD, with the CD-Rs thrown in for free. These DVD-Rs have been as reliable as any other brand I have used. But I don't know if that necessarily means the CD-Rs are good - I haven't used the CD-Rs yet.

I've been searching sites for good prices on RAM media esp. panasonic ... bought some of these for just over $1.00 each in Sept. now all I'm finding is $2.50 - 5.00 each in various combinations. If anyone has located any recently at a buck or so each, please respond ... THANKS!

The Panasonic web site has DVD-RAM for $0.99 each. For a link click here. (http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vModelList?storeId=15001&catalogId=13401&catGroupId=25168&orderBy=recommended&cacheProgram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702)

None in stock
Joe

The Panasonic web site has DVD-RAM for $0.99 each.
Well, I didn't get them at .99 but for 29.99 + tx for 25 ... not bad if they're starting to reduce production. Thanks for the link, when I tried to search yesterday Panasonic's search was coming up empty.

Well, I didn't get them at .99 but for 29.99 + tx for 25 ... not bad if they're starting to reduce production. Thanks for the link, when I tried to search yesterday Panasonic's search was coming up empty.

The 99c per DVD-RAM was for 3-packs sold for $2.99 (details a couple of pages ago). I do not know if they are/were in stock.

For me the price is still high, since I can get reliable -RW for about 1/3rd of that price. Maybe if Panasonic adds -RW(VR) support in their dvd recorders via a firmware update, then I'll buy more blank DVD-RAM discs ;-)

hoops,
When you say reliable -RW for ~$.33, what speed are you talking? My drives burn 4X so I don't want slower. I can't seem to find 4X any more, just 6X and they are costing about as much as RAM.

The 99c per DVD-RAM was for 3-packs sold for $2.99 (details a couple of pages ago). I do not know if they are/were in stock.

For me the price is still high, since I can get reliable -RW for about 1/3rd of that price. Maybe if Panasonic adds -RW(VR) support in their dvd recorders via a firmware update, then I'll buy more blank DVD-RAM discs ;-)
If anyone cares, these on the Panasonic site are NOT the same as what I ordered.
LM-AF120U Single-sided, 120 minute (4.7GB/Non-cartridge) DVD-RAM Disc for Video Recording $0.99 ... According to the sales person I just talked to these are their slowest rams ... if you check you'll find they don't tell the speed anywhere (that I could find) while the ones I bought are 2x-3x.
-RW may be JUST LIKE RAM to some people but I can't get anything like RAM capability from -RW (EH55) -RW aren't any better than -R to me except they are rewritable. If I copy to HDD from -RW it's real time and one title. RAM on the other hand is VERY flexible, just like the HDD capabilities, playlists, single title copies, etc. and much faster. FWIW-Dept.

hoops,
When you say reliable -RW for ~$.33, what speed are you talking? My drives burn 4X so I don't want slower. I can't seem to find 4X any more, just 6X and they are costing about as much as RAM.

Those are the Office Depot branded ones, they usually go on sale at that price and they are sold in a 25pk spindle. Their advertised speed is 4x. I don't know what their actual speed is, since I am recording at real-time (non-HDD recorder)

If anyone cares, these on the Panasonic site are NOT the same as what I ordered.
LM-AF120U Single-sided, 120 minute (4.7GB/Non-cartridge) DVD-RAM Disc for Video Recording $0.99 ... According to the sales person I just talked to these are their slowest rams ... if you check you'll find they don't tell the speed anywhere (that I could find) while the ones I bought are 2x-3x.
-RW may be JUST LIKE RAM to some people but I can't get anything like RAM capability from -RW (EH55) -RW aren't any better than -R to me except they are rewritable. If I copy to HDD from -RW it's real time and one title. RAM on the other hand is VERY flexible, just like the HDD capabilities, playlists, single title copies, etc. and much faster. FWIW-Dept.

Yes, someone posted that earlier on after searching the web for that product code.

Yes unfortunately Panasonic only records -RW(Video), so -RAM does provide a lot more benefits on the Panasonics (I have an ES20). That's why I keep whining about Panasonic adding -RW(VR) mode to all their recorders :-) That's why the EH55 is now at #3 on my "Possible Purchase" list. Panasonic, are you listening? (as if!)

If I copy to HDD from -RW it's real time and one title. RAM on the other hand is VERY flexible, just like the HDD capabilities, playlists, single title copies, etc. and much faster. FWIW-Dept.

I have no idea what weird recorder you're using, but that's definitely not the case for everyone. A little while ago, I copied 2 2-hour programs, high speed dubbing, to DVD-RW on my Toshiba recorder. Unfortunately it can only use 2X DVD-RWs..

I have no idea what weird recorder you're using, but that's definitely not the case for everyone. A little while ago, I copied 2 2-hour programs, high speed dubbing, to DVD-RW on my Toshiba recorder. Unfortunately it can only use 2X DVD-RWs..
Yep me too ... I said copying BACK to HDD FROM -RW ... in case I want to make another copy or a DVD-R copy. Are you able to HS copy back to HDD? I'm using a Pan EH55 BTW.

* Friday 6am to 10am: 60pk Playo -R or +R $3 after Easy Rebate (these are online rebates, no need to mail or cut UPC codes) ; at Staples

*** Friday and Saturday at Staples:
* 50pk HP blank DVD-R or DVD+R $10 (20c per)
* 25pk HP blank DVD-R or DVD+R $6 (24c per)


*** Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Office Max:
* 50pk magnavox DVD-R or DVD+R $8 (16c per)

Yep me too ... I said copying BACK to HDD FROM -RW ... in case I want to make another copy or a DVD-R copy. Are you able to HS copy back to HDD? I'm using a Pan EH55 BTW.

Sorry that I got it backwards..

Yes, I can go back to the hard drive from DVD-RW full speed too. I did it today in fact to get the 'free space' back after I had watched and deleted an earlier recording on the DVD-RW (then moved some other shows back to the DVD-RW)

One of the other thanksgiving deals (actually Fri & Sat) is a free 50 pack of NEXXTECH DVD+/-R
$29.99 - $20 mail in rebate - $10 'instant savings' at Circuit City. (Though I see on the previously linked site that supposedly nexxtech ones are, or used to be, made by one of the 4th class makers.)

I may make a run there Fri or Sat while I also do a Best Buy run... Though I had good success with my Fry's DVD-Rs in the past, I've had 2 coasters from a new pack I opened a few weeks ago. I bought it a LONG time ago, and with the other flakiness I've had from my DVD recorder, I'm not sure it's the media's fault.. and I might even try another pack of Fry's media..

but I'll probably get at least one other brand of el cheapo media to see if it works any better for me.

Be careful about really cheap media. Some food for thought:

http://avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=521692


nx211

Taking a lunch break, here is what I found. I was suprirsed that almost all the media I was looking for was in stock. This year's strategy was to avoid the malls and the big stores with big lines. I was in and out of most stores in mere minutes, with at most 5 minutes in line.

* 60pk Playo at Staples $28 - $25 Easy Rebate = $3 + SALES-TAX. Sales tax is on the whole amount, so what you end up paying will be around $5 (depending on sales tax rate in your state)

* 50pk of Magnavox $8 at Office Max, DVD-R or DVD+R (16c per). No rebates.

* 25pk of Maxell DVD-R or DVD+R $5 after mail-in-rebate at Longs Drugs. Limit three rebates. So you end up with 75 blank Maxells for $15 (20c per after rebate)

* 50pk of HP DVD-R or DVD+R at Staples for $10 - this one was out of stock. No rebates.

* I ignored all the Memorex so I dont' know if they are in stock :-)

* Scott LCD TVs were in stock at Radio Shack. This is crazy for $600 for 32" or 37" (after rebate). But this is an unknown brand name who I have never ever heard about, and I do not know what the warrantee is.


May investigate later today:
* 75pk DVD-R or DVD+R + 25pk CD-R $8 after mail-in-rebate($12) at Office Depot
* $50 LiteOn recorder @ Office Depot
* $57 Samsung recorder @ Fry's
* $15 dvd players (after rebate) at Longs and RiteAid (Memorex).

You know how people in here heard about Best Buy having a sale on Dynex brand DVD 100-pks for $4.99 on Black Friday? Well they did have that, but here is what happened.

My Dad knew I wanted to go get some (you were allowed to get 2) and he goes to the YMCA to go swimming early. So he decided to go before he went to swim and got at Best Buy at 6:05am (they opened at 5:00am) and they were out of them already.

Now I have plenty of DVD's, I have some Taiyo Yuden left, some Ritek that work very well for me, and 300 Verbatim I will start using when my Taiyo Yuden runs out, but I just wanted to try these Dynex out and due to them being $4.99 it would have been worth it even for testing purposes, but I missed out on that deal.

I assume they were probably poor quality (or friend quality) compared to my TY's and Verbatims, so I am not all that upset.

* I ignored all the Memorex so I dont' know if they are in stock :-)

* $15 dvd players (after rebate) at Longs and RiteAid (Memorex).

AH-HA! :eek: So, you didn't ignore all Memorex! Shame on you. ;)

I knew they'd likely be out by afternoon (but the ads were allegedly for Fri & Sat), but went anyway.. Best Buy & Circuit City were out of their cheap DVD-Rs (though online says that some farther away CCs do have them in stock.. not worth going).. Did get PS2 Taito Legends for $7 after using up my Best Buy Bucks that would expire on 12/2. Argh, it's $7.49 on Amazon so I guess it really wasn't as good of a deal as I thought.

No Playos for me today, as the rebate was too much to bear ($25 of the $30). I did wipe out Staples at noon on the multi-colored CD cases though. I took 10 of the 25-packs at $3 each for a total of 250 cases for $30...despite the fact that the ad said "one per customer" and the sale was only until 10 AM. (Man, do those employees love me or what? :) Amazing what a little BSing while paying for shipping will get you.)

Bonus! Also picked up the 100-pack of HP CD-R discs for $15. (No rebate required.)

Bonus #2! Also had the manager personally hand me the last I/O Internal DVD Re-Writable DL drive in the store. Great deal for $20! :cool:

Supreme Added Bonus! :D :D :D Despite the fact that it's supposed to be the basic I/O drive, inside the package was a Benq drive that also reads/writes to DVD-RAM at 5X!!! (The I/O drive won't do RAM)*

*The Benq drive was also inside many other identical packages, so this was a factory thing, not Staples.

AH-HA! :eek: So, you didn't ignore all Memorex! Shame on you. ;)

Oooops :-)

I was tempted though by those $15AR dvd players as their boxes claim they play DVD-R and DVD-RW. The Longs offer (Avion, not Memorex) is good today as well, so I may not be able to resist the price/temptation :)

I have to confess, I have a Memorex CD-MP3 player I bought half a dozen years ago :-)

Starting Sunday 26, there are some sales, but the lowest is about 25c per blank DVD.

* 100pk Magnavox $25 at Office Max


<u>Rewriteables</u>
* 15pk Maxell $8 at Office Depot; not the lowest price, but perhaps the lowest for Maxell. You can also use the ad from the sunday paper to pricematch for an extra 10%+ discount at other retailers

*** More later on...

BB has 25pk Verbatims for 6.99,that's not too bad.

Please forgive me if this has been covered already. This thread is HUGE!! :eek:

Is there a significant difference between Taiyo Valueline and Taiyo Premium line DVD Blanks? Has this difference been proven by running error checks of both types of media burned from same program source and computer?

I really want to order 100-200 Taiyo's but don't want to pay the difference for premium without knowing if there is an appreciable difference in Quality/Performance. Any help is appreciated.

the general consensus is the valueline,although much better than most stuff out there, isn't as good as the premium line,so spend the extra bucks.

I have used several Valueline Taiyo Yudens in the past without any problems (they even burn at 8x in my PC instead of their labeled 4x), however due to the Premium ones having a longer lifespan (you probably won't notice a difference between something recorded on Value vs. Premium if you just made the recordings) I will certainly buy Premium line from now on.

FullOnShred...get yourself Premiums, you won't be glad today...but you will tomorrow.

Please forgive me if this has been covered already. This thread is HUGE!! :eek:

Is there a significant difference between Taiyo Valueline and Taiyo Premium line DVD Blanks? Has this difference been proven by running error checks of both types of media burned from same program source and computer?

I really want to order 100-200 Taiyo's but don't want to pay the difference for premium without knowing if there is an appreciable difference in Quality/Performance. Any help is appreciated.The short answer is yes, there is a difference. I have some "4X" Value line that I bought in error. They are TYG02 code which is the same code as the 8X Premium line. The value line are seconds. They do not meet the quality standards for Premium so they sell them cheaper and for a while advertised them as "4X". The TYG02 code on them identifies them to a drive as 8X media so they will burn at 8X.

I have very recently burned Value line and Premium side by side on my PC burners at both 4X and 8X and tested the burns in my Lite-On burner using Nero CD-DVD Speed. I find that the value line have a higher error rate than the Premium. I am especially troubled by the higher PIF (failures) errors of the Value line which include a nasty spike at ~1GB boundary and a high sustained block of PIF errors at the end of the disk (about the last 0.5-1 GB) which is the outer edge of the disk. I suspect it is this block of PIF errors at the edge (an indication of poor dye spread during manufacturing) which is responsible for the Value line rating of these disks. Burning the Value line at 4X or 8X didn't seem to matter with respect to the PIF error block.

In contrast, the Premium TYG02 -- burned at 8X -- had much lower error rates than the TYG02 Value line but still had more PIF errors than I liked seeing. This is especially true when comparing the TYG02 Premium to the original TYG01 (4X) Premium I started with which are the lowest error rate media I have ever encountered. When I burned the Premium TYG02 at 4X, the PIF errors were greatly reduced and the burn now looked like what I was accustomed to seeing with TYG01.

Caveat: this difference in error rate with burn speed may be equipment related on my part. My burners do not start the burn at 8X but start at 4X and ramp up in stages during the burn. When I burn at 4X the whole burn is done at constant speed from start to finish. At any rate, with my burners I tend to burn at 4X to avoid any possible speed ramp effects.

Bottom line: I would avoid the Value line and only buy the Premium line Taiyo Yudens.

Kelson, Suplex, and Roger....Thank you for your posts. : )

Kelson, have you compared the Taiyo line to the Verbatim (Taiwan) that are available at Sam's Club? These have a good reputation by word of mouth, but that isn't exactly scientific evidence. Based on your new error ratings do you still recommend the Taiyo Premium above other discs? I will likely either order a 100 stack of the Prem. TYG02's or buy another 50 spindle or 2 of the Verbatim from Sam's very soon. College basketball season is upon us so I am burning more discs right now. Thanks again to all.

I have no recent comparison with any other disks. A year ago I switched over to Taiyo Yuden and buy/burn nothing else.

Thank you Kelson. That speaks volumes.

I've burnt about 400 Taiwan Verbatims, with NO coasters. I don't have the facilities to check the burns. Sam's prices aren't bad, but if you watch the sales, you can get Verbatims from Office Depot, Office Max, CC, BB, or somewhere, for $.25 each, cheaper than Sam's.

I've burnt about 400 Taiwan Verbatims, with NO coasters. I don't have the facilities to check the burns. Sam's prices aren't bad, but if you watch the sales, you can get Verbatims from Office Depot, Office Max, CC, BB, or somewhere, for $.25 each, cheaper than Sam's.

And if you don't mind price-matching, you can get them for at least 10% less than the sales price. Some places price-match 10% of the other store, others give you an extra discount of the difference between their price (sometimes MSRP) minus the advertised price, which can be more than 10% savings...

I too consider Verbatim (Taiwan) among the top brands I have used, along with TDK, Maxell and Sony, with the generic Office Depots coming in next, on a Panasonic ES20; I do not know how they do in other recorders.

Kelson...OK. But what do I do with the 200 or 300 Value Line discs as well as unopened spindles of made in Taiwan or Japan. I've given up on the idea of making backups of my movies as I have over 600. I gave my sister in Chicago all of my + discs. I'm now living in Las Vegas and know no one that has a Burner. Either in a computer or as a standalone.

Kelson...OK. But what do I do with the 200 or 300 Value Line discs as well as unopened spindles of made in Taiwan or Japan. I've given up on the idea of making backups of my movies as I have over 600. I gave my sister in Chicago all of my + discs. I'm now living in Las Vegas and know no one that has a Burner. Either in a computer or as a standalone.

I'm in Henderson. Are you giving them away? :eek:

The Taiyo Yudens I have used are either TYG01 or TYG02 (media ID, that I think depends on the speed they can burn at, their are even TYG03's out there).

The Verbatims I have are MCC 03RG20. I have...in the past...even used ProDisc brand with the MCC media ID.

If I had to compare Premium Taiyo Yuden with Verbatim, I would go with whatever was cheapest between the two because I really feel as though you can't go wrong with either brand.

I was VERY lucky to find...at Office Depot...some clearance on 100-pks of Verbatim 16x White Top Printable for $20.00. I grabbed three of them. It was a short while ago and not anything they advertised either.

The Taiyo Yudens I have used are either TYG01 or TYG02 (media ID, that I think depends on the speed they can burn at, their are even TYG03's out there).TYG01 = 4X, excellent media, not made any more and the residual stock has long been flushed from the channel.
TYG02 = 8X, the mainstay of their production now; sold as Premium grade for first quality and Value-line for the seconds.
TYG03 = 16X, expensive and there has been some criticism of 16X.

Kelson...OK. But what do I do with the 200 or 300 Value Line discs as well as unopened spindles of made in Taiwan or Japan. I've given up on the idea of making backups of my movies as I have over 600. I gave my sister in Chicago all of my + discs. I'm now living in Las Vegas and know no one that has a Burner. Either in a computer or as a standalone.Hi Jay, glad the move is finally over (or is it?). I use the Value-line disks for burns that I give away. For my personal use, I use the Value-line when I am backing up a movie that is less than 4GB in size ( or a large movie that I split across 2 disks where each chunk is less than 4 GB). Most of the errors I don't like occur at the outer edge of the disk, so a smaller sized backup will avoid burning that area.

If they are a lesser, no-name brand, I would use the unopened spindles from Taiwan as door stops.

But what do I do with the 200 or 300 Value Line discs as well as unopened spindles of made in Taiwan or Japan.

eBay or use them for what copies you give to friends.

OR...throw them in the car and every time you see someone buy BlemorEx discs at a store, give them a bunch of those discs and tell them they can have them ONLY IF they promise to never buy POS ForgetitX discs ever again.

But what do I do with the 200 or 300 Value Line discs as well as unopened spindles of made in Taiwan or Japan.

To add to something Kelson said (about using Value line to backup movies that are less than 4gb) if you want to use those DVD's in your DVD Recorder and you are going to record a Movie or TV show that is 90 minutes, use the "SP" (2-Hour) setting so the last 30 minutes of the disc aren't used and use them up that way.

...or...

Have anyone on your Christmas (or Hanukkah) list that you don't know what to get? Do they have a DVD Burner or Recorder?

To add to something Kelson said (about using Value line to backup movies that are less than 4gb) if you want to use those DVD's in your DVD Recorder and you are going to record a Movie or TV show that is 90 minutes, use the "SP" (2-Hour) setting so the last 30 minutes of the disc aren't used and use them up that way.

...or...

Have anyone on your Christmas (or Hanukkah) list that you don't know what to get? Do they have a DVD Burner or Recorder?That's the solution -- "re-gifting" blank DVDs. You have any young kids in school? They make great teacher gifts.

I also like your suggestion of using them for 90 minute shows. Good thought.

Where can I get a DVD-RAM spindle of 25, 5x speed (Maxells or other brand name)? I live in Canada but I can order by mail from anywhere.

Are there places where I can also get a spindle pack of DVD-RW's of at least 4x if I can't get the DVD-RAMS?

Is SuperMediaStore a decent place to get my Taiyo's?? Any difference in quality between the Silver Premium and the White Printable Premium? I like the idea of the White Top better and don't mind paying 3-5 cents more for it if all other things are equal.

I did read one review from a guy at SuperMediaStore who said his last batch of Taiyo Silver Premium was not good at all. He was very unhappy about it too.

Is SuperMediaStore a decent place to get my Taiyo's?? Any difference in quality between the Silver Premium and the White Printable Premium? I like the idea of the White Top better and don't mind paying 3-5 cents more for it if all other things are equal.

I did read one review from a guy at SuperMediaStore who said his last batch of Taiyo Silver Premium was not good at all. He was very unhappy about it too.

SMS is a decent place to get TY discs.. I use Rima.com because they do a great job of packaging and have great customer service if you should ever need it.
SMS packaging sucked but I have heard reports that they have improved in that dept. A lot of reports that they could be better in the customer service dept. too.
check the website reseller ratings..

The quality of the silver premium and white top printables should be the same.. I now only use the white top ones because they are much more sturdy, have an extra layer of protection against scratches and the silver ones (which are unbranded) are dust and fingerprint magnets. For me definitely worth the extra money..
As to that last batch of TY silver premiums being no good at all, probably just a bad batch.. As good as TY's quality control is no company is impervious to having a bad batch, I'd say that was a rarity.

wcpaeb

WCPAEB, thank you for your reply. I will order the white topped ones and hope for the best.....

I only want to mention it because it hasn't come up recently, but in addition to Super Media Store and Rima (both great places) you can also try Meritline.com.

Not only are White Top printable DVD's better because of their extra sturdiness as wcpaeb pointed out, but if you get yourself the Epson R340 printer and you print on them, you will be stunned as to how "store bought" you can make them look.

I only want to mention it because it hasn't come up recently, but in addition to Super Media Store and Rima (both great places) you can also try Meritline.com.

Not only are White Top printable DVD's better because of their extra sturdiness as wcpaeb pointed out, but if you get yourself the Epson R340 printer and you print on them, you will be stunned as to how "store bought" you can make them look.


Are these the ones you are referring to? Item 1760?

http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=DM

I have the pio 420 (great machine) - don't think I can burn up to 16x...not sure..isn't a lower burn speed better anyway?

Thanks in advance for the info.

E

I only want to mention it because it hasn't come up recently, but in addition to Super Media Store and Rima (both great places) you can also try Meritline.com.

Not only are White Top printable DVD's better because of their extra sturdiness as wcpaeb pointed out, but if you get yourself the Epson R340 printer and you print on them, you will be stunned as to how "store bought" you can make them look.

Hey Suplex,
Have you tried the GLOSSY printable Verbatims??????
A LOT brighter and professional looking. I also liked the TY silver printables as being "classy" looking.

Urlee

Are these the ones you are referring to? Item 1760?

http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=R&Category_Code=DM

I have the pio 420 (great machine) - don't think I can burn up to 16x...not sure..isn't a lower burn speed better anyway?

Thanks in advance for the info.

E

Yes, those are the Printable kind (my initial reference was to the store Meritline.com, but the ones you mentioned #1760 from Rima are also printable).

Are lower burning speeds better? Well some people think that they can be. I know if you are using 16x DVD's in your computer you can...depending on the software you are using...set it so they burn at 16x, 8x, 4x, or even 1x if you so desire, but with DVD Recorders...like your Pioneer 420...you can't set it to what speed it records to so some people actually do have problems with 16x media.

I have used 16x Verbatims in my Pioneer 640 and they were ok.

Hey Suplex,
Have you tried the GLOSSY printable Verbatims??????
A LOT brighter and professional looking. I also liked the TY silver printables as being "classy" looking.

Urlee

Well hello there Urlee.

With the Glossy Verbatims are they White Top or Silver that you are referring to. I haven't heard of Glossy Printable media...yet, and I haven't had a chance to try any Silver top printable yet either.

I wouldn't doubt though that they have an advantage over the White top ones.

suplex

IIRC, silver printables are for thermal printers whereas whites are for inkjets.

Edit: I take that back; apparently there are white thermal printables as well.

Edit: I take that back; apparently there are white thermal printables as well.

As well as the fact that there are Silver Inkjet Printables. Take a look...

http://www.meritline.com/taiyo-yuden-16x-dvd-r-media-silver-inkjet-printable1.html

I just ordered a 100 spindle of the TY Premium White Printable from Rima along with a 100 stack of White Printable CD-R's. I hope those are good too. : )

They were just a $1 or so more from Rima than at Supermediastore and I didn't like some of the shipping mishaps I read about with SMS.....I hope Rima does me right on these.

As to printers, I have the Canon Pixima 4200. I read somewhere it can be modded to print CD's and DVD's with a tray made for another Canon and European firmware switch. I doubt I will go to all that trouble though.

Well hello there Urlee.

With the Glossy Verbatims are they White Top or Silver that you are referring to. I haven't heard of Glossy Printable media...yet, and I haven't had a chance to try any Silver top printable yet either.

I wouldn't doubt though that they have an advantage over the White top ones.

suplex

Hi there suplex,

Here you go:

Verbatim Glossy White Inkjet Printable media is the ideal choice for the end user who wants a professional, distinctive look and reliable high-speed recording technology.

Glossy inkjet true-to-life photo quality
Full-color, high resolution printing
Fast Ink drying & Longer lasting colors
Superior ink absorption on high-resolution 5,760 DPI printers
Crisp & clear text reproduction
Hub Printable- print to center
Qualified for use with CD/DVD inkjet printers from Primera, Microboards, Epson and others
Super Azo™ recording dye optimizes read/write performance
Verbatim Product Number : 95240
Capacity/Speed : 4.7GB/16X

Urlee ;)

PS: Just make sure you wait 24 hours or so B4 playing to make sure the ink is dry.

IIRC, silver printables are for thermal printers.

I already printed on one and it has an iridescent look to it.

Here ya go:

Item No : 1739-100
Taiyo Yuden No : DVD-R47SPYSB8
Capacity : 4.7 GB
Speed : 8X Maximum
Surface : Silver Inkjet Printable
Hub Printable: No
Media ID : TYG02
Compatibility : For drives/recorders supporting DVD-R format

(Some drives/recorders may require a firmware update)

Packaging : 100 pcs/pack

Urlee :)

As well as the fact that there are Silver Inkjet Printables. Take a look...

http://www.meritline.com/taiyo-yuden-16x-dvd-r-media-silver-inkjet-printable1.html

Hi again suplex,
I got mine from Rima, 8x
I read where the TY WaterShield Glossy White Inkjet is superb!
I will have to try some.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/urlee/Sliver8x.jpg


Urlee

On RIMA.com and Meritline.... I can not see where there is any indication of "Premium". How do you know what grade you are getting?

I looked at the Taiyo Product# and compared it to the Premium at Supermediastore. It was the same (Mfr part #: DVD-R47WPP600SK) except that SMS lists the 600qty. code for all of their Premium Taiyos. The ValueLine Taiyo # is Mfr part #: DVD-R47VALWPPSK. Hope this helps.

DVD-RW/+RW at 32c per disk this week at Office Depot: 25pk of the ODP brand either DVD+RW or DVD-RW $8. These have worked fine with the Panasonic ES20.

The best DVD-R/DVD+R price I found in the sunday paper is a 50pk of DVD-R/DVD+R of the Staples brand at Staples for $8 (16c per blank).

On RIMA.com and Meritline.... I can not see where there is any indication of "Premium". How do you know what grade you are getting?

goots,
For TY's, if it doesn't say valueline, then it is premium.

Here it says valueline:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v94/urlee/VTY.jpg

Urlee

DVD-RW/+RW at 32c per disk this week at Office Depot: 25pk of the ODP brand either DVD+RW or DVD-RW $8. These have worked fine with the Panasonic ES20.

(too lazy to go back and check what I think *I* said earlier in the thread)

The OD brand DVD-RWs are now 4x, right?

I happened to check Office Depot's ad for *last week* late-ish Saturday, and they had the Maxell DVD-RW for $8/25 pack last week.. and you could tell in the ad that the -RWs were 2x.

(too lazy to go back and check what I think *I* said earlier in the thread)

The OD brand DVD-RWs are now 4x, right?

I happened to check Office Depot's ad for *last week* late-ish Saturday, and they had the Maxell DVD-RW for $8/25 pack last week.. and you could tell in the ad that the -RWs were 2x.

LOL. Both the box and the discs themselves say 4x at least for the DVD-RW. I did not pay attention to the DVD+RW since I cannot use them.

I haven't tested their actual speed so I don't know how fast they are. But I had no problems with them on the Panasonica ES20.

Can anyone here tell me who mfgs. the Office Depot brand DVD-R's? They had a crazy deal a few weeks back....75 Office Depot DVD-Rs with 25 OD CD-Rs together on a spindle for $8 after rebates! I really wanted to jump on it but was afraid the OD DVD-Rs might be the dreaded Ritek G05's, or worse. Shed some light on this anyone??

Can anyone here tell me who mfgs. the Office Depot brand DVD-R's? They had a crazy deal a few weeks back....75 Office Depot DVD-Rs with 25 OD CD-Rs together on a spindle for $8 after rebates! I really wanted to jump on it but was afraid the OD DVD-Rs might be the dreaded Ritek G05's, or worse. Shed some light on this anyone??

I do not know what media code they are, but I have a very good success rate with these on Panasonic (ES20), at a similar level as TDK,Maxell,Sony. I haven't tried the CD-Rs yet...

Can anyone here tell me who mfgs. the Office Depot brand DVD-R's? They had a crazy deal a few weeks back....75 Office Depot DVD-Rs with 25 OD CD-Rs together on a spindle for $8 after rebates! I really wanted to jump on it but was afraid the OD DVD-Rs might be the dreaded Ritek G05's, or worse. Shed some light on this anyone??According to digitalfaq.com Office Depot media is supplied by Ritek. Based on this I bought a 25 spindle of the OD 4X DVD-RW on sale for $8/25 and so I can tell you they are indeed RitekW04. This pleases me because I bought a 25 spindle of RitekW04 (Ritek branded) over a year ago and have (re)used them for temporary DVD copies. I've been very pleased with them and have lost about 7 that I've had to trash. This wasn't because of media failure but because some experiments of mine wrote things to the disks in a way that could not be erased with the software I had in hand (specifically, making an ISO image of a DVD-RAM and then burning it onto a DVD-RW).

I can no longer find Ritek branded 4X DVD-RW, only their 6X -RW media which is considerably more expensive and useless to me since my burners are 4X max. So I was very happy to pick up another 25 spindle for so little money.

Thank you gents! :D

* 100pk of Sony DVD-R/+R $25 at Staples (25c per)
* 50pk of the same at the same place for $15 (30c per)
* 50pk slim-line Staples jewel cases $10 (20c per, a bit expensive, but not bad compared to regular prices)

Hoops, are those Jap Sony's or taiwan??

According to digitalfaq.com Office Depot media is supplied by Ritek. Based on this I bought a 25 spindle of the OD 4X DVD-RW on sale for $8/25 and so I can tell you they are indeed RitekW04. I just want to follow up on my previous post. I have now burned about 6 of these Office Depot (Ritek) 4X DVD-RW making shrunk DVD copies. They are performing just fine, like my previous spindle of 4X Ritek DVD-RW and I have had no playback issues on several players. If you are in need of some DVD-RW and they are still on sale for $8.00/25 you might want to consider picking up one of these spindles. $0.32/disk is a good deal for acceptable tier 2 -RW media.

Note of thanks to ncaahoops for bringing these to our attention.

Hoops, are those Jap Sony's or taiwan??

In the past, they carried both, although the majority seemed to be Taiwan (or perhaps others came before me and scooped up all the Japan).

I just want to follow up on my previous post. I have now burned about 6 of these Office Depot (Ritek) 4X DVD-RW making shrunk DVD copies. They are performing just fine, like my previous spindle of 4X Ritek DVD-RW and I have had no playback issues on several players. If you are in need of some DVD-RW and they are still on sale for $8.00/25 you might want to consider picking up one of these spindles. $0.32/disk is a good deal for acceptable tier 2 -RW media.

Note of thanks to ncaahoops for bringing these to our attention.

You are welcome! It's good to know that they work well in your various tests. That makes me more confident in stocking up even more when they are at the 32c-per price point! I use these to store weekly tv shows and documentaries for off-season viewing, and then reformat/reuse

* * 50pk slim-line Staples jewel cases $10 (20c per, a bit expensive, but not bad compared to regular prices)

Staples 100 pack slim-line jewel cases are $15 (15c per) for online or in-store purchase through Dec. 9. Search for “cases” in the current Circular Specials.

I just want to follow up on my previous post. I have now burned about 6 of these Office Depot (Ritek) 4X DVD-RW making shrunk DVD copies. They are performing just fine, like my previous spindle of 4X Ritek DVD-RW and I have had no playback issues on several players. If you are in need of some DVD-RW and they are still on sale for $8.00/25 you might want to consider picking up one of these spindles. $0.32/disk is a good deal for acceptable tier 2 -RW media.

Note of thanks to ncaahoops for bringing these to our attention.

I bought 2 25-packs of the OD DVD-RW at $8 each. They work great...thanks.

From the Staples flier:

Sony DVD media
Save $15
$14.98
50/pack
Reg. $29.98
Valid Dec 10 - 16
564107-DVD+R, 564108-DVD-R

Sony® DVD media
Save $35
$24.98
100/pack
Reg. $59.98
Valid Dec 10 - 16
624878-DVD+R, 624879-DVD-R

I just got in 100 Taiyo DVD-R but if those Sonys are Japanese I might by another 100 stack. ;) But IIRC last time I checked our Staples their Sony were taiwan. Circuit City is just next door and they stock Jap Sonys. Guess I could buy a stack from both stores and then return the Taiwanese to CC. :rolleyes:

I just got in 100 Taiyo DVD-R but if those Sonys are Japanese I might by another 100 stack. ;) But IIRC last time I checked our Staples their Sony were taiwan. Circuit City is just next door and they stock Jap Sonys. Guess I could buy a stack from both stores and then return the Taiwanese to CC. :rolleyes:

The easiest thing is to take the Staples ad into CC and ask for a price match. They should match plus 10% of the difference.

The easiest thing is to take the Staples ad into CC and ask for a price match. They should match plus 10% of the difference.

Thanks for the idea! I was mostly joking,but now who knows? :D

25pk of Magnavox DVD+RW (advertised in today's Sunday paper) for $15 (60c per). at Office Max. I have never used Magnavox rewriteables. I have used a couple of 50pk DVD-R spindles of their brand and they were good enough for me. Not the lowest sales price, but it's definitely lower than regular prices.

If you are not in hurry and you want the lowest price possible, just wait for the Office Depot deal to come back again as discussed right above (32c per). I think they have it about once a month or so.

Thanks for the idea! I was mostly joking,but now who knows? :D

I learned about the blank DVD price-matching via the Sunday paper ads in this forum as well! I tried it and it works!

Mentioned on slashdot. I wonder if anybody here cares
http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/

I can get a 25-pack for $20 for these DL discs ("Matrix" DVD+R DL 2.4)

Are these any good? How would they compare to Playo or "GQ"??

Thanks for any help!

100 pk. of Fuji DVD-R/+R for .23 per disc at Best Buy.

100 pk. of Fuji DVD-R/+R for .23 per disc at Best Buy.
The -Rs are 16x and are probably RITEKF1. If so, I would stay away from them; better qualitity discs can be had near this price.

The +Rs are 8x. If MIT, they're most likely RITEK R03. IF MIJ, they're YUDEN T02 and I'll be all over them.

I can get a 25-pack for $20 for these DL discs ("Matrix" DVD+R DL 2.4)

Are these any good? How would they compare to Playo or "GQ"??

Thanks for any help!
The have the same Media ID (RICOHJPND00) as the Playo and GQ, so they're probably about the same.

BTW, that's a MID that's used by many brands: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediadvdridsearch=RICOHJPND00%20

The easiest thing is to take the Staples ad into CC and ask for a price match. They should match plus 10% of the difference.

My thanks to NCAAHOOPS and ngohit. I went to CC and they agreed to price match the Staples Sonys which were unfortunately all MIT at my local store. CC had only 1-50 pk each of +R and - R Sonys that were MIJ (8x), but they were cool enough to combine them and price match the 100 pk. price of $24.98 from Staples. Code is Yuden T02 for the MIJ +R's. Haven't opened the -R spindle yet.

Office Depot had 1-50 pk of Sony MIJ 16x +R's that they price matched for me. They were Sony D21 code. Does anyone here have any experience with these? Am I mistaken in thinking that since they are Sony MIJ should they be pretty good?

I may check another CC fairly close by to see if they have more Sony 8x +R MIJ. I have made a decision to back up all my favorite stuff on top quality +R since those seem to be somewhat better for archiving important Titles.

I have used Sony both Japan and Taiwan made discs in Sony and Panasonic Recorder and Lite-on, Samsung and SOny PC drives with out any coasters.

I think the 8x Sony have pretty much been Taiyos. The 16x MIJ I got were coded SonyD21. Has anyone here done any scans on D21 media? I read a post on another site, but it seemed to degenerate into a personal conflict between 2 posters so I didn't feel I could really trust either person's opinion in that discussion.

The D21s a got from Staple's last Sony sale were MIT. They didn't always scan great, although max PIEs and PIFs were good; jitter was generally worse than TY. The 2 attachments were burned at 12x and 8x.

Edit: All my TY burns have had consistent scores of 97-98. I'm attaching a typical T02 scan.

this thread says the D21s are mediocre.I thought about getting Sonys in the past,but googling says some people have problems with quality and longevity,and also higher errors than TYs and Verbs)and a guy's 100 disc spindle's top discs stopped working after he left them inside a hot car for a day.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/337507

...and a guy's 100 disc spindle's top discs stopped working after he left them inside a hot car for a day.


a little case of the "moron factor" at work on his part.

a little case of the "moron factor" at work on his part.

I agree. The only way this example could be used to bash Sony's would have been if the moron had left 100 pack spindles of a number of brands in his car and only the Sony's did not work after being baked.

Why the cursed deuce doesn't my NEC ND3500AG support Disc Scans?!?!!? Must I resort to hacked firmware or buy another brand of Burner to be able to do this!?!?!

Sneak Peek: Starting Sunday December 17, 2006, at Office Depot, two nice deals:

* 100pk 16x DVD-R or DVD+R, Office Depot brand of blanks, $20
* 75pk of 16x DVD-R, Office Depot brand of blanks, + 25pk of blank CD-Rs, $15


Someone was asking for the Office Depot CD-Rs, I forgot who, but this is a nice deal, as you get the DVD-Rs for 20c per, and the CD-Rs for FREE! If it's free, i'll take three ;-)

Best Buy has 50pk -R,+R Verbatims for 12.99

I noticed the packaging on the 25 pk say ''advanced azo",on the 2 50s I bought yesterday,there's no mention of azo at all,I wonder if they're using some cheaper dye?

The best DVD-R/DVD+R price I found in the sunday paper is a 50pk of DVD-R/DVD+R of the Staples brand at Staples for $8 (16c per blank).

I had a horrible experience with this new batch of Staples DVD-R. Details at: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=9205416

I got Verbatim 50-Pack 16x DVD-R for $7.98 today from OfficeMax store.

Just print out the officemax online price and they will match that price.


better than Bestbuy.

thanks,that is a really great price for quality -Rs.

Any differences between the 16x and 8x Verbatim (Other than the obvious Speed Compatibility) ?? Same Mfg ID, same Dye etc.??

pretty sure they're identical except for speed.The Taiwan ones(usually the only kind on sale,I've never seen any made in India ones) are made by either CMC Mag or Prodisc.cdfreaks say the CMC ones are slightly better,they can be identified by the top cover.CMCs have the words "open" and "lock" with serifs on the letters,and there's a rectangle above the recycling triangle.Both are made with Mitsubishi's quality dyes and stampers.

OK....I couldn't stand it! I had to go get a spindle of the Verbatim 16x from OfficeMax. 50 for $7.98 plus tax for -R, and they also had the +R for $12.98 plus tax shelf price in the store. The -R are Mitsubishi Chemical Corp ID MCC 03RG20, so they should be pretty good. I saved the add and may go back and get another 50 pk. They wouldn't apply the $7.98 deal to the +R since those were $12.98 on the website. Still $12,98 is the best price I have seen for those. Both +R and -R were MFG in Taiwan.

Good quality DVD-R out the door for 17 cents each.

Nice catch freechina!! Thanks!!

those are great discs,you'll have zero problems,so stock up on them while the price is this cheap.

I already have about 230 quality +/-R discs, but it is hard not to buy more at these prices. Label says Verbatim Corp. 2006 so they shouldn't be too old yet.

Roger, did you ever post under this name on any basketball boards? Just curious. ; )

nope,Roger Lococco is actually a character from the old 80's crime drama Wiseguy,lol. :D

nope,Roger Lococco is actually a character from the old 80's crime drama Wiseguy,lol. :D

I felt it might be a name used by more than one person on various forums, but was curious enough to ask. He was a really funny guy and I always enjoyed his posts. :D

I noticed the packaging on the 25 pk say ''advanced azo",on the 2 50s I bought yesterday,there's no mention of azo at all,I wonder if they're using some cheaper dye?

Roger, I read on another board something along those lines. Guy claims Verbatim says all Verbatim DVD Blanks use the AZO Dye formula no matter where they are MFG. If I can find it I will copy and paste, if that is allowed here.

Found it...Hope copy and paste is ok.............

DogBomb
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I posted this before from cdfreaks, but Verbatim's brochure pretty much says so too:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/lite/t-108078.html
Two Degrees

I'm sure many have noticed Verbatim's decreasing use of the Datalife(plus) brand name with its DVD±R media in the US retail market. I shot an email over to Verbatim asking about this, and here is their official response:

Verbatim is in the process of changing our retail packaging to emphasize the Verbatim brand more than sub-brands such as DataLifePlus. All our DVDR products are manufactured with Azo dye (Super Azo or Advanced Azo depending on the specific product) and there has been no change in the rigid specifications and quality control procedures applied to these products. Thank you for your support and interest in our products.

Customer Service
Verbatim Corporation

OK....I couldn't stand it! I had to go get a spindle of the Verbatim 16x from OfficeMax. 50 for $7.98 plus tax for -R, and they also had the +R for $12.98 plus tax shelf price in the store. The -R are Mitsubishi Chemical Corp ID MCC 03RG20, so they should be pretty good. I saved the add and may go back and get another 50 pk. They wouldn't apply the $7.98 deal to the +R since those were $12.98 on the website. Still $12,98 is the best price I have seen for those. Both +R and -R were MFG in Taiwan.

Good quality DVD-R out the door for 17 cents each.

Nice catch freechina!! Thanks!!

If you don't mind ordering on line and submitting rebates, the 100-pack of Verbatim 8X -R is on sale at buy.com for $11.99 AR using Google Checkout with no tax and free shipping. That 12 cents each. Click here. (http://www.buy.com/prod/verbatim_100pack_spindle_8x_dvd_r_4_7gb_94985/q/loc/14982/10375401.html)

thanks, FullOnShred.
good find rgazzara,that's a really great sale!

If you don't mind ordering on line and submitting rebates, the 100-pack of Verbatim 8X -R is on sale at buy.com for $11.99 AR using Google Checkout with no tax and free shipping. That 12 cents each. Clickhere. (http://www.buy.com/prod/verbatim_100pack_spindle_8x_dvd_r_4_7gb_94985
/q/loc/14982/10375401.html)

Really great price, but Buy.Com has a terrible rating at ResellerRatings.Com

I would definitely buy from OfficeMax for $7.98 and not have the hassle of dealing with Buy.Com, or a rebate either. Just mho, but thank you very much for the link rgazzarra.


BUY.COM
Overall Customer Satisfaction Rating
Six-Month Rating: 3.09 / 10
Six-Month Reviews: 175
Lifetime Reviews: 2645




Lifetime Rating: 4.90 / 10 All Stores Avg.: 7.1

From Verbatim's Website....

* Compatible with up to 16X DVD-R Hardware
* Advanced Azo recording dye optimizes read/write performance
* Ideal for recording up to 2 hours of DVD quality home movies and video clips
* Archive and back up, up to 4.7GB of important data
* Compatible with 16X DVD-R drives from Pioneer, Apple, Sony, Panasonic and others
* Read compatible with most DVD-ROM drives and DVD video players
* Limited Lifetime Warranty



Product Number : 95101
Capacity/Speed : 4.7GB/16X

Really great price, but Buy.Com has a terrible rating at ResellerRatings.ComPersonally, I could care less of what resellerratings has to say about buy.com. I've dealt with them for many years and never had a problem with them.

Buy.com has worked fine for me on a dozen or so transactions over the years, both small and large.

(It's "couldn't care less" by the way . . . )

I'm glad they have worked out well for you guys. :) As always, YMMV.

I attempted one transaction with Buy.Com, found it to be a major PITA, canceled the order which was another PITA and determined then that I wouldn't deal with them again. I checked their Reseller Rating after I ordered from them and encountered unusual difficulties and found my poor experience there was not unique. FWIW, I rarely have any problems with online purchases.

Really great price, but Buy.Com has a terrible rating at ResellerRatings.Com

I would definitely buy from OfficeMax for $7.98 and not have the hassle of dealing with Buy.Com, or a rebate either. Just mho, but thank you very much for the link rgazzarra.


BUY.COM
Overall Customer Satisfaction Rating
Six-Month Rating: 3.09 / 10
Six-Month Reviews: 175
Lifetime Reviews: 2645




Lifetime Rating: 4.90 / 10 All Stores Avg.: 7.1

I've been buying from buy.com for years without any problem. Generally they say to expect delivery in 7-9 days with free budget shipping, but the item always arrives in 2-4 days.

To each his own... ;)

Thanks again for the link, rgazzara. I am glad you and others have fared well with them, and the deal you posted is the best I have ever seen for high quality media. :)

I just bought 3 printers from buy.com with (free) 7-9 business day shipping (& google checkout). Received 2 of them in 4 days (the last one was just ordered today). The second one had a slightly damaged box and the internal packing (styrofoam) was severely broken - due to UPS's "carefull" handling - the printer works fine though, we're using it right now.

The last time I ordered from them was about 3 or 4 years ago and that order was delivered OK too. I hadn't been ordering from them in the meantime, because I have to pay CA tax and they weren't the lowest net cost. I'm not sure how accurate (unbiased) ResellerRatings.com ratings are - if they get most of their inputs from complaints, then they are not that releable (not all complaints are realistic). I always check more than one ratings info source (like pricegrabber, bizrate, BBB, etc.) before I decide that the vendor is NG. Personal experience, good and bad, counts for a lot, IMHO.

NOTE: Buy.com is not at the top of my preferred vendor list, but they certainly are not at the bottom, either.

Thanks again for the link, rgazzara. I am glad you and others have fared well with them, and the deal you posted is the best I have ever seen for high quality media. :)

You're welcome, and happy holidays... ;)

Newegg Ridata DVD+R 100 pack $19.99 Free Shipping

I have used these for two years no problems.

Mike

I got Verbatim 50-Pack 16x DVD-R for $7.98 today from OfficeMax store.

Just print out the officemax online price and they will match that price.


better than Bestbuy.

Thanks for this deal!!! Great deal at 18c per for Verbatim. I got a couple, will go back for more!

The cashier was a rather confused, but once a manager came up it turned out they actually have an OfficeMax.com entry in their PriceMatch cash-register screen. The cashier was not very experienced. So if a cashier is confused about the price-match, just get a manager, or an experienced cashier and they will easily figure it out :-)

I don't know if anyone tried it, but I guess one can use the printout to get a price-match from competitive stores as well... (good for those with gift cards or rewards programs at specific stores).

Any DVD-RW Media on sale?

Any DVD-RW Media on sale?

As far as I recall there are no -RW sales this week. The ones that typically go on sale are the Office Depot branded 25pk at Office Depot, and the Sony 25pk at various mass-market brick and mortar (staples, compusa, Circuit, etc). The sales are about once a month on average, but they are not always predictable.

Thanks for this deal!!! Great deal at 18c per for Verbatim. I got a couple, will go back for more!

The cashier was a rather confused, but once a manager came up it turned out they actually have an OfficeMax.com entry in their PriceMatch cash-register screen. The cashier was not very experienced. So if a cashier is confused about the price-match, just get a manager, or an experienced cashier and they will easily figure it out :-)

I don't know if anyone tried it, but I guess one can use the printout to get a price-match from competitive stores as well... (good for those with gift cards or rewards programs at specific stores).

I think I need help. I just bought 50 more Verbatim 16x DVD-Rs for $8.52 out the door and I was wishing they would match that price on the Verbatim 16x DVD+Rs. I would have bought 100 of them if they would have. :eek: I need some help, quick! I can't stop buying media!

<u>This week at Brick and Mortar</u>
* 50pk Sony +/- $13 at Best Buy


<u>Right Now at Amazon</u>
* 100pk 16x Ridata/Ritek +/- $18 on Amazon, eligible for free ship. Anyone bought these??? Are they any good with Panasonics?
* 100pk 16x TDK +/- $25 on Amazon, eligible for free ship.
* If you need a filler item on Amazon, there's a 400+ page cookbook for $3 (thanks to a fatwallet post)
* I think there was a DL brand on sale (Ritek?) but I'm not sure. I looked at too many websites to remember :)

<u>Day after Xmas (aka Boxing Day, aka tuesday december 26)</u>
* 100pk Maxell +/- $25 at Office Depot
* 50pk TDK +/- $12 at Radio Shack

Supermediastore.com:

Taiyo Yuden 4.7GB 8X DVD-R Media Silver Thermal Lacquer (Value Line), 200 at $0.23 per disk, 100 at $0.27 per disk, including shipping.

Click here. (http://www.supermediastore.com/taiyo-yuden-8x-dvd-r-media-value-line-200pk.html?WT.mc_id=061228emailARepeatPrintCombo_5191_DVD01X 0238-200)

Staples, December 31 thru January 6:

<li>100pk HP DVD-R or DVD+R $25
<li>15pk HP DVD+R DL (dual layer) $25
<li>99c pack of 3x3 super-sticky PostIt stickies. I use these as permanently-temporary sleeve/jewel-case labels. Please leave some for me!!!!!

guys i dont bother with the cheap media nowadays after a load of disk became unreadable after only 18months

i only use Taiyo Yuden disks now and verb- rw!

you get what you pay for as they say!!!

them cmc and mcc disks are garbage in my opinion and the fake tayio yuden ones are prob the worst! :mad:

guys i dont bother with the cheap media nowadays after a load of disk became unreadable after only 18months

i only use Taiyo Yuden disks now and verb- rw!

you get what you pay for as they say!!!

them cmc and mcc disks are garbage in my opinion and the fake tayio yuden ones are prob the worst! :mad:

DM, I am at least 50% confused by your post. From what I have read many (not all) agree that CMC Media is subpar, but I have read almost universally good things about Verbatim DVD+/-Rs, even those from Taiwan which are routinely MCC (Mitsubishi Chemical Company)codes. Have you personally had problems with MCC discs, specifically the Verbatim DVD+/-Rs? If so, and if you would be so kind, please specify brand, type and media code. Thanks.......'Shred

<u>This week at Brick and Mortar</u>
* 50pk Sony +/- $13 at Best Buy

I checked Best Buy, CC, and Staples. All their Sony's were MIT. Why, oh why must they all go to MIT??? I could not find one piece of MIJ media in our local stores. Pathetic.

I checked Best Buy, CC, and Staples. All their Sony's were MIT. Why, oh why must they all go to MIT??? I could not find one piece of MIJ media in our local stores. Pathetic.

I have used Sony both MIT and MIJ interchangeably (on Panasonic) and I haven't seen any difference in quality. Of course I don't know if there will be a difference if/when I try to play them back in 10 years :)

If you want DVD+RW/DVD-RW, the Office Depot sale is back: 25pk of rewriteables for $8 each. The sale starts today and continues to next year (hehe), from Sunday Dec 31, 2006 thru Saturday January 6, 2007.

They also have 25pk of DVD+R DL at $30 and Imation DVD-R/+R 50pks for $10.

I also noticed 100pk HP at OfficeMax for $25...

Will update if/when I go through the rest of the paper...

The 100pk Ridata/Ritek on Amazon continues at $18, eligible for free shipping. Are these any good with Panasonics?

Thanks Hoops. What are the Media Codes for the MIT Sony's? If it isn't too much trouble. :)

Thanks Hoops. What are the Media Codes for the MIT Sony's? If it isn't too much trouble. :)

I currently have no way of knowing, my not-so-state-of-the-art/hanging-by-a-thread (pun intended) PC can't read DVDs.

Thanks anyway.

50 pack HP DVD +/-R for $12 at Circuit City. Get two 50 packs for a total of $3 less than the 100 pack at Staples. If you use the ink discount, it's a wash. Sale good only Sunday/Monday at CC.

For the week starting with Sunday January 7, 2007:

* 100pk Sony +R or -R, $25 at Staples. I have found mostly MITaiwan, but some MI Japan in the past.
* more when I go thru the rest of the paper :-)

Prices everywhere hover at around a quarter/disc, ragardless of quantity, store, or brand. :(

Is it just me, or has the incessant rash of BlemOrEx 24/7/365 "on sale" ads seemed to slow up a little? :)

I think OfficeDepot has the Sony +/-R's 100 spindle at about $25 as well. I will stop by and see if I can find any MIJ there or at Staples. Wish me luck. All the Brick and Mortar stores in this area seem to be heavily trending toward MIT.

I read that most major Media Companies are shifting DVD+/-R production to Taiwan so they can focus on HD-DVD andf Blu-Ray Disc mfg. in Japan. Too bad. I won't be going that route for some years.

Prices everywhere hover at around a quarter/disc, ragardless of quantity, store, or brand. :(

Is it just me, or has the incessant rash of BlemOrEx 24/7/365 "on sale" ads seemed to slow up a little? :)

Officemax has a 15% off paperbag folded in the sunday paper, so that could make a nice deal, but only if the blank media is on sale. Otherwise 15% off MSRP is still too much!

OfficeDepot does indeed have the Sony 100 stacks of + and -Rs for $24.99. However every single spindle at OffieDepot AND Staples was MIT. I think that is the "New Reality" for Brick and Morter Stores, at least in my area. OD also has the OfficeDepot Branded 75DVD-R + 25 CD-R deal again, this time for $15 per combo spindle.

Verbatims MIT seem to have a good rep. backed up by Quality Scans of recorded DVD media. What other MIT brands of DVD Media are of a similar quality? I am unable to do Disc Scans due to having a DVD Burner that does not support that feature.

I'm pretty sure all the other Taiwan made discs suck,the only reason the Verbs are pretty good is they're using Mitsubishi's proprietary dyes.I'll just stock up on exclusively on Verbs whenever they go on sale,which is increasingly frequent these days. :)

Roger, SamsClub has 8x Verbatim +/-Rs for about $12.88 per 50 pack every day here locally. My buddy's Mom has a SamsClub Card so I will probably write up a list and give it to him to give to her. Maybe about 100 of each. : )

It bums me out that I can't find the MIJ Sonys around here any more. I bought 2-50 spindles, one was 8x -R TY02 code, the other was 16x SonyD21 code. Both burn flawlessly in my Philips and should have fine archive life based on what scans I have seen.

good price,and hopefully Office Max will repeat that great 7.98 sale from a few weeks ago(and sell the +R for the same price).

OfficeDepot does indeed have the Sony 100 stacks of + and -Rs for $24.99. However every single spindle at OffieDepot AND Staples was MIT. I think that is the "New Reality" for Brick and Morter Stores, at least in my area. OD also has the OfficeDepot Branded 75DVD-R + 25 CD-R deal again, this time for $15 per combo spindle.

Verbatims MIT seem to have a good rep. backed up by Quality Scans of recorded DVD media. What other MIT brands of DVD Media are of a similar quality? I am unable to do Disc Scans due to having a DVD Burner that does not support that feature.

Also at Office Depot they have 15pk of Maxell -RW or +RW for $8. Not the lowest price, but it beats regular prices at around 50c per blank...

I like the 75+25 deal at Office Depot, although I do not know what I'm gonna do with all the blank CD-Rs :)

OfficeDepot does indeed have the Sony 100 stacks of + and -Rs for $24.99. However every single spindle at OffieDepot AND Staples was MIT. I think that is the "New Reality" for Brick and Morter Stores, at least in my area. OD also has the OfficeDepot Branded 75DVD-R + 25 CD-R deal again, this time for $15 per combo spindle.

Verbatims MIT seem to have a good rep. backed up by Quality Scans of recorded DVD media. What other MIT brands of DVD Media are of a similar quality? I am unable to do Disc Scans due to having a DVD Burner that does not support that feature.

Also at Office Depot they have 15pk of Maxell -RW or +RW for $8. Not the lowest price, but it beats regular prices at around 50c per blank...

I like the 75+25 deal at Office Depot, although I do not know what I'm gonna do with all the blank CD-Rs :)

YeeeeeHaaaawwwww!!!!! Just went to Sears. Carried my Staples sales paper with me. Bought 250 (5-50pk spindles) of MIJ Sony 8x DVD+Rs with TY02 codes. Also bought 100 MIJ Sony DVD-Rs with the good Sony08D1 code. Sears price matched Staples $14.88 per spindle price and also did 10% of the difference (extra -$1.30 per spindle) off as well. Long story short, 350 Top Quality MIJ Discs for .29 cents each after tax. : )

I am happy bout this one!

Officemax has a 15% off paperbag folded in the sunday paper, so that could make a nice deal, but only if the blank media is on sale. Otherwise 15% off MSRP is still too much!
Yep, total suckage for OfficeMinimum. 15% off, but no sales, and also excludes 90% of everything in the store. :(

Yep, total suckage for OfficeMinimum. 15% off, but no sales, and also excludes 90% of everything in the store. :(

Yeah! The sales disappear when the bag appears! They probably make money off this since non-thrifty buyers may buy things at MSRP - 15% off :)

YeeeeeHaaaawwwww!!!!! Just went to Sears. Carried my Staples sales paper with me. Bought 250 (5-50pk spindles) of MIJ Sony 8x DVD+Rs with TY02 codes. Also bought 100 MIJ Sony DVD-Rs with the good Sony08D1 code. Sears price matched Staples $14.88 per spindle price and also did 10% of the difference (extra -$1.30 per spindle) off as well. Long story short, 350 Top Quality MIJ Discs for .29 cents each after tax. : )

I am happy bout this one!

FullOn;

You da Man!!!!!!! What a tip. I went to Staples first, and every one of their Sony's were MIT, including the ones in the warehouse. (A salesman checked for me) Then following your advice I went over to Sears and every one of their Sony's were MIJ. They priced matched the Staples price with no problem at all. They only had the 50 pack. I got 3 packs of DVD+Rs at the $14.88 price. With out your post I would have never shopped for media at Sears. Thanks for the info.

Claude, I'm glad it worked out for you. I will confess I read on another Forum that some Sears still had some MIJ Media. Never crossed my mind before that, either. I am glad I am somewhat compulsive when I get my mind on something. ; )

I want to go back to my local Sears and see if they restocked with MIJ and get some more, but realistically I have almost 650 High Quality Discs counting my Taiyo DVD-R from Rima, the Sony DVD+R (taiyo mfg. TY02), the Sony D21 +Rs and 08D1 -Rs, and my MIT Verbatim MCC02RG20 and MCC03RG20 -Rs.

It will take me quite a while to burn thru all those discs! I record and edit certain basketball games and usually burn 3 DVD backups of each one on different media due to the amount of time and energy I have invested in editing out all the commercials and halftime. But it will still take a long time to burn 650 DVD's! : )

Also at Office Depot they have 15pk of Maxell -RW or +RW for $8. Not the lowest price, but it beats regular prices at around 50c per blank...

Esp since they had the Maxell 25 pack of DVD-RW (and I think +RW) for about the same price last week.. but were out when I was there on Sat. But IIRC, the Maxell ones are now 4X and the OD ones I saw when I was there are 2X. (Someone else who was there at the same time accidentally had the _next_ day's ad, so I knew this week would have the OD ones for $8..)

May still get some.

This week (Sunday January 13 thru Saturday)

* 25pk of colorful Fuji slim-line cases $3 at Rite Aid (drugstore). Good price (12c per) if you only need 25. You can get a similar price from the office superstores when they have them on sale,but you typically have to buy 100+ to get a similar price

* Buy 1 Get 1: 100pk OfficeMax-branded jewel cases $30 ($30 for 200 cases: 15c per). Coupons and rewards program can lower the effective price

* 100pk Office Depot-branded DVD-R/+R $25

* 3-pack Fuji T160 $3 at Rite Aid. These are DVD disguised as VHS tapes :-) (I am trying to be funny, these are VHS tapes)

Thanks Hoops... I think I will jump on those jewel cases.... If they are full sized, which I take it they are.

Ooooops. Checked their website... Apparently slimline for that price.... Oh well.....

Circuit City has TDK 16x DVD+/-Rs for $10.99 per 50 pack. Also TDK 80 min. 52x CDRs 100 pack for $10.99.

Ooooh Ooooohhh!!!! Staples has 100 pk. of Memorex 16x DVD+/-Rs for $24.98 !! I know how much you guys love Memorex media soooooo........ :p ;)

BestBuy has 50 pk. of Sony 16x DVD+/-Rs for $12.99 per spindle. Wish I had waited a week to get the pricematch at Sears.

BestBuy has 50 pk. of Sony 16x DVD+/-Rs for $12.99 per spindle. Wish I had waited a week to get the pricematch at Sears.

That's the only good media I saw a deal on this week. Seems like everyone else had Memowrecks on sale. BB is about 3 miles from me, but Circuit City is about 3 blocks, so I may try a price match there.

Ooooh Ooooohhh!!!! Staples has 100 pk. of Memorex 16x DVD+/-Rs for $24.98 !! I know how much you guys love Memorex media soooooo........ :p ;)


Memorex sale! Woohoo :-)

...Memowrecks...
NICE!!! :D How did I miss that pun in all my rants? :confused:

Looks like the Fujis are the white, rather than the multicolors :(

NICE!!! :D How did I miss that pun in all my rants? :confused:


Now you know why some of my friends call me "the pun gent." ;)

I think you misunderstood. They call you pungent because you smell. ;)

BestBuy has 50 pk. of Sony 16x DVD+/-Rs for $12.99 per spindle. Wish I had waited a week to get the pricematch at Sears.
Thanks, the Sears Idea was great. ALL MIJ, got a bunch today. Are the -R (not being TY) any good?

I have read through many posts here and understand that Made in Japan is better quality. I have also read that the major office supply stores, such as Staples, Office Max, and possibly Office Depot (don't remember), don't carry Made in Japan, but Sears does.

Am I correct so far? Does anyone know which major stores carry MIJ? Does Best Buy? Circuit City? Others?

Thanks,

Chris

goots1, I'm glad it worked out for you. The MIJ Sony -R are not Taiyo Yudens, they are SonyD21 if 16x, and Sony08D1 if 8x. but from what I have read these are still good discs if MIJ. I don't hesitate to buy and use Sony -R Made In Japan.

opieandy, what the stores have in stock likely varies from locale to locale. Best bet is to check them all. Sears seems to be the last holdout in several areas, including mine. I bought the last 3 spindles of MIJ Sony I have seen from my local Circuit City Stores. That doesn't mean they might not get some more in, but I have seen ZERO MIJ since I bought those last 3 spindles about 6 weeks ago.

Be careful... All Sony DVDs say "Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan" on the label, but the "Made In Japan" or "Fabrique au Japon" should be on there too. Otherwise you will find "Made In Taiwan", or "Fabrique au Taiwan". Some here use the MIT Sonys as well, but I avoid them. That doesn't mean I am right, or that they are wrong. It's just my opinion/preference based on some reading on other Forums

From reading a number of DVD Forums, the only MIT DVDs that seem to have widespread approval are the Verbatim +/-Rs including the Dual Layer Discs. I buy Verbatims on sale and use them as Archive quality discs right alongside the Taiyo Yudens. Hope this helps.

opieandy, what the stores have in stock likely varies from locale to locale. Best bet is to check them all. Sears seems to be the last holdout in several areas, including mine. I bought the last 3 spindles of MIJ Sony I have seen from my local Circuit City Stores. That doesn't mean they might not get some more in, but I have seen ZERO MIJ since I bought those last 3 spindles about 6 weeks ago.

Thanks! Forgot to ask about my favorite store, Wal-Mart. Any chance they carry MIJ? Or Target?

Just trying to avoid my least favorite thing, driving around to a bunch of stores. I guess I probably could find them online, maybe on ebay, as I would envision some ebay sellers being in tune with this and specifying where they are made. I was just hoping to get some in the next day or two.

Thanks,

Chris

So here's an ebay seller with 100% feedback on 100 ratings selling the following: 100 Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R Silver Top Blank Media DVDR. With shipping, it's $33 for 100. Made in Japan. Anything wrong with this deal?

http://cgi.*********/100-Taiyo-Yuden-8X-DVD-R-Silver-Top-Blank-Media-DVDR_W0QQitemZ230075917212QQihZ013QQcategoryZ80135QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem

EDIT: Don't know why the link doesn't work, but the ebay item # is 230075917212.

Thanks,

Chris

Thanks! Forgot to ask about my favorite store, Wal-Mart. Any chance they carry MIJ? Or Target?I just came home from one of my local Wal-Marts. After stopping at Sears first! :)

The Sony DVDs at Wal-Mart were both MIT.

From what I've read here, I would imagine it's a matter of clearing out the stock in the process of changing from Japan to Taiwan. Until I read this thread, I never would have even thought to go to Sears. I would expect they move a lot less of this product than BB, CC or even WM, so it will take them a while to clear out the old product. Good for those of us who read message forums!

Theron

So here's an ebay seller with 100% feedback on 100 ratings selling the following: 100 Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R Silver Top Blank Media DVDR. With shipping, it's $33 for 100. Made in Japan. Anything wrong with this deal?

http://cgi.*********/100-Taiyo-Yuden-8X-DVD-R-Silver-Top-Blank-Media-DVDR_W0QQitemZ230075917212QQihZ013QQcategoryZ80135QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem

EDIT: Don't know why the link doesn't work, but the ebay item # is 230075917212.

Thanks,

Chris

There are 2 levels of Taiyo, Valueline and Premium. If those are Premium then maybe it's not a bad deal. But a lot of people here order Taiyo Media online from rima.com, supermediastore.com, and meritline.com, and are pretty happy with the pricing and service of all three. There are a lot of Fake Taiyos out there so be careful. I ordered a stack of the 8x DVD-R Premium White Inkjet Printable Taiyos from rima.com and found the service to be excellent. I think my shipped cost was around $36-38 for a spindle of 100 and they were here in 3-4 days. I don't think I would deal with EBay for media when these stores have such a fine reputation and reasonable cost. YMMV. ;)

Theron, I suspect you are right that many stores are clearing out/running out of MIJ DVD Media. I read in a MFG. Publication that almost all DVD mfg. are shifting their DVD+/-R production to Taiwan so they can use Japanese Mfg. facilities to make the much more expensive Blu-Ray and HD-DVD Discs. That is why I recently bought 350 MIJ Sonys when I found them at Sears.

Wal-Marts in my area have been 100% MIT Media for several months now. And I mean ALL DVD/CD-R Media! May be different for others. Target I am not sure about. Call up, ask for electronics and have them check to see if any are MIJ...... :)

There are 2 levels of Taiyo, Valueline and Premium. If those are Premium then maybe it's not a bad deal. But a lot of people here order Taiyo Media online from rima.com, supermediastore.com, and meritline.com, and are pretty happy with the pricing and service of all three. There are a lot of Fake Taiyos out there so be careful. I ordered a stack of the 8x DVD-R Premium White Inkjet Printable Taiyos from rima.com and found the service to be excellent. I think my shipped cost was around $36-38 for a spindle of 100 and they were here in 3-4 days. I don't think I would deal with EBay for media when these stores have such a fine reputation and reasonable cost. YMMV. ;)
Thanks much for the advice. I'll check out the sites you mentioned!

Chris

You are welcome, and good luck. :)

You are welcome, and good luck. :)

I will mention again that SamsClub carries those good Verbatim 8x DVD+/-Rs for $12.88 for spindles of 50 everyday. For those with membership, or who know members, Sams can be a good resource for quality DVD Media at very fair prices.

If you like to use Sharpie's to write onto the DVDs or the DVD cases/labels, Staples has a free after Easy-Rebate special this week on a 12-color package of Sharpies. Advertised in their weekly print circular. Easy Rebates can be submitted online, no mail-in or cutting upc codes.

goots1, I'm glad it worked out for you. The MIJ Sony -R are not Taiyo Yudens, they are SonyD21 if 16x, and Sony08D1 if 8x. but from what I have read these are still good discs if MIJ. I don't hesitate to buy and use Sony -R Made In Japan.

opieandy, what the stores have in stock likely varies from locale to locale. Best bet is to check them all. Sears seems to be the last holdout in several areas, including mine. I bought the last 3 spindles of MIJ Sony I have seen from my local Circuit City Stores. That doesn't mean they might not get some more in, but I have seen ZERO MIJ since I bought those last 3 spindles about 6 weeks ago.

Be careful... All Sony DVDs say "Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan" on the label, but the "Made In Japan" or "Fabrique au Japon" should be on there too. Otherwise you will find "Made In Taiwan", or "Fabrique au Taiwan". Some here use the MIT Sonys as well, but I avoid them. That doesn't mean I am right, or that they are wrong. It's just my opinion/preference based on some reading on other Forums

From reading a number of DVD Forums, the only MIT DVDs that seem to have widespread approval are the Verbatim +/-Rs including the Dual Layer Discs. I buy Verbatims on sale and use them as Archive quality discs right alongside the Taiyo Yudens. Hope this helps.
They are surely all MIJ. Thansk for the tip.

The MIJ Sony -R are not Taiyo Yudens, they are SonyD21 if 16x, and Sony08D1 if 8x.I bought 8x Sony -Rs that were TYG02 last year. See this cdfreaks post (http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.php?p=1292991&postcount=105) on how to tell them apart. There's not a lot of 8x media around anymore though. Also, apparently TYG03 Sonys exist (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?selectmedia=3933#comments), albeit rare.

Thanks for the info, epsilon. More knowledge is a good thing! All the Sony Taiyos I have bought have had the White Octagonal Spacer. The Sony MIJ -Rs that are Sony08D1 codes have Round White Spacers. All the MIT I have seen to date have had Grey spacers.

SamsClub has tons of 8x Verbatim DVD+/-Rs, at least here in my area. $12.88 per spindle of 50, every day.

75pk of DVD-R + bonus 25 CD-R, for $10 after $10 mail-in-rebate. In-store price $20. Expires 1/20. Available in-store only.

I use these frequently these days without issues. They are 8x. I do not know the media code. Not sure if the rebate can be used for those who used the Black Friday rebate :-) I only used a couple of the CD-Rs, so I don't know how good they are in the long run

Thanks for the info, epsilon. More knowledge is a good thing! All the Sony Taiyos I have bought have had the White Octagonal Spacer. The Sony MIJ -Rs that are Sony08D1 codes have Round White Spacers. All the MIT I have seen to date have had Grey spacers.

SamsClub has tons of 8x Verbatim DVD+/-Rs, at least here in my area. $12.88 per spindle of 50, every day.

Same here all the Sony Taiyos I have bought have had the White Octagonal Spacer also. Most of them were brought at BB here in HI in the past 3-4 months. I have ten 50 spindles in the closet. But the last few Sony Dvd-r sales at BB I have not been able to find any. Most of the Sony dvd-r's 50/100 pack have the Blue Ray advertising on them now.

Next week (Jan 21-27) at Staples:

<li>25pk Sony DVD+R DL $35 ($1.40 per)
<li>25pk Sony DVD-R/DVD+R $9 (36c per) - high unless you only need 25
<li>50pk Staples slim-lime jewel-cases $10 (20c per) - not as good of a price compared to the 12-15c sales

This is the first time I see Sony DVD+R DL advertised (and at under $2). I don't use DL discs so I may have been ignoring the ads in the past....

See the discussions above on how to find MIJ Sonys...

I found the last two 50pks of 8X +R TYG02 at Sears today. Got them price matched to the BB sale price of 12.99 ea + the 10% difference for a total of $24 and change for 100.
.24 ea - not bad for TY media!

I found the last two 50pks of 8X +R TYG02 at Sears today. Got them price matched to the BB sale price of 12.99 ea + the 10% difference for a total of $24 and change for 100.
.24 ea - not bad for TY media!

Excellent, actually!! :D

I will mention again that SamsClub carries those good Verbatim 8x DVD+/-Rs for $12.88 for spindles of 50 everyday. For those with membership, or who know members, Sams can be a good resource for quality DVD Media at very fair prices.I just bought some recently, and I can vouch for their quality. They've been great so far.

there's nothing at my Sears except the same few sad spindles of Maxells with torn wrappers that've been there for years,probably. :D

there's nothing at my Sears except the same few sad spindles of Maxells with torn wrappers that've been there for years,probably. :D

Been there for years.....Are they MIJ?? :D If so, snap 'em up. MXL MIJ are good media.......

no,they were MIT,so I put them down disdainfully and walked away. :D

I just picked up the last 3 - 50 pack of SONY DVD+R yes they were with the white octagon foam spacer, and confirmed that they are TY's... I had a copy of the BB flyer and they price match and give me and extra 10% off.... Good deal....

I did see another 4 packs of SONY DVD -R left they also had the octagon foam spacers but I think they looked grey... The cover did say "MIJ". I like to use DVD+R so I did not buy the -R's. So go get them there, BTW the BB Sale ends 1/20/2007 "TODAY" so that might effect the PriceMatch thing if you do not get it today....

Also they had 25 pack spindles of DVD+R's but I dont think the would price match that with 1/2 the price fo the 50 pack I did not even ask. I was happy with the 150 DVD's I picked up for about 35 bucks!!!

100 pack of Sony DVD-/+R at CompUSA for $22.99 this week.

OfficeMax has Verbatim 16x DVD+/-Rs for $12.99 per 50 pack. Not too shabby.

BestBuy has Verbatim Dual Layer DVD for $30 for a 20 pack. These are highly rated discs at $1.50 each. I think this is a pretty good price.

Staples has Sony DVD+R Dual Layer for $35 for 25 pack. That's a buck-forty each. I know nothing about the Sony Dual Layer Disc reputation.

Staples also has Sony DVD+/-Rs 25 pack for $8.98. I may use this price match and clean out the last Jap Sonys from my local Sears.

Staples also has 50 pk. of Staples DVD+/-R for $12.98 and throw in a free 128mb USB Flash drive.

BestBuy has Verbatim Dual Layer DVD for $30 for a 20 pack. These are highly rated discs at $1.50 each. I think this is a pretty good price.


Just ordered them now.

Sure beats paying $11.88 for 3 of them in a box @ Wal-Mart!!!!!!!

Urlee

A few more from the Sunday paper:
* Office Depot 75pk DVD-R + bonus 25 CD-Rs, $15 at Office Depot, no coupons/rebates (3-day rebate sale ended yesterday)
* 100pk Office Max slim-line jewel cases $16 (Buy 1 Get 1 for 50pk)
* 10pk Verbatim DVD+RW with jewel cases $9 at Office Max. Good price only if you need just 10 or you like the Verbatim brand or you insist on jewel cases
* 50pk Verbatim DVD-R/DVD+R + free 60-day trial subscription to Intelliflix $13 at Office Max. Offer inside the spindle (according to the ad, I haven't bought these)

Staples also has 50 pk. of Staples DVD+/-R for $12.98 and throw in a free 128mb USB Flash drive.
Cracks me up. A flash drive with enough storage for all the menus of your other flash drives. Whoo-hoo! :)

Sadly, I remember when a 128MB FD cost over $60. :eek:

Cracks me up. A flash drive with enough storage for all the menus of your other flash drives. Whoo-hoo! :)

Sadly, I remember when a 128MB FD cost over $60. :eek:

The ones I saw with the 128mb flash drive are the new golden/green made-in-India that I had a horrible experience with the ES20 and had to return them ("please check disc" errors all the time). I never had a problem with the Staples brand before those. Maybe they know they are so crappy so they are giving away the 128mb FD to sweeten the deal ;-)

By the way, I think I found the reason why Playo prices have been holding steady: they have to pay for a multimedia website now, http://www.myplayo.com/ They are even hiring, I hope the salary is not paid in Playaz DVD-R spindles ;-)

If you like to use Sharpie's to write onto the DVDs or the DVD cases/labels, Staples has a free after Easy-Rebate special this week on a 12-color package of Sharpies. Advertised in their weekly print circular. Easy Rebates can be submitted online, no mail-in or cutting upc codes.

If you want more of the same for marking up DVDs or paper sleeves/cases, this week at Staples BIC has a 12-pk of permanent markers free after Easy Rebates.

Please note that there is some debate as to whether one should (or should not) write directly onto the recordable DVDs...

Hey gangs,

Is $30 for a Verbatim 20-pack DVD+R Double-layer a good deal? Thanks.

Sorry, I didn't read the post above.

Hey gangs,

Is $30 for a Verbatim 20-pack DVD+R Double-layer a good deal? Thanks.

Sorry, I didn't read the post above.

I just checked now and seen them for $35.00 @ Rima and $39.99 @ Meritline.

Urlee

Help!!!

I bought these double-layer dvds and tried to make a back-up using DVD Shrink. But it did not work.

An error came up with this message "Sorry, your compilation can not be written on this type of disc."

Media requested: DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW.
Media detected in drive: DVD+R9 Double layer.

I use a two-year old Gateway laptop.

Does this mean this dvd drive can not write to double-layer disc? Or is it the software? It looks like I just wasted $30.

Help!!!

I bought these double-layer dvds and tried to make a back-up using DVD Shrink. But it did not work.

An error came up with this message "Sorry, your compilation can not be written on this type of disc."

Media requested: DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW.
Media detected in drive: DVD+R9 Double layer.

I use a two-year old Gateway laptop.

Does this mean this dvd drive can not write to double-layer disc? Or is it the software? It looks like I just wasted $30.

You might want to check and see if your DVD Drive supports Dual Layer Discs and recording. It may be as simple as needing to do a Firmware update for the DVD-RW Drive, or you may have a Burner that does not support Dual Layer burning.

Hey gangs,

Is $30 for a Verbatim 20-pack DVD+R Double-layer a good deal? Thanks.

Sorry, I didn't read the post above.

That's the best price I've seen on the Verbatims. I belive the Sonys are on sale for less right now, but I don't know how reliable they are. If anyone here has tried the Sonys, or scanned their mfg codes, please clue us in!

I just bought both the Sony +DL ($35/25)at Staples and the Verbatim at BB ($30/20), and here are the results. Clearly I will only buy the Verbatim from now on.

Verbatim Mitsubishi MKM 001 (First Class)

Sony RITEK D01 001 (Third Class - layer change issues)

Thanks for the info SAH........

Free (after online or mail-in rebate) this week: One Fuji T-120 at Rite Aid drug stores. This a blank of the VHS variety (a VHS tape, yes, a VHS tape!). As far as availability, YMMV...

I just bought both the Sony +DL ($35/25)at Staples and the Verbatim at BB ($30/20), and here are the results. Clearly I will only buy the Verbatim from now on.

Verbatim Mitsubishi MKM 001 (First Class)

Sony RITEK D01 001 (Third Class - layer change issues)

Thanks very much for that! Saves us $ and headaches!

Best price I've EVER seen, for Verbatims $9.99 for 50! That's .20 each! This will only help a few of us, because it is from Inkstop, and they are only in 5 states, including Michigan, and Ohio. Check it out if you can. The ad says only one per customer, but in the past, they have encouraged me to buy several. I'll pick up a few tomorrow!

Circuit City has Nexxtech CDRs @ $3.99 for 50. Are these any good? Or are they at least worth that ridiulously low price of 8 cents/disc for things that you don't care that much about? :)

DVD-/+R discs were $3.99 for 25 of these same brand discs. That's 16 cents/disc. (8X speed listed)

Unfortunately, they were sold out at the store nearest me long before I called at 1:00 PM. I wonder if anywhere else has price-matching and these discs (in store and not online)?

Lastly, what's the real difference between Taiyo Yuden's Value and Premium Lines of 8X Silver Laqeur discs?

BestBuy has Sony 16x DVD-R 100 spindle for $24.99. In my area those are guaranteed to be MIT.

DVD-/+R discs were $3.99 for 25 of these same brand discs. That's 16 cents/disc. (8X speed listed)

Unfortunately, they were sold out at the store nearest me long before I called at 1:00 PM. I wonder if anywhere else has price-matching and these discs (in store and not online)?

I don't know, I don't recall seeing the Nexxtech brand anywhere else. Could it be a made-for-CircuitCity brand?

* 25pk of TDK DVD-R or DVD+R, 16x speed, no rebates, $7 at Radio Shack. Comes out to 28c per so it's not the lowest price, but if you only need 25, and have success with TDK...

* 200 office max branded jewel-cases (Buy 100 get 100 free) $30 (15c per jewelcase)

* Magnavox 50pk of DVD-R or DVD+R 16x speed, $13 (26c per blank) at Office Max

Nexxtech is Circuit City's "House Brand" I've had pretty good luck with them when copying stuff from my collection for friends.

But I guess even Circuit City din't want to put their name on them so it makes me kind of wonder how good they really are :confused:

Did one burn with the NeXX disc CDs with no issues whatsoever. I'll report back on the DVD-R when it's finished.

Nexxtech is Circuit City's "House Brand" I've had pretty good luck with them when copying stuff from my collection for friends.

I got a pack of NEXXTECH DVD-Rs a few weeks ago when they were on a similar low price deal. I haven't been able to use them with my XS32. Trying to transfer to the DVD gives an error dialog almost immediately. As far as I remember, there's no color change on the disc so nothing has been written as far as I can tell.

I'm not sure if this is due to my possibly-dying XS32 burner or not.. but I've been able to use other 8X DVD-Rs in the past.