Great prices on 4X +R media at retail outlets

[vtecwil]

I made a post about a week ago letting people know about the great prices on 4X media I saw at local stores . I've seen TDK , Maxell , Verbatim , and Memorex at local stores such as Walmart , Best Buy , and Office Depot at prices ranging from 1.89 to 2.40 dollars per disc . Some fella named txpharoah responded by saying that online prices are better . Really ? Where can you find these brands at these or lower prices ? He also said that name brands such as KHypermedia and Verbatim ( CMC ) were crap . I do not consider KHypermedia a name brand . Its an off brand . I'm talking about the brands I listed above . As for Verbatim the last batch I got were made by Ritek . I have used Imation made by CMC and they were fine but KHypermedia by CMC were not . I think its all in how much money a company wants to pay CMC to make its discs . So if you want some really good media at a good price try one of these stores .

[jomo]

www.shop4tech.com has for only $195.50 100 pcs free shipping is the cheapest I had seen so far!!

[jomo]

Ritek is the manufacture who made for TDK, Richo, and HP...and more so I think they are all the same what is the point to spend more money on brands' products

[Metaluna]

www.shop4tech.com has for only $195.50 100 pcs free shipping is the cheapest I had seen so far!!

Best Buy has 100pc TDK 4X +R media for 189.99 w/ free shipping or you can walk into any store and get instant gratification for the same price.

I have some of the TDK 4X and Verbatim 4X, as well as Verbatim 2.4X and they all have media code RICOHJPN. I assume this is Ritek? They're all Made in Taiwan.

[scottvf]

I know memorex sucks!!! Disc gets blotchy and stalls toward the end. I use Ritek g03 (best dvd-r). You can find them for only 129.00 for 100 with free shipping at the following site --> http://www.blank-cd-cdr.com/dvdr-med...d-r-4-7gb.html

[TBoneit]

I know memorex sucks!!! Disc gets blotchy and stalls toward the end. I use Ritek g03 (best dvd-r). You can find them for only 129.00 for 100 with free shipping at the following site --> http://www.blank-cd-cdr.com/dvdr-med...d-r-4-7gb.html

Scott these are basic 1X disks except for a couple of specific firmware version on a couple of drives, then 2X.

Thats nice but this thread says 4X in the title even. I prefer to burn at 15minutes a disk as my time has a worth too.

And of course I hate playing around with firmware revisions for different disks... Thats a easy way to toast a drive. Just ask the people that tried to flash a bios and trashed a MB. I get them at work times something just goes wrong even when it isn't their first or even third time doing it.

I'm using the TDK sold at $189 for 100 Best Buy, the top is a nice textured silver. I can use most of the top to write on. They work fine for me. I've used a lot of brand name DVD Blanks. Never a Coaster.

I guess I'm conservative by nature when it ain't broke I don't fix it .

Cheers

[vric]

Scott these are basic 1X disks except for a couple of specific firmware version on a couple of drives, then 2X.

G03 disk work at 2X on every drive EXCEPT couple of drive.

A new store here sell 50 DVD-R 4X (don't know the brand yet) for 99$CND ! 2$CND each ! that is cheap, but i'm sure it's princo

[vtecwil]

Memorex sucks ? Memorex does not make its own discs . You have to check the media code with something like DVDInfo . The program will let you know who really makes the disc .

I'm still waiting for someone to let me know where online I can find prices this low on this type and brands of media . Last time I checked online stores had prices well over 3 dollars per disc for same type and brand .

The best thing is I can get it right now . Why would I want to pay way more and wait a week to get it ?

By the way I dont think Ricoh and Ritek are the same company . I have Verbatims made by both Ricoh and Ritek .

[kernal_panic]

i bought a 25 ct cake box at Best Buy of dvd+r 4x for $53 after sales tax. thats a hair above 2 bucks a piece.

[Allan55]

jomo wrote:

Ritek is the manufacture who made for TDK, Richo, and HP...and more so I think they are all the same what is the point to spend more money on brands' products

Even when one manufacturer makes all the disks, there can still be differences in quality. For example:

"Mickey" orders media for Mickey-brand media specifying that it must meet a very high standard during testing.

"Minnie" does the same but specs a lower standard during testing; so she could get some/all of the fallouts from Mickey-brand testing.

"Goofy" does the same with a bare-minimum spec; so he gets all the fallouts that actually work.

In general, once the manufacturer's order book is filled for high-quality stuff, the testing criteria is lowered for the remaining orders. This is one reason why there can be so much variability within cheaper brands -- some media in the box just meet the spec and some are as good as the "best" brands.

For CD and DVD media this testing is probably a sample-type of testing as well.

Allan

[Metaluna]

[quote="Allan55"]jomo wrote:

In general, once the manufacturer's order book is filled for high-quality stuff, the testing criteria is lowered for the remaining orders. This is one reason why there can be so much variability within cheaper brands -- some media in the box just meet the spec and some are as good as the "best" brands.

For CD and DVD media this testing is probably a sample-type of testing as well.

Allan

Case in point: Many people regard Memorex CD-R's made by Taiyo Yuden as being inferior to Fuji-branded TY. My Yamaha burner will burn the Memorexes at only 32x, but will go to 44x for the Fujis.