TDK +/- at Staples 25pk Spindle for $24.94

[Fletchdvd]

Starts Sunday (but you should be able to get it earlier).

TDK DVD media spindle
Save $25. SPECIAL BUY. $24.94
25/pack
Reg. $49.98 Valid Jan 18 - 24
511133-DVD-R, 511134-DVD+R

[vuphan]

By looking at the picture. DVD+r is 4X and DVD-R is 2X
Anyone know how good is TDK media?

thanks

[ebenton]

TDK media is excellent. The only down side is that I think they don't make 4X DVD-R disks, only 2X. At least, I have never seen any TDK DVD -R disks in any store anywhere.

[mazinz]

i see tdk dvd-r all over the place ( i should know, thats what i buy). Bestbuy, circ city, staples, etc all sell the tdk dvd-r media. I can also swear i have seen the 4x dvd-r tdk at staples as well

[Bodyslide]

The last 100 TDK's I received from Micro Center in Ga are all labeled 2x but are the 4x Riteks.

[andkiich]

The last TDK +R 4x media I got were excellent. They were RicohJPN media code.

Worked great on my NEC 1100A burner.

[ebenton]

i see tdk dvd-r all over the place ( i should know, thats what i buy). Bestbuy, circ city, staples, etc all sell the tdk dvd-r media. I can also swear i have seen the 4x dvd-r tdk at staples as well

Oops, I meant to say I have never seen any *4X* TDK DVD-R media anywhere. I have seen 2X TDK DVD-R all over the place as well. Brown-and-white packaging. If indeed the 2X media are really 4X Ritek, so much the better, but most people (me included) would not know that from looking at them on the shelf.

[MOVIEGEEK]

The last 10pk of TDK DVD+R I got at Staples was MCC,MCC is good but I prefer Ricoh.

[jlc_38]

I bought a 25 pack of 4x +R's from CompUSA a weeks ago and they read CMC Mag F01 using DVDinfo. I just found this out today and I'm very upset about it. I paid $35 for mine and that was a sale price. I thought buy buying TDK I was safe, but it looks like even TDK are going to cheap media. I'd like to know from the guys that got the good TDK's what to look for on the package or can I even tell for looking. The one's I bought have the "black bottom" spindle, and say "made in Taiwan" right on top of the bar code. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

[Gcubed]

TDK 10pack 4x DVD+R are indeed CMC MAG F01 burned excellent with LiteOn411

TDK 10pack 2x DVD-R are TDKG03 - did not burn well with LiteOn411

[Synergy]

I bought a 25 pack of 4x +R's from CompUSA a weeks ago and they read CMC Mag F01 using DVDinfo. I just found this out today and I'm very upset about it.

You must have been brainwashed by too many people saying CMC is crap, but have you ever encountered any bad CMC discs in your own experience? If no, then give these discs a chance before complaining. Recently I have seen much better write quality results from CMC made discs than Ritek discs on a Japanese website, and the Japanese market always gets the grade A stuff from these two manufacturers.

According to my sources, when TDK and Maxell buy the OEM discs from Taiwanese manufacturers, they always get the grade A stuff. If you did burn a few coasters, then send them back to TDK and ask for some better discs since TDK does provide 1 year warranty on their DVD media.

[hedstrosity]

cmc is shit...
i ve trested the discs first hand.... just cause the burn goes through doesnt mean its fine... scn the dam disc and look for bad sectors...
a surefire sign of shit media is unreadable sectors in the beginning and middle, and sure enough the tdk 4x+ cmc discs had errors scattered through out the whole damn disc...
out of 10 discs only 2 were error free.. i ran a scan with my plextor 708a, lite on 116, toshiba dvd rom, and pioneer a05, and all the same results....
maybe itsa a hit or miss, but usually bad media will only show unreadable sectors after the 4.0 GB mark. a true shitty disc will be all over .....

CASE CLOSED

[jlc_38]

You must have been brainwashed by too many people saying CMC is crap, but have you ever encountered any bad CMC disc's in your own experience?
According to my sources, when TDK and Maxell buy the OEM discs from Taiwanese manufacturers, they always get the grade A stuff. If you did burn a few coasters, then send them back to TDK and ask for some better discs since TDK does provide 1 year warranty on their DVD media.

That might be true in some cases but I don't think I'm brainwashed if I've spent hours reading about how crappy CMC disc's are right here in this forum. The point is I paid for a premium product and instead got cheap media that I could have spent a lot less on. TDK is a top brand and should ALWAYS sell the very best media. They're going back, and I'm going to have to start the hunt all over again.

[lordsmurf]

You must have been brainwashed by too many people saying CMC is crap, but have you ever encountered any bad CMC discs in your own experience? If no, then give these discs a chance before complaining. Recently I have seen much better write quality results from CMC made discs than Ritek discs on a Japanese website, and the Japanese market always gets the grade A stuff from these two manufacturers. According to my sources, when TDK and Maxell buy the OEM discs from Taiwanese manufacturers, they always get the grade A stuff. If you did burn a few coasters, then send them back to TDK and ask for some better discs since TDK does provide 1 year warranty on their DVD media.

CMC is junk. Coasters = lost data = lost time. "Warranties" are useless in fixing that. Unless it can replace data or turn back the clock, warranties are stupid on media. Who cares?

[Synergy]

CMC is junk.

Yeah, I've heard this way too many times, but I'd rather trust someone who's more knowledgeable on the subject, such as the following:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=95323&highlight=#95323

than someone who recommended BTC burners. BTW I have no doubt that CMC discs would burn like crap on the BTC burners.

The reality is that any DVD media manufacturers can produce good and bad quality media, and that's why QC is extremely important in this business. The difference is that Japanese makers only sell their good stuff to the market while Taiwanese manufacturers (including Ritek) sell all their products, good and bad, all over the world. Tha same MID code doesn't always mean the same quality, but it's much easier to blame CMC for the simple minded. If you want to choose Ritek made media, then look for the gray bottom spindles instead of the black ones, this has been known back to the CD-R era.

[Fresh One]

I agree with you hedstrosity.

I recently got a pack of Memorex 4X DVD+Rs that were CMC. None of them would burn an error free copy at 4X.

Just like you said, the burn goes through fine. However, checking with DVDINfo scan or Nero CD Scan clearly shows a large number of unreadable sectors near the middle of the disc.

I have never seen this problem with RICOHJPN discs...

[drewson99]

Starts Sunday (but you should be able to get it earlier).

TDK DVD media spindle
Save $25. SPECIAL BUY. $24.94
25/pack
Reg. $49.98 Valid Jan 18 - 24
511133-DVD-R, 511134-DVD+R

thanks! you saved me over $100 today!

[lordsmurf]

Synergy, they burn like shit on my PIONEER burners too. Face facts, it's a crap-shoot with CMC, and often on the losing side.

[richie_r1ch]

thanks for the heads up on the SALE.

Just picked up a pack minutes after reading this

they only had 2x for DVD-R media. My burner also accepts +R but I went with -R since thats what my PS2 plays.

I might pick up another 25 before the sale ends.

[ipgpe13]

Just picked up a 25 - spindle of the TDK DVD+R's at Staples in NY.

DVDINFO says the following:

Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID RICOHJPNR01
Format Capacity Not Formatted
Free Blocks 405405696
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.70GB)
Book Type DVD+R
Media Type DVD+R
Media Id Code Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.4x 3324KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.0x 2770KBps
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1


Seems like all the DVD+R's 4X, I have gotten in NY (Memorex and TDK now) at Best Buy, Office Max, Staples and CompUSA have all been Richos.

[budz]

jlc_38 wrote:

I bought a 25 pack of 4x +R's from CompUSA a weeks ago and they read CMC Mag F01 using DVDinfo. I just found this out today and I'm very upset about it. I paid $35 for mine and that was a sale price.

Take it back to COMPUSA they will give you a refund. I returned MEMOREX 4X spd DVD+R (2) 25 PACK SPINDLES back in Nov. 2003 after burning a coaster. DVDINFO said they were manufactured by CMC. If you've burned any coasters return them along with the rest of the spindle you bought. I got a full refund and went to OFFICE DEPOT and bought IMATION DVD+R 4X spd for the same price I had paid for the MEMOREX at COMPUSA.

Snergy wrote:

You must have been brainwashed by too many people saying CMC is crap, but have you ever encountered any bad CMC discs in your own experience? If no, then give these discs a chance before complaining.

As I've stated up above I encountered bad CMC and returned them. It doesn't work well with my Plextor 708A but yet COMPUSA FMI brand which is PRINCO DVD-R 1x spd burns at 2x without any problems. The PRINCO plays fine in all my standalone dvd players.

[spiffy]

I bought a pack of -R from Staples earlier today, and using DVD Decrypter to burn ISO images had not been successful so far (test burn only). It fails at writing Lead-In. The Media Code is TDKG02000000.

This is the complete media code reported by DVDInfoPro:

00000000 00 6A 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 98 0C 13 .j...@....P.....
00000010 76 78 80 00 03 54 44 4B 47 30 32 00 04 30 30 30 vx...TDKG02..000
00000020 30 30 30 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 000.............

The error message is as follows:



Did I get a bad batch or are these TDKs are not compatible with Sony DRU510A? I tried at both 1X and 2X, both failed.

(I don't use +R because I want 100% compatibility with stand alone players.)

Does anybody know if I can return the pack back to Staples?

Thanks in advance...

Spiffy

[jlc_38]

Just picked up a 25 - spindle of the TDK DVD+R's at Staples in NY.
DVDINFO says the following:
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID RICOHJPNR01

Just for fun can you tell me what color the bottom of the spindle is? I just want to be sure the theory that gray is good, black is CMC is true with TDK as well. Thanks

[capvid0429]

Just bought 2 spindles at Staples. Bottoms are grey. Will check mfg. tonight when I get home from work. Will post answer tonight.

[Germanicus__]

I just bought two spindles of the TDK DVD-R from Staples as well. The manufacture info is: TDKG02. They have the dark grey spindle. I haven't tried to burn with them yet.

[capvid0429]

Just checked my TDK dvd-r's grey bottom. Mfg-id = TDKG02000000
Had these before without any problems.

[jlc_38]

I just bought two spindles of the TDK DVD-R from Staples as well. The manufacture info is: TDKG02. They have the dark grey spindle. I haven't tried to burn with them yet.

Thanks for the info. It does seem that the gray vs. black spindle is correct.
What a trip. I wonder if it's so whole-sellers can tell at a glance where the media is comes from. Very strange, but I'm glad there is a way of telling.

[ipgpe13]

The TDK DVD+R's I got at Staples had black spindle base, with a thick rim. Made in Taiwan, DVD+R47CCB25.

[jlc_38]

The TDK DVD+R's I got at Staples had black spindle base, with a thick rim. Made in Taiwan, DVD+R47CCB25.

This is the same spindle mine came on that were CMC. I wonder what the heck DVD+R47CCB25 stands for?

[TuxOmatic]

OK, I don't get it. Am I missing something? I just drove over to my local Staples during lunch. They had their TDK 25-packs of DVD-R on their "Best Buy" table. They were on a black spindle, but I grabbed a couple and went to check out. They rang up at $34.94! I declined to buy them and came back to work. Then I checked Staples website and they also list the same product at $34.94. Did they raise the price in the middle of the special? Or am I trying to buy the wrong item?

Thanks for any insight