For all you Canadians out there ..

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Check out www.oemexpress.com

Pretty cheap prices on blanks dvd's. A 50 spindle of Matrix media is 9.99. Not sure of the media code.

Do with it what you will

LG

[p_l]

I'm a little wary about unbranded|unknown media, though. Maybe if I can get a sample or two...

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Thats what I was thinking. For $10 bucks for 50, thats a pretty good deal. Not too many places in Canada you will find prices like that.

[BJ_M]

seems a little TO low

[ZippyP.]

If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

Quick, somebody (else) buy some and run a check on them.

[Lucifers_Ghost]

My friend has bought them a couple of times and he says he has very little problems. Out of 3 spindles of 50, 3 coasters. Not a bad average.

LG

[ROBERT BLACK]

Thats what I was thinking. For $10 bucks for 50, thats a pretty good deal. Not too many places in Canada you will find prices like that.

You can in Toronto here: www.PacificMallToronto.com

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Thats cool. Good deals.

In the end, find out the return policy. If you can return them if they suck, what have you got to lose? An hour and $2 in gas?

[matthewmalay]

Wow, they're like 4 blocks over from where I work. I'll have to stroll over and check them out in person. I'm a little wary about unbranded|unknown media, though. Maybe if I can get a sample or two...

Double wow, I work only 2 blocks away from there, no joke. I'll check this out and get myself a spindle, at 10$ for 50 I dont have much to lose.

[US Guy]

Wow, they're like 4 blocks over from where I work. I'll have to stroll over and check them out in person. I'm a little wary about unbranded|unknown media, though. Maybe if I can get a sample or two...

Just out of curiousity. Is this in Verdun?
Moi je suis habite a Montreal depuis 1978 just a 1990

[US Guy]

Thats what I was thinking. For $10 bucks for 50, thats a pretty good deal. Not too many places in Canada you will find prices like that.

You can in Toronto here: www.PacificMallToronto.com

Another good location in TO is nearby Spadina and College

[p_l]

Just out of curiousity. Is this in Verdun?
Moi je suis habite a Montreal depuis 1978 just a 1990

It's Ville Saint-Laurent. They also appear to have other locations in Canada.

I'll try to pop in on them this week if I get a moment. My curiosity is piqued.

matthewmalay,
Small world.

[steve2713]

Triple Wow! I'm only 1364.1 miles away. I'm thinking of just walking right over there

[steelhead]

I go to the one in Kanata, ON all the time to get these DVDs. They work OK you do get the ocasional crappy disc but not that many and for 10$ you don't really care if you make coasters.

[p_l]

Triple Wow! I'm only 1364.1 miles away. I'm thinking of just walking right over there

It'll be especially worth it if you're perambulating over from south of the border. The price, $10, is in Canadian dollars, so that converts to about 57¢ US.

[DTSL06]

OEM Express return policies in the past are they will not take back DVD or CD media. Anything else if not defective will be subjected to a 20% (?) restocking fee. I dealt with them a lot in the past.

[steve2713]

It'll be especially worth it if you're perambulating over from south of the border. The price, $10, is in Canadian dollars, so that converts to about 57¢ US

Woah, I didn't consider that... now I'm actually kind of interested ...

Naw, I already have WAY TOO MANY DVDRs , I just bought 300 Fuji TY discs for $60 , and have 200 Ritek RICOHJPN RO1 discs, plus a bunch of other stuff. I have about 150 Shop4Tech Sonic MUST001 discs as well, and I've burned 100 of those as well and they are pretty good cheapo discs, and they are now down to ~$18 shipped per 100

Someone post the media code on these, I'd be curious to know what they are. It looks as though they are branded 'Digital Matrix', which looks like decent media if it is MEDIA ID001, looking at the reviews.

[matthewmalay]

Media Code: Yi Jhan 001

Complete Media Code
00000000 00 6A 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 F7 0E 0B .j...@....R.....
00000010 77 88 70 00 03 59 69 20 4A 68 61 00 04 6E 20 30 w.p..Yi Jha..n 0
00000020 30 31 00 00 05 AA A2 22 22 20 01 00 06 0B 0F 12 01....."" ......

Haven't burn't any yet, when I do I'll you guys posted.

[p_l]

I finally popped by last night. The place is basically a guy behind a counter. That's to be expected, I suppose, because it's primarily an e-commerce business. I was a little wary when the guy was rather cagey about their return policy (only unopened or physically damaged packages), and he wouldn't sell me samples, but in the end I figured for $10, what the hell.

I burned one today, using Nero and my Pioneer A06. It burned OK at 4x and played OK on my Norcent DP300. So they work, and it's hard to beat the price.

I'll keep these for future use, but I think I'll keep using the Prodisc hub printables as my main discs because I just get so much joy from printing a nice-looking disc with my Epson R300. 8)

[BJ_M]

bonne affaire qui est tombée du dos d'un camion

[US Guy]

It's Ville Saint-Laurent. They also appear to have other locations in Canada.

I'll try to pop in on them this week if I get a moment. My curiosity is piqued.

matthewmalay,
Small world. I'm over at the Cégep.

Thanks p_l. I actually lived near Vanier CEGEP as well for a year or two.

[p_l]

I thought the sweat coming from the guy's upper lip was because my mere presence struck awe into his heart, but then again maybe he thought I was the heat come to bust him.

Seriously though, the discs do feel flimsy, and they sell all kinds of other name-brand stuff, and though I suppose some of it might have "fallen off the back of a truck," they're interprovincial and sell new stuff. It's the computer "liquidation" place next door I wonder about. Tons of secondhand computer stuff. The two businesses don't appear related, though.

US Guy, so what finally tore you away from that charming part of town?

[BJ_M]

mixed reviews about it -- i feel sorry for the people there that say they bought these for $1 each


https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediasearch=Yi+Jhan+&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&ty...+or+List+Media


DVD Media Type Size Media code Speed Compatibility Comments
Yi Jhan DVD-R 4.7GB Yi Jhan 001. 4x Plays on 8 DVD Players
Plays not on 5 DVD Players
Burn Reliability is Mixed
DVD Reliability is Mixed
PC Reliability is Mixed
Console Reliability is Mixed

[p_l]

DVD Indentifier gives me this:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:Yi Jhan 001]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disc & Book Type :       [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name :      [Yi Jhan Technology Ltd.]
Manufacturer ID :        [Yi Jhan 001]
Disc Application Code :  [Unrestricted Use : Consumer Purpose]
Recording Speeds :       [1x , 2x , 4x]
                         [6x And Higher Might Not Always Be Detectable]
Blank Disc Capacity :    [2,298,496 Sectors = 4,489.3MB = 4.38GB (4.71GB)]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

0000 : 01 40 c1 fd 9e d8 52 00  02 f7 0e 0b 77 88 70 00   .@....R.....w.p.
0010 : 03 59 69 20 4a 68 61 00  04 6e 20 30 30 31 00 00   .Yi Jha..n 001..
0020 : 05 aa a2 22 22 20 01 00  06 0b 0f 12 66 66 80 00   ..."" ......ff..
0030 : 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00  08 01 1b 0b 0f 08 08 00   ................
0040 : 09 55 09 10 0b 90 88 00  0a 80 88 80 88 80 10 00   .U..............
0050 : 0b 06 1c 13 a8 88 65 00  0c 98 9a 88 80 00 00 00   ......e.........
0060 : 0d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
0070 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
0080 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
0090 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
00a0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
00b0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
00c0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
00d0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
00e0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................
00f0 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   ................

But this disc I burned plays fine in my Norcent DP 300, my RCA 5240P, and my Samsung DVD-VCR combo unit. I'm not saying drop all other media in favor of this one, and I'm certainly not planning on doing that, but if you're on a budget, these work OK for me. YMMV, as they say.

[canadateck]

Wow, they're like 4 blocks over from where I work. I'll have to stroll over and check them out in person. I'm a little wary about unbranded|unknown media, though. Maybe if I can get a sample or two...

Are they the same owners as 123 computers? I think that's the name....they are on Decarie, near du colege Metro station..

[p_l]

I don't know if they're the same owners, but they're not the same store. I think 123 Computers might be the ones I mentioned were next door, but it also might be yet another store, since there are quite a few near there.

[canadateck]

I don't know if they're the same owners, but they're not the same store. I think 123 Computers might be the ones I mentioned were next door, but it also might be yet another store, since there are quite a few near there.

I just thought they were.the website layout is very much the same.123 are very good to deal with,they were with me anyway..

[BJ_M]

no doubt about it --- no mater what .. it is a very good price ...

even if just for data storage

[matthewmalay]

Yeah, 123 Compute is the used computer store right next door. I don't think they are the same guys as 123 Compute either. Next time I see the owners of 123 Compute I'll ask them about it.

I burnt a couple of them today on my LG 4040 4X burner, they only burned at 2X though (not the first advertise as 4X cheap media that only burns at 2X on my burner though), I'm going to see if it can burn at 4X on my brother's Asus burner. The DVD played fine on my Panasonic DVD player and my Nova DVD player which is picky about DVD-R media. So far so good. I'll probably just use theses to give DVDs to my friends and data storage.