Sony Yuden000T02 or FujiFilm Yuden000T02???

[karelj]

I am asking my fellow members, based on their experiences with both of these media, which one produces better quality burns??
I have 100 TY T02s and I recently supplemented them with 100 FujiFilm T02s.
As selfish as this sounds.. I intended to use the TYs for my personal backups and have the FujiFilms for friends and acquaintences. I did not think that there would be a quality difference but reading various forums seem to indicate that this might be the case.
There is a sale on Sony media that has the Yuden000T02 ID and am wondering how it stacks up to the FujiFilm. FYI, I am using an NEC 3500AG with firmware 2TC.

[fiveirondraw]

I have used both with success! And I use the same burner you use. What method and software are you using to burn?

[karelj]

Fiveirondraw -

I use DVDShrink/Nero. I also have DVDDecrypter, but for me, Shrink is more intuitive because I can see exactly what files I am compressing etc etc.
But I am always open to suggestions.

Thank you for your response... the temptation to grab those Sonys is increasing even though I really should be saving up for a new DVD player...

[Redd]

Personally...I have nothing good to say about Fuji blank media.

[fiveirondraw]

Redd-
Isn't that a little vague--
the Fuji MIJ 8x +Rs I have used identify as YUDEN000T02---
I have burned 200+ of these without a single coaster and they play flawlessy in my standalone Apex 1110 and Memorex MVD 2022-- I have tested the scans with NeroCD/DVD and with KProbe and they always pass---furthermore I have never paid more than 19.99 for a 50 cake---What is not to like about all this???

[koolaidwa]

fuji's that are made in japan are some of the best rebranded media

[DereX888]

If both have Yuden000T02 media id, then obviously they are the very same media from same Taiyo Yuden manufacturer. If you'll understand this, you won't have problem making choice between 'brands'. The real brand is TY, not Fuji or Sony or whatever other packaging 'brandname' you may find them labeled with...
Don't give up to the corporate brainwash that is now subconciously whispering in your head after years of tv commercials: "buy sony!" (or "buy fuji!") they all lie

[Gen-An]

The Sony-branded T02s (and the TDKs for that matter) don't seem to have the "speckling" problems that have plagued the Fujifilm branded ones...

[Skith]

The Sony-branded T02s (and the TDKs for that matter) don't seem to have the "speckling" problems that have plagued the Fujifilm branded ones...

I have experienced the "speckling" problem on a few MIJ Fuji spindles (although they were DVD-R TY discs). In the two 50 packs I have purchased, the top 5-6 discs had white specks/scratches. The top two discs gave errors (one burning, and both with errors on a transfer rate test, note I was not recording video). The second spindle, I just tossed the first few discs, after which the rest appeared clean.

Buying the silver top TY media from rima, I have never had this problem, can't speak for sony brand TY.

[samijubal]

I've got aboot 80-90 Fuji TY discs that the outside edge is destroyed from those speckles. It says to return them to any Fuji dealer for replacement, but BB won't exchange them. Fuji was supposed to send something to send the discs to them in, that was 3 weeks ago and it still hasn't come. I wouldn't buy them again. If you do get them, don't store them on the spindles after they have been burned. As you move the discs around to get to the one you want, they get trashed fast.

[koolaidwa]

i get fuji's all the time at bestbuy with no speckled things u all talk about, someone take a pic and post it please, because i have no idea what u all are talking bout

[MJA]

I have both sony and fuji,and I noticed the sony cd's are thicker than Fuji.I bought both from BB

[Skith]

Some people have noted that TY media from www.rima.com comes in the exact same type of cake box (one way to spot TY media), and I have to say I agree. I have never had the speckling problem with media from RIMA.

Below is exactly what my "speckled discs" looked like.

Here is a link to the thread/post the pics come from:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.php?p=750887&postcount=211

pics:




[edit: credit for pics goes to nesler @ http://club.cdfreak.com]

[koolaidwa]

thank god i dont have disc's like that lol

[samijubal]

Store the Fuji discs on spindles and move them around getting to the one you want and you will. Most of mine look like that on the outside edge and the more I move them around the closer to the center it gets.