GQ code TYG02 sale at FRY'S

[sho95]

Just picked some up today 50 pack spindel for 12.50. Hope they are good.

[lordsmurf]

They are not good. They are fake crap.

GQ only uses crap media, whatever the cheapest garbage they can find to slap their worthless name brand on.

[sho95]

lordsmurf can you tell me in what way have this GQ failed you.

[junkmalle]

I've used a few hundred GQ DVD+R discs (mostly ISO data format) and haven't had any fail yet.

[trhouse]

They are not that great quality. Here are two speed tests done with DVDInfoPro ( freeware in the Tools section ).

This one is genuine TY dvd-r, X4 media


This is GQ with a TY dvd-r, X8 media ID code.


The GQ disk will play fine on some players but on others, it will stutter or freeze a few moments at the places were the glitches occur.

[koolaidwa]

lordsmurf, once o got some good gq sony codes that worked great

also got some prodisc r03's they worked good on my btc burner but didnt work after burnt on my liteon


ty gq will always be fake, but others will be most likely the real deal

[lordsmurf]

GQ used RITEKG01 years ago. But that was then, this is now. These days it's all about ultra cheap, and that's going to almost always be fakes and HK/China discs.

[junkmalle]

I posted earlier that I used a few hundred GQ DVD+R discs without any problem. Well, I seem to have run into a bad batch with my latest spindle of 50. Fresh burns are unreadable, or just barely readable, past the ~2/3 mark. Several hours later they are even worse.

Earlier batches (8x) showed the manufacturer as "INFOME R20"and had a blank code. This bad batch (also 8x) claims to be manufactured by Verbatim with the the code "MCC 003".

[lumis]

i learned my lesson from GQ during the 90's when i saw a great deal on cd-r's from them.. since then, i've never bought a GQ product, and have told everyone i know not to either.

and how the hell can they use the name GQ/Great Quality? they're like SQ/Shitty Quality. someone should use them for ripping people off.

junkmalle, take them back to fries and demand an exchange or refund. if they give you any guff, tell them they're not "great quality" like it says on the package..

[lordsmurf]

Earlier batches (8x) showed the manufacturer as "INFOME R20"and had a blank code. This bad batch (also 8x) claims to be manufactured by Verbatim with the the code "MCC 003".

The previous ones were INFODISC crap.
The new ones are likely also INFODISC crap (but fake MEDIA ID!!!!).
It was only a matter of time before the garbage-using supply lines brought them into the USA.

"Bad batches" is largely a myth. It's too overused as an excuse for crap media. A "bad batch" is an infrequent (all impossible) anomaly that few people ever see. TY has bad batches. TDK has bad batches.

Infodisc does not have "bad batches" because most of their media is junk to start with. Quite the contrary, they have "good batches".

[koolaidwa]

LS is right about batches


most of the time its a disc or 2 in a spindle that is bad


they only time i buy 50 pack gq is when there 5 bucks without rebate, that way when people ask to borrow some blanks, they get them, if they want free dvd's from me (friends) they get what they pay for, the pay nothing so they have to live


althou the prodisc r-3's apeared real, same color dye as the real deal plus same scan results


the sony code too was great


the lead data crap


glad i never got those info disc crap



now i only buy good media like ty media when i can find that on sale, but i only get media that is good

[-jsl-]

The previous ones were INFODISC crap.
The new ones are likely also INFODISC crap (but fake MEDIA ID!!!!).
It was only a matter of time before the garbage-using supply lines brought them into the USA.

Infodisc and Infomedia are separate companies since 2003. Infomedia makes recordable media, Infodisc makes ROM discs.
Infomedia is relatively well-supported by drive makers and approved by Philips Licensing (INFOME-R20 and -R30) so it would surprise me if they were using fake mids.
I would not call Infomedia crap. It's not excellent, but not crap either (talking about the DVD+R's). Here is an 8x burn made on a BenQ DW1620 (it's btw supported at 12x too):