2 different brands with same media code mean same media?

[MachineMan]

I just purchased some unbranded DVD-R media and checked the code with DVDinfo and the DVD media list. My purchase media is MXL RG01 and listed as Generic Maxell
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?selectmedia=253#comments

However its the exact same media code as the TDK -R47A
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?selectmedia=154#comments

If the complete media codes are the same does this mean that the media is also exactly the same?? The TDK gets good reviews but the Generic Maxell doesn't

[LanEvo7]

There was a long thread about this a little while back. Maxell manufactures media for other companies besides itself. Such companies included TDK and Apple, but it has never sold unbranded bulk media. However some time back, a company made media with counterfeit Maxell media codes. These fake maxells went on the market, but were extremely poor quality. There is a whole story regarding this on Maxell's website.

[MachineMan]

So I could have the counterfit media becuase it is unbranded but matching the TDK/Maxell code? Seems to work fine although I have only authored a few of them so far.

[CHAOS]

Would they happen to look like this ?

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177981
I have some also and usually do the same thing, check the end, but when watching all the way through i found many areas with blocking, pixelation, skipping,
Not near the end but at diff. points through out the disc. yet there was no problem with the exact same files i burned to verbatim dvd+r's.

[MachineMan]

The bottoms are purple like yours but the top is a goldish-Silver with no labeling. I think Im going to take them back and tell the store clerk to give me my money back or I will Rat his ass out to Maxell. Good thing I only bought the 25 spindle.

[LanEvo7]

These fake maxells were in unbranded and branded forms. The branded forms are usually extremely cheap with no-name companies.

[beyondgoodandevil]

i've never heard of a major manufacturer faking media codes, so, for example, the TDK 4x+ and the Memorex 4x+ are the same media code and are the same media differently branded by each company. but i'd be weary of cheap, no name media with excellent media codes.