Maxell DVD-R "Professional" duplicator grade @$38/100 spindle. An

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Has anyone tried thes Maxell "Professional duplicator grade" from polylinecorp.com?
http://www.polylinecorp.com/productlist.asp?OPT=070051500200000600
They are injet hup printable at $0.38 in the 100 spindle. Maxell mfg#635086 DVD-RPW.

[lordsmurf]

Polylinecorp has some good blanks, but they are selling them like a person would sell snake oil.

There is no such animal as "duplicator grade". Duplication is an abusive copying process (very dependent on the cooperation of two drives and two discs... simultaneously!), and yields higher coaster counts because of it.

$38 per 100 inkjet MXL discs is a fair price. If I needed inkjet media, I would not hesitate to buy these. I'm sure they'll work well.

[Gen-An]

Those seem to be the Maxell Plus series, which are of higher quality than the retail Maxell discs (even the made in Japan ones with the same MID). Seems like a good deal.

[HacktheHacker]

I just bought a 50 spindle for $37 Cdn at a local store so no shipping but you still got a deal. The media code is MXL RG03 and so far they have burnt great. The printable surface was very good. Did the 100 spindle have the same media code?

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I don't know the code number. Have not tried them myself. The fifty spindle is Maxell part# mfg#635061 DVD-RPW-PLUS comes in a cake box. I think that is what you have. The Maxell site lists the Plus Series as a professional product vs a consumer product. The site also lists the Plus Series as having a 30 year archival life. TY claims 100 years.
The 100 pack is a different Maxell part number mfg#635086 DVD-RPW. Comes in a 100 cake box. What caught my eye was that they call it "professional duplicator grade". On futher investigation I found the 635086 being sold as "standard" grade. Calling the 635086 "Professional duplicator grade" is in fact a slick way of selling "standard grade" DVD's. The Plus Series in the 50 cake box costs more, but the "professional duplicator grade" sounded interesting.
They are probably both great, but the "Plus Series" is better. Again, you get what you pay for. The whole 30 year thing I don't like and therefore will not switch from TY. Also, the Maxell site does not give an archival life for consumer DVD's.
(The purple dude in the funny hat was right.)