DupEZ @ Rima is NOT SONY

[nooner6]

I got my 100 spindle today. Fired up ADVDINFO and found out DupEZ is not sony. It has the B @ P signature but followed by LD. I guessed that stands for Lead Data?

[LanEvo7]

OH CRAP, i just bought some DUP-EZ from them also. I was going to buy the I didn't want a 50/50 chance of getting Lead Data's.ACCU's but I guess DUP-EZ has the same chances. Good thing I only got a 10pk.

[simonko]

LD = Accu

Lead Data = Lead Data

[disturbed1]

I noticed the same thing.

Got 200 of 'em yesterday. 100 were inkjet pritable Sony's, the other 100 were the same LD.

The disc isn't any different in quality that I could see. I authored a project in 4,665,769,984 bytes and it played back fine to end in the few players I tested (a couple of old Apex's, PS2, Philips all in one, Emerson DVD/VHS).

It looks the same minus one is printable, and the other is silver topped. Both have that nifty silver inner ring.

I suspect it's the same deal as the ACCU's, silver=LD, printable=SONY.

[defense]

Got 200 of 'em yesterday. 100 were inkjet pritable Sony's, the other 100 were the same LD.

The disc isn't any different in quality that I could see.

I suspect it's the same deal as the ACCU's, silver=LD, printable=SONY

Sounds VERY familiar..yes..but be CAREFUL with those "LEAD DATA'S." I had read SEVERAL posts prior to experiencing it first hand where people had problems with the LEAD DATA batch's last 5-25%! They had problems with freezing, pausing, etc. I was a little overconfident with my disks because as I started to get down to the bottom, I had none of those problems.

However, as I got down to the last 6-9 disks, I started realizing that I too had the SAME PROBLEMS. I noticed it quickly, because I was checking for it, and sure enough there it was. Here is what I did just to TEST if it was absolutely the disks. I had used the "LD" batch first and when I noticed this error I simply REBURNED the Perfect Storm to another LD, ...SAME EXACT PROBLEM! I did it ONCE more with a THIRD LD...SAME EXACT PROBLEM! I opened up my Sony spindle, put in a SONY, ..burned it..AND WHOALA!..NO problem whatsoever! The freezing issue was the same EXACT issue I had with many VERBATIM DVD+R's! I did say "PLUS" where's THXKIDDO? :blah1: ..LOL..anyway, I had NONE of these issues with the MAJORITY of the LD's...and NONE OF THEM with ANY of the SONY's.

I too burned most movies over 4.3 GB's, and even a couple FULL DVD-5's such as MONEY talks which are 4.37 GB's with ZERO problems. I know BOTH disks LOOK alike, but they AREN'T....I said the same thing about how they look. Watch out for the "LD's." I'm just givin' you a heads up first hand.

[LanEvo7]

Disturbed, in another post you said you bought Dup-EZ dvd-Rs and they were SONY. So only the white tops are sony or is it another 50/50 chance that is LD? I'm to scared to order bulk because I've had big problems with inexpensive media.

[disturbed1]

So far only the white tops (injet printable) are Sony. I got 100 of these, and 100 of the other.

The last shipment I recieved (about a week ago) were all injet printable Sony's. I ordered 100 to see what they were, like 'em so got 200 more.

All silver tops have been LD01. Disc seems to be manufactured the same. Same colored/textured recording surface, and both have that silver inner ring.

I haven't done enough testing on the LD's to decide if I'll distribute 'em or not. I've only throughly tested 15 so far. They all pasted, but 15 isn't enough, I'll get back to you after I do 50 or so. Maybe tomorrow or the next day.

[LanEvo7]

Alrite, Thanks. I hate buying media and only about one out of every 3 works. I end up paying abou $3 a disc anyway, I could get that locally.

[Seraphic]

just got a 10 pack of DupEZ silver tops from rima.com and they are all LD 1x burn on my DVR105. Using them to reburn some flaky Princos. So far they work well. Although 2x sony would of been better

[schildi]

I got a 10 Pack of Dupez yesterday. They are all LD's, but work good. Burned two at 2x this morning. No problem.

[schildi]

Quote:

"I suspect it's the same deal as the ACCU's, silver=LD, printable=SONY."


Disturbed - I got a 25 pack of ACCU's - silver top, but they are SONY.

Schildi.

[disturbed1]

Quote:

"I suspect it's the same deal as the ACCU's, silver=LD, printable=SONY."


Disturbed - I got a 25 pack of ACCU's - silver top, but they are SONY.

Schildi.

Well that sucks :P Where did you get your ACCU's from?

I've concluded that these "LD01"'s are pretty much junk. Slightly better than Princo's (outer edge is writeable), but playback compatibility is only marginal at best.

They worked fine on an Apex 5131, Apex 500ad, Sony PS2, and Philips FW-D5 (all in one mini system).

Does not play well with Apex 500w, Apex 660, Emerison DVD/VHS combo, Samsung M-30(?).

Riteks play perfect on all models I tested.

I made 22 test discs, 11 LD01's, and 11 Ritek G03's. The images ranged from 4gb min, to a full disc. 5 (each) were labeled with CD Stomper Pro labels, 3 (each) were labeled with Imation Sonic Full Face CD labels, and 3 (each) had no labels.

The labels made no difference, all labeled LD01's skipped the same as the non labeled ones. All Ritek's (labeled or not) showed no problems.

The disc was "playable" if you don't mind a skip every now and then. No player hard locked, only radom freezes which weren't at the same place upon 2nd, or 3rd time playback. Princo's never skipped, just hardlocks after the 4gb mark.

I'll use 'em for personal use. But won't order a large quantity again.

I've been testing some Gigastorage media here lately, seems real promising, but I'd rather order form Meritline than buy-dvd.com. Gigastorage Corp. sent me a bundle from overseas, but the shipping cost, and wait is outragous. I've talked to a few stateside dealers, they "might" consider picking up that brand. I did find a place that sells them for $8.00 a ten pack. Expecting arravial on tuesday, will post back in a new thread.

[defense]

I've concluded that these "LD01"'s are pretty much junk. Slightly better than Princo's (outer edge is writeable), but playback compatibility is only marginal at best.

Yep, that's why I warned you in advance. I thought the SAME thing when I got them...that they look and APPEAR to be exactly as the manufacturer ID of SONY..but obviously I found out that was FAR from the case. That's why I made it a point to get ONLY SONY this time, and not even a 50/50. Fortunately I got the SONY. Rima looks like their pulling a few stunts here and there.

[disturbed1]

Rima looks like their pulling a few stunts here and there.

Don't get that last part.

Their Silver tops were all LD01, the printables were all Sony. 100 silver = LD01, 200 (across two orders) printable = Sony. Spindles aren't mixed. I order 100 printable last time and got 100 printable Sony's. I ordered 100 printable plus 100 silver this time, and got 100 printable Sony's, and 100 silver LD01's.

[defense]

Don't get that last part.

@Disburbed, I guess that has been the formula for you, but if you read schildi's last post, he just got 25 "silver top" which are SONY. That shoots down the theory of the ink jet printable vs. Silver top. Also, nooner6 said they got all Lead Data, but they didn't specify whether they were all 100 ink jet printable or silver top.

I guess with Schildi's post, it doesn't matter, it looks like Rima is playin' switcharoo. 8)

[schildi]

Disturbed, Defense,

I got the silver top ACCU's (SONY) from cdrdvdrmedia.com. The 10 discs I received from Rima are LD's. They burn / play fine, though.

Schildi.

[defense]

ok, then maybe disturbed is right regarding the inkjet vs. silver being Sony vs. Lead Data from rima. I guess ink jet printable is the way to go from Rima then.

[LanEvo7]

Just go my order or Dup-EZ silver tops. They are LD, but they burn fine on my A05 and play fine on my Apex 1500. Only grip is it burns only at 1x. Way better than the crappy g03s I from Allmedia.

[Raedon]

I just got 300 (they send em in cakes of 50) DupEZ printable from Rima.com $85.00.. All 6 cakes were..

00 42 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 89 0E 13 .B...@....P.....
87 88 80 00 03 53 4F 4E 59 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 .....SONY.......

[LanEvo7]

Were they white tops or silver tops?

[disturbed1]

Were they white tops or silver tops?

A printable disc is a disc with a white paper label already on the disc. These are for Injet disc printers.

I just got 300 (they send em in cakes of 50) DupEZ printable from Rima.com $85.00.. All 6 cakes were..

00 42 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 89 0E 13 .B...@....P.....
87 88 80 00 03 53 4F 4E 59 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 .....SONY.......

[Raedon]

Reading up on the new shitty Ritek's that got shipped to Rima I sooo glad I got these..

burned 5 movies and 2 PS2 games at 2x with Pioneer 105... no problems..

[LanEvo7]

LanEvo7 wrote:
Were they white tops or silver tops?


A printable disc is a disc with a white paper label already on the disc. These are for Injet disc printers.

I was directing the question toward raedon. I just wanted another person to confirm that inkjet printables at Rima are SONY before I order them in bulk.

[Raedon]

10-4.

the white top printable DupEZ at rima.com as of March 14th were SONY.

[disturbed1]

LanEvo7 wrote:
Were they white tops or silver tops?


A printable disc is a disc with a white paper label already on the disc. These are for Injet disc printers.

I was directing the question toward raedon. I just wanted another person to confirm that inkjet printables at Rima are SONY before I order them in bulk.

My fault, I just thought you didn't know what a printable disc was.

Plus I've never seen a silver topped printable disc.

[LanEvo7]

I don't think that's possible unless the silver top has some kind of clear coating because the silver is what protects the dye from the top.

[tjtoed]

Any more updates to this post???

Meaning:
have all white-top, printable DupEZ disks from rima.com been Sony? I really need to start ordering bulk, but I want to make sure I get the Sony's...

thanks

[i-on-s]

The ones i bought from Rima.com say they are LD but i only bought a 10 disc pack i didnt wanna waste money on shit dvds cause someone had "luck" with some

[LanEvo7]

Its seems the white tops are always sony. Buy a 10 pack and see for yourself. I bought a 10 pack and i tested one and it was sony 2x.

[tjtoed]

yea, I just ordered a 10 pack of the DupEZ white tops and a 10 pack of the Ritek from rima...

Will update when I receive.

thanks