Staples DVD Media 590792/590794 Does anybody know how good?

[TBoneit]

Since this media is going on sale sunday at a good price I was wondering if it was worth buying? Sometimes I have projects that only take 2 to 3 gig on a disk and if this will work up to 4gig I'd be interested as a cheap(Frugal) alternative to brand name media such a Ricoh or Ty

Thanks
Roger

[ybeard]

Shoot, just buy one pack of it and give it a whirl. Inexpensive doesn't always mean cheap.

[TBoneit]

Well I intend to but I hate driving and was thinking of buying 200 @approx $8 per 50

[karelj]

I just picked up 2 of the +R spindles. They are made in Taiwan. I opened one of the spindles and the inner hub has the following serial number - CPDR47G-CAEWP13-108 0305

DVDIdentifier shows the disc as the following..


Disc = [DVD+R:CMC MAG-E01-000]
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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:CMC MAG-E01-000]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [Not Available]
Manufacturer Name : [CMC Magnetics Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [CMC MAG]
Media Type ID : [E01]
Product Revision : [Not Specified]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4,482.6MB = 4.38GB (4.70GB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x , 2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x]
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And from DVDInfoPro -


Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID CMC MAG E01
Media Product Revision Number 00h
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 405405696
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.70GB)
Book Type DVD+R
Media Type DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 12.0x 16620KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.4x 3324KBps
Linear Density Blank Disc
Track Density Unknown
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 01 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 47 00 45 .......CMC MAG.E
00000020 30 31 00 38 23 54 37 10 02 38 6A 02 88 67 15 15 01.8#T7..8j..g..
00000030 0B 0B 08 08 01 19 1B 0C 0C 0C 0D 01 00 00 00 00 ................



Same ID as the Phillips 8X +R discs I picked up a few weeks ago.. those burnt pretty well. This is a good deal by Staples.

[craiggus365]

I have had the -R media 2x now and no coasters or no-plays in various stand alone players. look @ the review in the media guide if interested. The +R I am not sure of. I use A Memorex burner which is an NEC-2520 clone. I still prefer Linkyo from supermediastore. 8x burns @ 12x in my drive

[TBoneit]

Yes it burns at 12X for you, but what about a price comparison between Linkyo & the staples. I'd even burn em at 2X, I don't I burn everything at 4X, if that was what it took for this price.

I tried em out + & - and went back and stocked up.

Cheers