Verbatim Fakes At Futureshop?

[ROBERT BLACK]

I just came accross made in China Verbatims from Futureshop. Are they outsourcing to China as well as India or are these in all likelyhood fakes?

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10114187&catid=25888&l...gon=&langid=EN

You would believe Futureshop would check their sources a little better than that.

[ROBERT BLACK]

So no one has seen these Made in China Verbatims? Has anyone bought them?

[Noahtuck]

Well....
I buy all my Verbatims locally, never online.

Also, i can not find where it states those are made in china ??

[Bix]

I saw a mention of Chinese Verbatims at another site but didn't get any details.

Have there been any cases of retail fakes before in the US or Canada?

[Gen-An]

I've heard of MIC Verbatims in the EU market, but it looks like they've made their way to NA.

[libiec]

I happened to be in Future Shop today and saw these as I was standing in line at the checkout. Label on the back said they were made in Taiwan so I bought a pack just to try them out. Burned a few and they seem to be typical Verbatim discs.

[Noahtuck]

Well...
I'm still waiting to be shown these are MIC.......
Or any MIC Verbatims online for sale in the U.S.

[AlanHK]

I live in Hong Kong. You'd think if there were Made-In-China Verbatims we'd see them here. But I've only noticed Taiwan and Japan on the labels. (I buy the Japanese ones myself, made by Taiyo Yuden.)

[ROBERT BLACK]

I happened to be in Future Shop today and saw these as I was standing in line at the checkout. Label on the back said they were made in Taiwan so I bought a pack just to try them out. Burned a few and they seem to be typical Verbatim discs.

The MIC Verbatims are only the 10pcs and look exactly like the link photo above. Check the label. Some are Made In Taiwan, majority have the made in China label at the back.. I bought the MIT and I agree they burn fine. Haven't scanned them in Nero yet.

I've only seen then in Futureshop.

[MikeW]

Yeah, I just bought several packs of Chinese-made Verbatims myself.

They're manufactured by CMC Magnetics, who has begun producing more and more Verbatim media in China, as opposed to just Taiwan. So far, every disc has burned and played back fine (TRT), although I'm currently unable to perform any scans.

Based on what others have said, I'd expect error counts to be higher than those of Taiwanese discs. However, given the stability of this particular dye, there's a good chance that degradation won't be an issue.

[ROBERT BLACK]

Yeah, I just bought several packs of Chinese-made Verbatims myself.

They're manufactured by CMC Magnetics, who has begun producing more and more Verbatim media in China, as opposed to just Taiwan. So far, every disc has burned and played back fine (TRT), although I'm currently unable to perform any scans.

Based on what others have said, I'd expect error counts to be higher than those of Taiwanese discs. However, given the stability of this particular dye, there's a good chance that degradation won't be an issue.

Thank You Mike. I would assume they have the Mitsubishi media codes?

[MikeW]

Thank You Mike. I would assume they have the Mitsubishi media codes?

Yep, MCC 03RG20.

[ROBERT BLACK]

Thank You Mike. I would assume they have the Mitsubishi media codes?

Yep, MCC 03RG20.

The same code as the similarly packaged Taiwanese discs.

[lordsmurf]

Verbatim "made in China" CD-R have been common for a while now, though most of it was outside the USA.

[victoriabears]

I am very confused, why would anyone pay $1 each when discs can be bought for at most $0.50 each including shipping, eg: Taiyo Yuden/Verbatim on sale.

[ROBERT BLACK]

I am very confused, why would anyone pay $1 each when discs can be bought for at most $0.50 each including shipping, eg: Taiyo Yuden/Verbatim on sale.

The were going for $0.30 cents each until recently.

[kenmo]

I just purchased severals packages of these 10 dvd-rs. I purchased them at Futureshop for $1.99 per package. They are labeled made in China...

DVD Identifier reports the following...

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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:MCC 03RG20 ]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [MCC 03RG20 ]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4.71 GB (4.38 GiB)]
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[ DVD Identifier V5.2.0 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
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[lordsmurf]

Exchange rates are a major reason at prices jumping a lot.

[ROBERT BLACK]

I just purchased severals packages of these 10 dvd-rs. I purchased them at Futureshop for $1.99 per package. They are labeled made in China...

DVD Identifier reports the following...

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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:MCC 03RG20 ]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [MCC 03RG20 ]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4.71 GB (4.38 GiB)]
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[ DVD Identifier V5.2.0 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
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Just a heads up that sale for $1.99 a 10 pc is currently on at Futureshop until Thursday. All the packs seem to be Chinese made CMC Verbatim. They've scanned and tested well so far. No visible irregularities in the dye either.