Found a good CMC disc.

[Faustus]

Friend of mine recently purchased some imation disc hopeing they were still Ritek G03, instead they were CMC. Strangely he has very good results with them.

What follows is the media codes of both the normal and strangely good CMC.

Good CMC

00 42 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 87 0D 12 .B...@....P.....
87 99 70 00 03 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 00 04 47 2E 00 ..P..CMC MA..G..
00 00 00 00 05 22 30 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ....."0.........

Bad CMC

00 42 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 87 0D 13 .B...@....P.....
88 99 80 00 03 43 4D 43 30 30 52 00 04 47 32 30 .....CMC00R..G20
30 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 0..............

Goes to prove that there are some good CMCs out there.

Edit: one more note, I have not tested these myself with my usual methods, this is based on a report my my cousin.

[stiltman]

Here's a CMC sold under Verbatim DataLife Plus DVD-R



00 42 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 87 0D 13 .B...@....P.....
88 99 80 00 03 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 00 04 47 2E 00 .....CMC MA..G..
00 00 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................

Burned 4 with no coasters yet

[indolikaa]

A Verbatim DataLifePlus disc by CMC?

Talk about risk-taking.

[stiltman]

A Verbatim DataLifePlus disc by CMC?

Talk about risk-taking.

Yeah rub it in....
I knew better, but they were on sale!

[indolikaa]

Not you, you (possibly) unknowingly-deceived consumer! I mean Verbatim. Their DataLifePlus is the only thing they've got going for them right now. It's their only product that doesn't say, "If it comes out round, it's a keeper! **"

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