Best deal on Printable DVDRs?

[Toaster]

Might be easier to buy regular and put a label on it

Only if you want to play the exploding disc game. ('')

uhm... Excuse me!? I thought that was a MYTH (I watch mythbusters on the discovery channel)

[BBock727]

i dont think that you can find a bigger fan of prodisc.. they are cheap, hub printable, and i have NOT made ONE coaster. You hear that? For all of you who say they are bad quality... THey have played in every stand alone i have seen. I have 5 personally, and 1 portable and 1 car dvdplayer, and my friends have plenty also. Ive burned close to 500 w/out 1 coaster, nor have I had ANY problem w/ printing full covers on them. You guys need to learn how to burn before you say they are bad/medium quality. Btw.. ive also used 3 diff burners and my friends all use prodiscs also.

Ill take you through any tests w/ my prodiscs, you can waste your rediculus money on TY's, for an equal, if not INFERIOR product!

[Gen-An]

Prodisc is not equal to TY any way you slice it. TY media produces better results on more drives than Prodisc, which is why it is considered better.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

If you are burning with a LiteON 832, choose TY DVD+R printable, media code YUDEN000T02. You will not be disappointed, as you will have a zero failure rate & can burn @ 8x.

[budz]

You guys need to learn how to burn before you say they are bad/medium quality. Btw.. ive also used 3 diff burners and my friends all use prodiscs also.

Ill take you through any tests w/ my prodiscs, you can waste your rediculus money on TY's, for an equal, if not INFERIOR product!

LOL! I'd take a TY disc over Prodisc anyday and time. Your comment regarding we need to learn how to burn before you say they are bad/medium quality is quite lame and funny. Been there done that KPROBE scans which really doesn't mean very much to me. I've dones scans on KPROBE, CD/DVD SPEED all came out with no errors. Who really cares if the PI/PO is within range. As long as the disc plays fine without any jitters or pixelation is all that really matters and if the disc can be played back in years to come. To each's own in my opinion.

[lordsmurf]

BBock727: Prodisc is excellent media, but has a higher churn rate than TY media. Be wary about who you toss around insults to in this forum, as you may just get eaten alive.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

FWIW:

If you can find Prodisc media (probably MCC 01RG20) and burn them reliably, then by all means, buy them and burn them, as they are cheaper than Taiyo Yuden.

[lifesajrny]

<Be wary about who you toss around insults to in this forum, as you may just get eaten alive.>

Lordy, Right On

[n8patrick]

Just from my experience, I tried close to ten in two different spindles of the Prodisc 8x DVD-R's (hub printable) and NOT ONE worked correctly. They appeared to burn fine, but put them in ANY of my 4 DVD players (5 total drives including the two on my computer) and they would not work. It was not what I was burning, since I tried the same project on many other discs and they worked fine. I also tried burning other projects that I know work fine and they still didn't work on the Prodiscs. I have a Sony drive, that I am told is basically the same as the Liteon 832. So this said, I would suggest avoiding the Prodiscs with this drive, cause if the Prodiscs work for someone, it ain't me, and it isn't with this drive!
As for suggestions on Hub Printable discs, I would GREATLY appreciate some suggestions. I just bought some supposed hub-printable TY DVD-R's from Supermediastore.com and they arrived NOT being Hub Printable. So I had them replace them, and they replaced them with the same things, Non Hub Printable discs! Quite frustrating when you need media in a certain time frame and keep getting stuff that either doesn't work or isn't what you ordered! GRRR!
Anyway, suggestions for full hub printable would be nice, and give proof and reasons for your answers if you would, not just "I heard" or "I like". Hope this isn't TOO much to ask!

[HatchetMan]

http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?go=view_item&id=2687&cata=1&s_cata=88
Use 'holiday10' to take off additional 10%. Best bang for the buck!

[Gen-An]

Best bang for the buck? How do you figure? I don't think Sonic DVD-Rs have that great of a reputation for quality...

[HatchetMan]

TYG02 media code on these, that's how!

[lordsmurf]

Best bang for the buck? How do you figure? I don't think Sonic DVD-Rs have that great of a reputation for quality...

I agree. That Hong Kong stuff they sell under generic names is both crappy and often fake. I'd not get near that stuff.

[Bodyslide]

I received my order from Shop4tech, I will do a burn, then post the results as well as media code later tonight.

Smurf, any way to tell if they are fake ones? I saw something before about the glue, but can't remember what it was about. Thanks

[lordsmurf]

TYG02 media code on these, that's how!

IT'S FAKE MEDIA, NOT TAIYO

[HatchetMan]

Here's the media code that I got off of them, matches Taiyo exactly

00000000 00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 87 0D 10 .l...@....R..... 00000010 66 78 80 00 03 54 59 47 30 32 00 00 04 00 00 00 fx...TYG02...... 00000020 00 00 00 00 05 AA A2 22 22 20 02 00 06 08 0E 11 ......."" ......

[lordsmurf]

It's still FAKE media, made by a HONG KONG presser that is WELL KNOWN for churning out fake media, often used forged or stolen stampers.

[HatchetMan]

OK, well I've gone through hundreds of others TYG02 media from supermediastore & meritline and these burn and playback just the same (past the 4GB point too), so I am not about to complain!

From DVDInfopro-

Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID TYG02
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 411107328
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.71GB)
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 16.0x 22160KBps
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
Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
2x Speed OPC beta 08
2x Speed OPC power 0E
2x Write Strategy field 1 11 87 78 80
2x Write Strategy field 2 88 80 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta 06
4x Speed OPC power 13
4x Write Strategy field 1 0D 10 0E 07
4x Write Strategy field 2 97 07 0D 0B
4x Write Strategy field 3 80 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse 06
4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse 18
4x Write Strategy field 4 17 85 78 75
4x Write Strategy field 5 D6 89 A8 92 01 20
4x Write Strategy field 6 10 00 D0 00 00
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

[Denvers Dawgs]

BBock727

i dont think that you can find a bigger fan of prodisc.. they are cheap, hub printable, and i have NOT made ONE coaster. You hear that? For all of you who say they are bad quality... THey have played in every stand alone i have seen. I have 5 personally, and 1 portable and 1 car dvdplayer, and my friends have plenty also. Ive burned close to 500 w/out 1 coaster, nor have I had ANY problem w/ printing full covers on them. You guys need to learn how to burn before you say they are bad/medium quality. Btw.. ive also used 3 diff burners and my friends all use prodiscs also.

Ill take you through any tests w/ my prodiscs, you can waste your rediculus money on TY's, for an equal, if not INFERIOR product!

I have used the Prodisc R03 from supermediastore and have loved them. As of them not having problems....this last month I purchased a 50pk and got through 24 of them flawlessly. Then several coasters.....sent rest back to supermediastore, just got my replacements back and wouldn't you know....more coasters.....I know the media is faulty becuase I just did the exact same process using memorex media, and the dvd is flawless...My question is, do I now send these replacement ones back and try prodisc again, or do I find another hub printable dvd? What other hub printables are there?

[n8patrick]

Denver, that has been my issues exactly! I tried ordering the TY hub printable, but they ended up not really being hub printable. I am not trying the Ritek G05 hub printables, just ordered today. If these don't work, maybe I will try the Verbatim! UG, why don't they make this more reliable already! Sorry if I sound like I am complaining, but I have reasons to, as well as the others on these forums!

[RickTheRed]

If I want TY, I will buy TY and certainly not Sonic or other weird stuff.
That's the only way you will have the media code you want.
Sonic does mean: variable media code.

[Captain315]

I have an NEC-3500AG and I tried using the Ridata disks but they all crashed at 3.9 gig. I then ordered 200 Prodisc (listed as S03 at Meritline) but when they arrived, they wer F01 discs. The first 25 burned great but now I can't get a single one to go past the 4 gig mark. On the other hand, the Teon 8x, CMC disks I bought from Staples burn great everytime.

This is getting so confusing that a person just doesn't know what to do. I need hub printables so the Teon is out. I guess I'll try some of the Sonic discs. I'm using firmware 2.18 so if anyone knows of a better firmware, please let me know. Maybe the problem can be fixed on that end.

[Denvers Dawgs]

Well like an idiot I just ordered another 50pk of Prodisc White Hub Inkjet Printable discs from Supermediastore.com. Hopefully, I'll get a new pack that wouln't have errors......fingers crossed....why aren't there more hub print avail?

[dun4cheap]

Hey guys, I have been buying finodisc for quite some time now. I have burned over 600 of these disc. They are bright white full faced printable to the hubs. They burn at 8x on my nec 2510 and my 4 dvr 108s.


www.finodisc.com. If you want I can post the media code later this evening.

They are not showing the 8x media, but he does have them if you email him. He will get right back to you. I usually buy them from him during the LA ComputerFair every month in Costa Mesa. He also has the silver printable, but I have not used them yet. I am now on my second batch of 200 of the 8x media. The 4x media worked flawlessly also, which I have burned well over 400 of those.

[chas0039]

Might be easier to buy regular and put a label on it

Only if you want to play the exploding disc game. ('')

uhm... Excuse me!? I thought that was a MYTH (I watch mythbusters on the discovery channel)

Nope, not a myth. I have seen it happen and I have read two reputable reports (with illustrations) with the same results.

[Bodyslide]

Sonic 8X Inkjet Printable Review Burned a full DVD at 8X on my Pioneer 108, took 9.45. Did a scan with DVDinfopro and it was horrible. Then ran Nero Scandisc, Just as bad. So these aren't TY media. Stay Away. I also did this at 4x and same results.

[Captain315]

Bodyslide: Glad you posted that, guess I won't be ordering any of those. Thanks!

Dun4cheap: You have posted that website twice now and both times I've tried to go there and all I ever get is some "zoomy.com". I even type it in the browser and it still goes there. Whats up with this?

[dun4cheap]

You are right how wierd. If you enter www.finodisc.com in the browser it works though. I don't know why though. Try this below maybe it will make a difference.


http://www.finodisc.com/

[Denvers Dawgs]

Anyone know how good the verbatim datalife white inkjet printable hub dvd+r's are? In the past I used verbatim and they were flawless. (regular dvd not printable though, had them at best buy in a spindle with purple label and purple print on dvd itself.

[RickTheRed]

I have a pioneer 108,
I have tried many printables.
I must admit that it burns anything pretty good. I burned 75 G05 (ridata/ritek)-R8x with no problem. Superb compatibility with the 5 players I have tested. The pi/pif scan was not the best but I know it's not the ultimate criteria.

I decided to order a few samples of different discs.

One of them was a Verbatim hub +R 8x (media MCC 003 - made in taiwan). I burned a regular full dvd-video and tested it (pi/pif) with nero cd/dvd speed.
The best score I ever had with a 8x burn.
So I have received a nice spindle and I have changed to the piodata f/w for bitsetting.
The printing is pretty good, and it's the smallest hub setting - 20mm.

Prodisc
I do not have any problem with Prodisc R03. I used to think these sucks, but it was my scrap NU burner, not the disc.
Verbatim -R 8x
I have tried one sample. These are not hub, but nothing like G04 or TY non-hub. These are like in-between, so you have enough room to print. Media code MCC02RG20 - another excellent scan and same printing finish as the +R

IMO, I recommend Verbatim if you have problem with Ridata or Prodisc.