Maxell DVD's surface color

[sknox]

I use verbatim and Maxell only. Maxell mostly but i bought a 100 spindle for $22.
Has anybody noticed a color difference on the top it usually are a shiney gold,
the new ones are darker and not as shiney as all the other maxell (400+) i have used.


Any comments?
Are they the same or are they being made somewhere else?


sknoxx

[piano632]

Maxell is known for changing manufacturing plants. Could be they were made at a new location. Have you read the Media ID off the discs to see who actually makes them?

Use DVD Identifier or DVDInfoPro to read Media ID codes.

[sknox]

1. DVD media inspector results on the older Maxell is the 1st .jpg below
2. DVD media inspector results on the newer Maxell is the 2nd .jpg below



No.1 is Prodisc?
No.2 is Ritek?



Is this what your looking for?


sknoxx

[MJA]

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?dvdmediasearch=Maxell&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=11&...+or+List+Media

looks like u got a bad quality media.

my condolences

[piano632]

The only truly good Maxell DVD media left is their Plus and Broadcast Quality series. The Plus series isn't too badly priced and can either be Taiyo Yuden or Maxell's own discs made in Japan. The Broadcast Quality discs are fairly expensive because they add a hardcoating to prevent scratches (up to $2 each, sold with cases only). I actually bought some of the BQ discs and they are pretty darn good, and they are hard to scratch.

http://www.taperesources.com/VRBTH-M8.html
http://www.tapeonline.com/DVD-R/Maxell_DVD-R_47_8X_Broadcast_Quality.aspx

[sknox]

Yup found Verbatim at Office Max $19 for 50 (Note: the packaging labling on the ones i got are different so i bought a spindle with the lable they normaly used and one with the new one.

Here are the media code from each.

Living in Hawaii mail order is out of the question

Good thing Verbatim is usually easy to get
Having done a few testing and burns,

I have one thing to say Verbatim is is one of the top DVD's. period