Sale on Fuji blanks

[Seeker47]

Just noticed this online:

http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com/ads/2009/08/14/43798/Fuji-100-Pack-DVD-R-Spindle

I still have some Fuji 8x -R blanks, different color discs from the period in which they were being manufactured by TY. But I'm thinking those days must be long gone. As this is such a good price for a 100-spindle, I'm going to ask if the Fujis are still any good ? If even Verbatim has been slipping the last year or so, probably not . . . .

[budz]

Last I know is those FUJI's are RITEKS or CMC which is crap.
Better to just buy SONY printables DVD+/-R from Costco's coupon book. Buy (1) 100 pack get the second one free.

[lordsmurf]

Fuji hasn't been good for a long time now.
See www.nomorecoasters.com

[victoriabears]

not worth the saving over Taiyo Yuden/Verbatim.

Think about it, you save 20 cents per disc, use 1000 of them, you save $200, and in 5 years time you find you cannot play them, thats $40 per year, $3.33 per month, really is it worth it

[Noahtuck]

not worth the saving over Taiyo Yuden/Verbatim.

Think about it, you save 20 cents per disc, use 1000 of them, you save $200, and in 5 years time you find you cannot play them, thats $40 per year, $3.33 per month, really is it worth it

5 years ??

Being a bit optimistic eh.....


Yep... i remember when Fuji were all TY back in the day... that was nice!!!!!!
Could walk into BestBuy and pick up a 100 pack for $25.00-$30.00!!
And knew they were gonna be the best you could buy........

I have been exclusively Verbatim for many years since then....

It all started back in the day before dvdr's existed and i got hooked on Verbatim cdr's.

Once upon a time there was a man....
Oh sorry....
I digress.....
LOL!!!

[lordsmurf]

not worth the saving over Taiyo Yuden/Verbatim.
Think about it, you save 20 cents per disc, use 1000 of them, you save $200, and in 5 years time you find you cannot play them, thats $40 per year, $3.33 per month, really is it worth it

Not because the discs "went bad", but more because you didn't even try to use the disc again for 5 years.
That's the de-myth'd version.

[Seeker47]

not worth the saving over Taiyo Yuden/Verbatim.
Think about it, you save 20 cents per disc, use 1000 of them, you save $200, and in 5 years time you find you cannot play them, thats $40 per year, $3.33 per month, really is it worth it

Not because the discs "went bad", but more because you didn't even try to use the disc again for 5 years.
That's the de-myth'd version.

So -- if the storage of the discs was o.k. -- you're not suggesting that they need to be played periodically to keep them good, are you ? More like they should have been tested for playability right after burning . . . ?

I try to do that with every disc that I make, whether it is on the computer or with a DVDR. But I have a very extensive collection, and the reality is that I may not try to watch a recording again (or, really, even for the first time, in the case of many movies I've recorded off of cable) for as much as 4 years. There's always a huge backlog, and only so much free time for watching stuff, so it can be quite a while before I get around to seeing it. If there is any positive in this, it is that only a relative minority of the disc accumulation was intended to be long-term archival: the typical movie or program I recorded is something I would just want to see once.

But it's no big deal to take a freshly made disc and randomly scan a few places on it, to make sure they have sound & picture, and don't freeze up on you. (I do this on a regular standalone player.) It's no guarantee, but is about the best that is practical. I'm not gonna generate one of those defect graphs for most of these discs.

[lordsmurf]

Yes, meaning you didn't notice the flaws present the minute it was burned. They do not magically appear a few years later, you just never noticed they were there.

The problem mostly affects people that burn too much. (Especially those fools who want to "back up" Netflix or Blockbuster.)

[zoobie]

don't insult the fools...ops
most of the stuff I wouldn't bother to waste the time or 13 cents copying
but I have a wife...