TDK to withdraw from CD and DVD production

I say goodbye and good riddance.

I never found a single reliable TDK tape or disc.

I never had a problem with TDK dvds. I like them

In my opinion & experience with TDK dvd media their quality control had become so poor in the last year. I no longer use them as they only produced coasters with all of my dvd burners and on my standalone dvd recorder. I won't miss it! :P

@Lordsmurf

Nope, not me. I've said that you should buy whatever media works for you and ignore those who say otherwise. If I followed advise of others I'd probably have a hang up with TY discs.

To say that quality amongst manufacturers doesn't differ would be false in any category of products.

I've been using TDK media for years with fine results.
Currently, I use:
. TDK 48x cd-r media
. TDK High Speed cd-rw media
. TDK DVD-R (TT) media - 8x
. TDK DVD+R (CMC) media - 8x & 16x
. TDK 4x DVD+RW media

All seem to work flawlessly with no problems. Using a Benq 1620 DVD burner, and Samsung 252 model cd-rw drive. And the last batch of 16x dvd+r media averaged out to about $.22 per disk on a Costco "buy 1 get 1 free" coupon.

As always some people have better results than others. The article in the original posts should be of interest to those who have had good results with TDK media. TDK will no longer be making discs but instead will continue their out sourcing of manufacturing to other plants and slapping their name on the end product.

I can't wait to see the quality reports of TDK Algeria discs.

I've been using TDK tapes and discs for 20+ years without any problems whatsoever. Camcorder service centers routinely recommend TDK MINIDV tapes to customers due to the consistency of their tape quality and the quality of the lubricants used.

This is all part of their plan to stuff Blu-Ray down our throats. Now they can sell a disc for $20 or more each.

Originally Posted by Bob W

This is all part of their plan to stuff Blu-Ray down our throats. Now they can sell a disc for $20 or more each.

Great pricing. I hope they are that cheap.

I used TDK CDR for years with happy results. I had no luck for their
either +R or -R with both Plaxtor712 and LiteOn8xx. Tried several and
all of them are bad after 4G. Returned them to Costco. It is good that
Costco has a very good return policy, but it is too bad that they do not
carry other brands.

I doubt this is coincidence but, I picked up some TDK 16x(TT02) last night at 60% off what it's usually sold for up here. I suspect TDK may getting rid of their stock as a tax loss. I've never seen it on sale for that price..ever. I've also never used it before, but it seems the consensus is that it's as good as MIJ Maxell or Verbatim.


Keep you're eyes open for some deals.

From what I have seen, the TDK's TTG01 Japans' where, -sorry-, are amoung the finest discs, the various outsourced ones I noticed people were having problems. Pity they don't stop the outsourced ones and carry on with the MIJ's, rather than the other way round. Utter madness. Its just getting more and more difficult to get decent Japanese media. TDK are stabbing their loyal customers in the back.