cdfreaks store(Romstore) and MAM-E media.

[RJW]

As some people have seen cdfreaks has a shop for DVD/CD media for people in Holland and Belgium.

Now I don't like the claims on a lot of media when it comes to grades and some other definations. Still any shop owner has the right to make them.
So that's not the point.

The point is the extreme postive results for MAM-E
Now there's a list of writers that are compatible with it.
Now the funy thing is that based on Analyzer tests with audiodev equipement done by several Magazines the MAM-E are completely gabrage.
(pi-8 of 1664 have been reported quite some times !)
Also they report GMA-4040B as being able to write 4x. There the only source which says that all others say the GMA-4040B writes it with 2x and for that reason burns a better disc as most of the competitors !

So I wonder have MAM-E media become better. Or is this store like others just telling anything to sell there product !
(I will try to check it out myself.)

[dolphinius_rex]

You think THAT'S bad, you should have seen some of the propaganda crap the place where *I* work was spilling out before I became the official blank media sales rep!

I suppose I can't really blame them though, since they didn't actually know any better. CD Freaks on the other hand....

[RJW]

Yes that's exactly the problem I had. Cdfreaks on one hand claiming to be a respectable source and then haveing there store with extreme crap comments.

[dolphinius_rex]

Personally, I don't think it is a good idea to sell products that you review, or in some way are supposed to be offering "unbiased" opinions on. It is too easy to end up looking like you are only giving good reviews on the stuff you sell, even if it isn't true. This is one of the reasons why I do not offer CD-Rs for sale on my webpage, although I have ample oppurtunity to!

[Han]

I've burnt three MAM-E made in France DVD-R 4x media with Pioneer DVR-106D. Discs look nice, well made, and the golden dye makes them a little more reflective. I haven't done any measurements for errors, though.

[RJW]

Since romstore /cdfreaks is at the DUTCH HCC fair and PC Active(Dutch magazine!) is there with there Datarius DVD analyzer to test DVD's for people I think it wouldn't be a problem to get the media quick tested and see if MAM-E finally has improved something and is going back to the old days.

[MikeTR]

Since romstore /cdfreaks is at the DUTCH HCC fair and PC Active(Dutch magazine!) is there with there Datarius DVD analyzer to test DVD's for people I think it wouldn't be a problem to get the media quick tested and see if MAM-E finally has improved something and is going back to the old days.

Good idea, too bad I can't make it to the HCC this year.
Let's hope some CDFreaks will bring a batch of different media to test on the Datarious. That would make for an interesting media comparison.

[RJW]

Well I was planning to test some media if I get a DVD writer that is.

(A long with the 2 disc's burned by a 411S with different firmwares to see if we need HF-signals for real quality measureing !. However we might need full measureing for those. )

[OC-Freak]

To my experience Mitsui MAM-E media is not good at all. In most cases even princo is better.

I have nothing to do with the cdfreaks shop - it's mostly run by romstore.be and what they have in stock.

[dolphinius_rex]

I hear that the old Mitsui Gold DVD-Rs were very good.... to bad they stopped making them!!

[RJW]

The Mitsui disc's made in japan were of average qaulity got some test results for these. Still there a lot better as the MAM-E made in France trash.

[dolphinius_rex]

Do you have any idea how the MAM-A DVDs are? I can possibly send you some otherwise. How many would you need?

[RJW]

They won't be there on time. Since it's 2 days left befor I can check some dvd media.
MAM-A made in America is unknown but since CSI has taken over that one to I can think of the worst.

[dolphinius_rex]

Actually, I probably *could* get it to you in time, but it would cost an arm and a leg! I do all of my shipping through the company I work for, and have access to some pretty awesome services that way, and could probably get something overnight to anywhere in the world.... for a price! (if I can do it to Australia I'm pretty sure I can do it to the Netherlands!).

But yeah, probably not worth it. Oh well. Next time! (I can still send you some CD-Rs to look at though!)

[aviationwiz]

UPS Worldwide Express Plus could it get to the NL by Friday the 28th at 8:30 AM Local time for the destination. It would probably cost a fortune though. Upwards of 60 USD.

EDIT: It would be roughly 148.08 USD, LOL. A tad expensive there.

[dolphinius_rex]

I'm not going to bug my shipping department to find out how much it would cost... although I'm tempted!

[MikeTR]

It would be roughly 148.08 USD, LOL. A tad expensive there.

Quite ridiculous isn't it? And that's shipping only. When I buy stuff in the US and have to ship it overhere, I have to pay an additional 21% in taxes on most products. Kind of takes the fun out of it. Guess I'll have to do some shopping when I stop over later this year to avoid these charges (if I have enough time left between connections).

[dolphinius_rex]

the reason the shipping charges were so high, is because we were looking at getting a package from point 'A' in North America, to point 'B' in the Netherlands, in *2 days*.