Velocity DVD+R 8X 4.7GB (100-Spindle) $29.95

[bucknasty]

From Edealinfo.com.

Amazon.com is carrying this 100-Pack 8x DVD+R Blank Media for only $29.99 + Free Shipping

http://www.edealinfo.com/cgi-bin/amazon ... B0002KQRB4

Anybody know if this media is good/bad/worthless?

[liteonrules]

i think that a spindle w/ dark grey base is optodisc and light grey is ritek but i am not the expert. i hoping we get a response from the "king of blank media-dolphinius_rex"

[dolphinius_rex]

Sorry, cake boxes are too generic to really be able to tell media manufacturer just by the colour of their bottoms (unless you have additional knowledge about the brand). I can do some checking around, but I think the price is a little low for Optodisc, and deffinatly too low for Ritek (unless it's "B Grade" or a really REALLY smoking deal...). My first thought is maybe a cheapo no name manufacturer, but I could be wrong.

[bucknasty]

looks like they have "run out".

But they will take your order and ship when in stock.

how "nice" of they to offer this service!

[MadBurner]

Media Information

Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID MCC 003
Media Product Revision Number 00h
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 405405696
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.70GB)
Book Type DVD+R
Media Type DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps
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
Linear Density Blank Disc
Track Density Unknown
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code

00000000 01 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 4D 43 43 00 00 00 00 00 30 .......MCC.....0
00000020 30 33 00 38 23 54 37 12 02 42 6E 02 A8 6B 15 15 03.8#T7..Bn..k..
00000030 0B 0B 08 08 01 19 1B 0C 0C 0C 0D 01 00 00 00 00 ................

I received my shipment of these DVD+Rs today and here is the media information for them. The 712A will write these discs at 12X but the 716A will only write them at 8X!

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[dolphinius_rex]

Wow... that means that the media is one of two things:

#1: this media is made by Prodisc, and is not real MCC or up to MCC standards (which aren't as great as they used to be anyways...)

#2: This media is counterfeit MCC, like the stuff floating around Europe...

Too hard to tell which it would be, but I can easily say that it isn't real MCC made in Singapore/Taiwan.

[MadBurner]

Another thing is that the discs are very thin!!

Thanks for the info Dolph!

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[MadBurner]

Velocity 8x DVD-R Inkjet Printable 100 Pack Spindle:

"some disks with mmc code are actually made at cmc plant in tiawan. I believe this may be why so many have trouble with these disks. mmc japan very good; mmc coded cmc taiwan - watch out."

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Source:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002KQRGE/qid=1099530507/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl23/104-8776449-6679130?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846

Velocity 8x DVD+R 25 Pack Spindle:

"DVD Identifier informed me that these discs are made by Prodisc, which isn't a very good media manufacturer, so I would not trust these discs for important data archival over a couple years.

Rumor has it the 100 pack of these Velocity DVD+Rs are made by Mitsubishi Chemical. They still have the shiny tops that I don't like, but those should last a lot longer, if they are in fact made by Mitsubishi."

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002KQRBO/qid=1099530981/sr=1-16/ref=sr_1_16/104-8776449-6679130?v=glance&s=electronics

Dolph -

Saw these posted at Amazon.com. What's your take on this?

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[MadBurner]

From Edealinfo.com.

Amazon.com is carrying this 100-Pack 8x DVD+R Blank Media for only $29.99 + Free Shipping

http://www.edealinfo.com/cgi-bin/amazon ... B0002KQRB4

Anybody know if this media is good/bad/worthless?

This item is not stocked or has been discontinued.

It was a good deal while it lasted!

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