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BB / TDK/Fuji sale

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:35 am
by ETP

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:15 am
by Jim
The Fuji if the spindle says Made in Japan on it.

Jim

Re: BB / TDK/Fuji sale

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:09 pm
by bill
ETP wrote:Ok! Which is better? Fuji or TDK?



Fuji and TDK buy from several manufactures, including TY. Like Jim said, look for made in Japan if you want TY.


If anyone is looking for a retail boxed DVR-A09XLB, it's going for a $100 after $30 rebate at Best Buy.

Re: BB / TDK/Fuji sale

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:55 pm
by dolphinius_rex
BigMonkey wrote:
ETP wrote:Ok! Which is better? Fuji or TDK?



Fuji and TDK buy from several manufactures, including TY. Like Jim said, look for made in Japan if you want TY.


If anyone is looking for a retail boxed DVR-A09XLB, it's going for a $100 after $30 rebate at Best Buy.


Not all made in Japan media is made by Taiyo Yuden :wink: (but Fuji should be).

Re: BB / TDK/Fuji sale

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:06 pm
by bill
dolphinius_rex wrote:
BigMonkey wrote:Fuji and TDK buy from several manufactures, including TY. Like Jim said, look for made in Japan if you want TY.


Not all made in Japan media is made by Taiyo Yuden :wink: (but Fuji should be).


Ooops. :oops: What other company in Japan is making TDK 8X ?

Re: BB / TDK/Fuji sale

PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:29 pm
by Bhairav
dolphinius_rex wrote:
BigMonkey wrote:
ETP wrote:Ok! Which is better? Fuji or TDK?



Fuji and TDK buy from several manufactures, including TY. Like Jim said, look for made in Japan if you want TY.


If anyone is looking for a retail boxed DVR-A09XLB, it's going for a $100 after $30 rebate at Best Buy.


Not all made in Japan media is made by Taiyo Yuden :wink: (but Fuji should be).


Maxell ;)

Re: BB / TDK/Fuji sale

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:09 am
by bill
Bhairav wrote:Maxell ;)



#-o Oh boy, I'm having a bad day. Time to go to bed :D

Re: BB / TDK/Fuji sale

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:53 am
by dolphinius_rex
BigMonkey wrote:
Bhairav wrote:Maxell ;)



#-o Oh boy, I'm having a bad day. Time to go to bed :D


Or Unifino, or Mitsui, or Sony (very rare). Probably more as well :wink:

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:31 am
by ETP
Ok! Buy it if it is MIJ! Right!

PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:02 pm
by dolphinius_rex
ETP wrote:Ok! Buy it if it is MIJ! Right!


If it's a big name like Fuji or TDK or Maxell, then yes It's probably good to buy if it says Made in Japan. But it's not really a blanket statement that all things Japanese are going to be Taiyo Yuden :wink:

PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:10 am
by bill
Still trying to sort out TDK's suppliers and place of origin. I found these codes listed at VideoHelp and would like to complete or correct the list if anyone can help out.

Thanks


TDK -R 8X

TTH01 - ? - Singapore

TTG02 - ? - Tiawan

TYG02 - ? - Japan


TDK +R 8X

CMC MAG E01 - ? - Tiawan

RICOHJPNR02 - ? - Tiawan

YUDEN000T02 - TY - Japan

TDK002 - ? - France?

MBIPG101R04 - ? - India

PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:49 am
by dolphinius_rex
BigMonkey,

All but two of those are pretty obvious I think. Mitsubishi is Singapore, Ritek with Ricoh technology is for the Ricoh code discs. CMC is CMC. Taiyo Yuden is TY from Japan.

As for the 2 less obvious ones (one from Taiwan and one from France), they're both made by the same company. Who do you know with a manufacturing plant in both countries? (sorry, I can't help more then this).

PostPosted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:40 am
by LoneWolf
The code from India appears to be Moser Baer.

http://www.moserbaer.com/

PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:18 am
by bill
Thanks guys! :)

I'm thinking about compiling a list of all manufactures, country of origin, clones and who they supply, unless this has already been done by someone??? Do you think it would be of any benefit for the forum?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:32 am
by TCAS
BigMonkey wrote:Thanks guys! :)

I'm thinking about compiling a list of all manufactures, country of origin, clones and who they supply, unless this has already been done by someone??? Do you think it would be of any benefit for the forum?


BigMonkey;

I am sure that would be great and every one would appreciate your time and effort on that. It is nice to be informed consumer and know exactly what you getting for your buck.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:34 am
by dolphinius_rex
BigMonkey wrote:Thanks guys! :)

I'm thinking about compiling a list of all manufactures, country of origin, clones and who they supply, unless this has already been done by someone??? Do you think it would be of any benefit for the forum?


Here's a good place to start:
http://forums.speedlabs.org/index.php/topic,357.0.html

Good luck! :)