pchilson wrote:dolphinius_rex wrote:Why? Well according to my contact at Optodisc, they have opted to use the Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD-R code until drive makers have decided to support their own 8x DVD-R code... I'm not sure if this is a good idea or not on their part, but if the disc burns well at 8x then I'm not going to complain.
Can they just decide to do that?
How can we rely on any MID if that is true?
Umm, if you only rely on the MID code to know what media you're dealing with, you're playing a really dangerous game! Almost every company has produced other companies MID codes at one time or another.
CMC has done MCC (although authorized). Ritek has done missing MID code media. Prodisc has done Mitsui (although authorized), Optodisc has done Taiyo Yuden now, Princo has done TDK and is expected to also use Taiyo Yuden for their 8x, Gigastorage is using Daxon, Lead Data has used Sony (with, and possibly without permission). And several companies have made media with Maxell's code.
If you want to know the media you work with, you have to *KNOW* the media you are working with
Look at the serial numbers, the fonts used, the physical charactoristics... heck even the PACKAGING. All these things will assist you in learning who makes the media.
Trust me Optodisc has no intention of selling their 8x DVD-Rs as Taiyo Yuden, they are simply looking for a way to cater to consumer needs, while avoiding the problems brought about by the whole Taiwanese vs. Japanese political crap.
Punch Cards -> Paper Tape -> Tape Drive -> 8" Floppy Diskette -> 5 1/4" Floppy Diskette -> 3 1/2" "Flippy" Diskette -> CD-R -> DVD±R -> BD-R
The Progression of Computer Media