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  • NightTran
    King of Digital Video
    King of Digital Video
    • Aug 2005
    • 4224

    #76
    get the old package if you can
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    • jblitz277
      Digital Video Technician
      Digital Video Technician
      • Apr 2007
      • 417

      #77
      Originally Posted by pquest
      I've been using Memorex to burn my movies for years, but I have never used Ty or Verb the recommened brand. Are they that much of a different? Meaning, are they big different in picture quality and audio? To me Memorex is doing a B job for me. Does anyone have an input on this? Please, excuse me for being a beginner. Wish I have read these posting sooner.

      When I came here last year because I was having burn probs I too was using Memorex and I can tell you with absolute certainty it does make a huge difference as Tran said I got bad batch and out of 100 almost 1/3 were coasters go to Officemax when Verbs are on sale and you'll see and if you insist on memorex burn no faster than 4x trust me I was skeptical when the lifers here told me cheap media was my biggest problem (not the only one)Do what I did 9 months ago get some verbs get some sony memorex etc. and burn and scan at all different speeds with nero speed test and you will find optimal speed and brand for your drive then stick with it.
      Asus P5N-E Sli nForce 650i mobo
      Intel Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz
      4 Gb OCZ Platinum Rev 2 PC6400 DDR2 800mhz
      Samsung 203B(sata)
      BenQ 1655(ide)
      Lite-On LH-20A1S-12 (sata)
      500Gb WD caviar (sata)
      300Gb Seagate Barracuda (ide)
      500Gb Western Digital external Harddrive USB X 2
      600w Ultra Infinity PS
      8500GT 512mb Vid
      Samsung Syncmaster 906BW
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      • Chewy
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 18971

        #78
        When I first got into scanning for errors 2 years ago I started spot checking my data base, certain brands with particular mid codes got scanned until I saw a pattern.
        Recovering the data from those bad burns and reburning was a lot of trouble, some I just pitched. Memorex was one of the worst brands, the ritek G05's the worst mid code.

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        • jblitz277
          Digital Video Technician
          Digital Video Technician
          • Apr 2007
          • 417

          #79
          So Maxell is on sale at Sams for $13.88 50/spindle .Am I to understand per Blutach's sig that Maxell is some of the good stuff? I would have never guessed that.
          Asus P5N-E Sli nForce 650i mobo
          Intel Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz
          4 Gb OCZ Platinum Rev 2 PC6400 DDR2 800mhz
          Samsung 203B(sata)
          BenQ 1655(ide)
          Lite-On LH-20A1S-12 (sata)
          500Gb WD caviar (sata)
          300Gb Seagate Barracuda (ide)
          500Gb Western Digital external Harddrive USB X 2
          600w Ultra Infinity PS
          8500GT 512mb Vid
          Samsung Syncmaster 906BW
          Vista Ultimate (32 bit)

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          • Chewy
            Super Moderator
            • Nov 2003
            • 18971

            #80
            Some of the 8X maxell were TY made in japan disks, they disappeared long ago

            expect 1K-10K pif now

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            • jblitz277
              Digital Video Technician
              Digital Video Technician
              • Apr 2007
              • 417

              #81
              got 8 of these from work laying around for years.Are they good?
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              Asus P5N-E Sli nForce 650i mobo
              Intel Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz
              4 Gb OCZ Platinum Rev 2 PC6400 DDR2 800mhz
              Samsung 203B(sata)
              BenQ 1655(ide)
              Lite-On LH-20A1S-12 (sata)
              500Gb WD caviar (sata)
              300Gb Seagate Barracuda (ide)
              500Gb Western Digital external Harddrive USB X 2
              600w Ultra Infinity PS
              8500GT 512mb Vid
              Samsung Syncmaster 906BW
              Vista Ultimate (32 bit)

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              • Chewy
                Super Moderator
                • Nov 2003
                • 18971

                #82
                Mine weren't that good but I had burned them long ago on a pioneer burner, it's hard to tell what a modern burner would do with them.

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                • jblitz277
                  Digital Video Technician
                  Digital Video Technician
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 417

                  #83
                  let's find out shall we?
                  Asus P5N-E Sli nForce 650i mobo
                  Intel Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz
                  4 Gb OCZ Platinum Rev 2 PC6400 DDR2 800mhz
                  Samsung 203B(sata)
                  BenQ 1655(ide)
                  Lite-On LH-20A1S-12 (sata)
                  500Gb WD caviar (sata)
                  300Gb Seagate Barracuda (ide)
                  500Gb Western Digital external Harddrive USB X 2
                  600w Ultra Infinity PS
                  8500GT 512mb Vid
                  Samsung Syncmaster 906BW
                  Vista Ultimate (32 bit)

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                  • jblitz277
                    Digital Video Technician
                    Digital Video Technician
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 417

                    #84
                    not great,not bad burned and scanned at 4x on my samsung 203b
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                    Asus P5N-E Sli nForce 650i mobo
                    Intel Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz
                    4 Gb OCZ Platinum Rev 2 PC6400 DDR2 800mhz
                    Samsung 203B(sata)
                    BenQ 1655(ide)
                    Lite-On LH-20A1S-12 (sata)
                    500Gb WD caviar (sata)
                    300Gb Seagate Barracuda (ide)
                    500Gb Western Digital external Harddrive USB X 2
                    600w Ultra Infinity PS
                    8500GT 512mb Vid
                    Samsung Syncmaster 906BW
                    Vista Ultimate (32 bit)

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                    • dr_ml422
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      • May 2007
                      • 1903

                      #85
                      Originally Posted by jblitz277
                      So Maxell is on sale at Sams for $13.88 50/spindle .Am I to understand per Blutach's sig that Maxell is some of the good stuff? I would have never guessed that.
                      hi jblitz. i've been using maxell 4 a long time now. b4 i joined here, and only knew how to throw the source, and the blank in nero, and burn. never had problems w/them at all. now that's w/out checking them out on the scanners. they're not the greatest i would think, but not bad by any means. pro-disc usually makes them, and they're pretty reputable. their cds are not bad either, but that's by word of mouth from a couple of other fellas. i'm going to try their cds. $13.88 at Sam's is not bad, but you could usually get them 4 $25 100/spindle at newegg. free shipping. kinda depends what you're looking to burn. memorex is terrible. that much i know 4 sure. their audio cds though aren't too bad though.
                      Last edited by dr_ml422; 4 Mar 2008, 12:48 PM. Reason: corrected info on spindle amount.
                      SAMSUNG SH-S203B, SAMSUNG SH-S223F,

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                      Google is definitely our friend.

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                      • soup
                        Just Trying To Help
                        • Nov 2005
                        • 7524

                        #86
                        Nephew gave me a 30 spindle of Disney High School Musical 16X Dvd-R blanks. Apparently he picked up some spindles of these for $2 each. Haven't burnt or scanned any of them yet. MID = ISSM R02 & on the back hub, 9F-16 1 - 1 - 1 0806170843-20.

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                        • doctorhardware
                          Lord of Digital Video
                          Lord of Digital Video
                          • Dec 2006
                          • 1907

                          #87
                          Verbatim on sale

                          Today is the last day, at Officemax 100 DVD+r for $19.99 abd CDR for $14.99. I ran across the sale, by hitting Best Buy, they wanted $30.99 for 50 disks or 30. On that one I am not sure. But I know that I was not going to pay that much for so little.
                          Star Baby Girl, Born March,1997 Died June 30th 2007 6:35 PM.

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                          • doctorhardware
                            Lord of Digital Video
                            Lord of Digital Video
                            • Dec 2006
                            • 1907

                            #88
                            I was at officemax on Monday. They had some verbatims that were labeled as archival rated media. Is it just a marketing ploy or are the disks better that the standard Verbatim DVDs.
                            Star Baby Girl, Born March,1997 Died June 30th 2007 6:35 PM.

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                            • soadellittada
                              Junior Member
                              Junior Member
                              • Dec 2009
                              • 1

                              #89
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                              I love it at the stores in our area. Even if you are rightfully one of the first in line, everyone just glares at you like you shouldnt be there. I especially loved last year when I got a digital camera on sale at KMart. Got the last one, and everybody flipped. Then, the 2GB SD cards were on sale for like 12, I think. I had to make several attempts at getting over to their location because it was a popular spot for the elderly to hang out for some reason.

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