Posted by geickmei on 08/22/06 22:32

Richard Crowley wrote:

> "Verbatim" is just a label. They don't make discs, they OEM
> them from the vendor-du-jour. You never know who made
> them from one order to the next.
>
> I have been using exclusively Taiyo-Yuden DVD+R and burning
> at 2x. I have had zero returns from that combination. DVD-R may
> be as good, but my laptop drive does only +R, so it is more convienent
> for me. :-) Whenever I try using a brand other than T-Y, I start getting
> complaints and returns. It is worth the (literally) few extra pennies
> for T-Y. I also buy my T-Y discs exclusively from Supermediastore
> as some other vendors have been caught charging for T-Y but then
> shipping an inferior brand (or counterfeit T-Y).

OK, but how do we know which labels are Taiyo-Yuden? Does this
Supermediastore sell them as such? Or do you have to know which ones
are T-Y?

Gary Eickmeier

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