Posted by Richard Crowley on 12/28/07 16:11

"ded" wrote ...
> "Kompu Kid" wrote ...
Taiyo Yuden for inexpensive disks.
>
> I've never heard of them

Taiyo-Yuden are probably the best manufacturers of
optical discs on our particular planet.

>> * Some TDK, and Verbatim DVDs are made using
> Taiyo Yuden media.
>
> Are they?

You can see an example of which manufactureres OEM for
which labels on this page. Of course, it changes all the time,
so this is a "snapshot" in time...
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

>> * The TDK DVDs sold in Cosco in bulk are not made
> with Taiyo Yuden media.

Perhaps not today, but TDK has OEMed discs from T-Y
in the past and nothing is stopping them from doing it in
the future. That is one reason to avoid "label-only" vendors
of discs. You never really know what you are getting from
month to month. That is why I use Taiyo-Yuden exclusively.
They make their own product, and they are consistently in
the highest echelon of quality.

>> * Rima DVDs are also made with Taiyo Yuden media.

Rima appears to *sell* Taiyo-Yuden beanded media.

> The various discs are manufactured by many and far apart.
> The only issues are of compatibility,

The issues of reliability and quality appear to be far bigger
than "compatibility" IMHO.

> the hardware manufacturers
> release firmware updates to increase a burners compatibility
> with the ever expanding range of blank media.
> The only time an incompatibility cannot be altered is if you have
> a burner that is either "DVD+R" or "DVD-R", but all burners will
> burn both these days. If a burner is one type only it cannot be
> changed.

OTOH, new drives are so cheap, there's no reason to suffer
with some old clunker.

> If you're having a problem with a specific brand of discs then
> visit the support link of the burners OEM, download the latest
> firmware update for your burner.

Or switch to a brand of discs known for consistent reliability.
I use T-Y exclusively and I can't remember the last time
I had any problem with discs I've distributed.

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