Years ago when I was buying blank CD-R's, I wanted to buy only the
highest quality brands that were especially believed to last
significantly longer than other ones that were known to become
degraded eventually over the years. Back then, the brands that seemed
to have the best reputations were Mitsui & Taiyo Yuden. So I bought
Mitsuis exclusively until approx. 2003 when their latest 52X & 48X
discs at the time started becoming unplayable in one of my CD
players. So I soon switched to Fuji (FujiFilm) made in Japan by Taiyo
Yuden, and bought enough of a supply to last a few years. Now I'm
running out & need to buy some CD-R blanks soon. So are Taiyo Yuden &
Mitsui still the best these days? If not, then what brands are now
the best? Any help will be greatly appreciated - thanks.

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Mike Richter is a LIAR
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Deirdre Straughan (Roxio) is a LIAR
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DLee122298 (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:
That's still the case in so far as Taiyo Yuden is concerned and some
FujiFilm is still TY. Mitsui sold CD-R media business to an Italian
company around 2002/2003 and there were negative reports almost
immediately afterwards. They are now sold as MAM-A and a bit pricey.
Since Fuji/Taiyo is widely available, stick with Taiyo.

DLee122298 (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:
excellent as confirmed by measurement, assuming one uses the high-end
product. That is frequently rated substantially slower than their
competition on the mass market and is substantially more expensive.

Any dealer in a range of quality discs will have several flavors of T-Y
at least, usually of MAM-A as well. I've been using American Digital
http://www.am-dig.com/
for some time and am pleased with the range of product and the prices there.

Note that quality writing is at consistently much lower speeds than 48x
- optimum for most media is in the 8-16x range - so there seems to be
little point in getting high-speed blanks for quality recording.

Mike
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mrichter (AT) cpl (DOT) net
http://www.mrichter.com/

Thanks for all the help. This might seem silly, but does anyone know
of any good places to get the Taiyo Yuden 80-min. CD-R blanks that
have the "Taiyo Yuden" logo printed at least somewhere visible on each
disc so that people I do CD-R trading with can be (more) confident
that they're receiving genuine Taiyo Yuden discs from me? Especially
how about the "That's" brand? Again, any help will be greatly
appreciated - thanks.

[ PS - Several years ago I bought some blank DVD-R's that were listed
as being by Taiyo Yuden on the www.rima.com site, but when I received
them, the "Taiyo Yuden" logo couldn't be found anywhere at all on any
of the discs or the outer packaging, which I hope to not experience
again, esp. as I'm not completely sure that they're genuine Taiyo
Yuden discs. ]

There's no such thing as a "TY" logo on any discs. Anyone who knows media
will easily spot TY CDR's by the hub codes and the distinctive green dye.
"Thats" brand is only sold in Asia, AFAIK, maybe some European markets. All
TY media sold as such is OEM media and thus there is no "brand".

www.rima.com is still the best place to order genuine TY media.
www.newegg.com is another place.


<DLee122298 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

On Apr 10, 12:12 am, smh <nos... (AT) nospam (DOT) org> wrote:

Negative reports? Negative in which way(s)? Compatibility?
Longevity? Other quality factors or issues?

Does Taiyo Yuden currently manufacture their blank CDR's for any other
popular brands that are available to people in the U.S.?

Thank you.

On Apr 10, 5:27 pm, "Dan G" <n... (AT) 12345 (DOT) org> wrote:

This is probably a stooooopid question, but TY's reputation being as
great as it is, why wouldn't they put their logo anywhere on their
discs so that customers can easily recognize them as genuine TY
instead of any of the fakes?

The hub codes on TY discs are proof enough that it's genuine. A logo is
actually much easier to fake, and thusfar the hub code has never been faked,
as it is located in the dye itself. That said, if you simply buy from a
reputable dealer, there's never any question about it being genuine.


"Trash Fish" <TrashFish9 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote