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08-08-2008, 01:50 AM
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TDK consumer-branded media is like 99% CMC discs now, so it makes for a poor quality choice. The CMC burn quality has improved in years past, but it's still a far cry from a "good" discs. Only the TDK Professional line tends to use better media, including its own TDK 8x ID, but some of the 16x discs have been things like Prodisc.

You're still best to stick with:
1. Taiyo Yuden from a legitimate store (supermediastore.com, rima.com, gotmedia.com, meritline.com)
2. Verbatim from Taiwan or India, both should be MCC/MKM coded discs
3. Verbatim DVD+R DL if using DL media, either from Singapore or India
4. Sony made in Taiwan, never the Malaysian crap

Two of my older burners prefer DVD+R discs, and the burn quality on TY DVD+R and Verbatim DVD+R tends to excel over its DVD-R brethren, in terms of analytical response data. For that reason, I most often use Verbatim DVD+R for duplicating.

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