Media from Taiyo Yuden or Mitsumi?

[Duracell]

Hi you helpful folk,

Anybody know which brands are made by Taiyo Yuden or Mitsumi?
Which are sells in Europe or especial in Germany?
in Germany i never seen CDR labeled with "Taiyo Yuden" or "Mitsumi";

my writer is an RICOH MP7083A 32x8x8; in poko's advice i used "TDK Reflex Ultra CD-R74 24x" and CD-R80; the dye was a blue one; never had problems with this brand;

now there are no more CDR 24x speed available; i bought the same brand with 32x speed; and now ca 3 of 10 CDR brings "Media Error" nearly after starting to write;
if i try to simulate, there are no errors in simulation, but same errors while burning; all the same in Nero, CloneCD and WL (WL in other system & partition); the 32x seems to be another brand, the dye looks now bright greeen;

Any advise for me?


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Duracell

[Blane]

Taiyo Yuden Company Limited- Taiyo Yuden,Fuji, 3M, Sony, Philips & Imation------Mitsui Chemicals- Mitsui, HP & Philips

[Duracell]

thanks Blane,

will give Sony & Philips a chance, the other brands i've never seen;
here is the ATIP info by CDR Identifier;

the old "TDK Reflex Ultra CD-R80 24x"
ATIP: 97m 24s 01f
Disc Manufacturer: Taiyo Yuden Company Ltd.
Reflective layer: Dye (Long strategy; e.g. Cyanine, Azo etc.)
Media type: CD-Recordable
Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown
nominal Capacity: 702.83MB (79m 59s 73f / LBA: 359848)

the new "TDK Reflex Ultra CD-R80 32x"
ATIP: 97m 15s 05f
Disc Manufacturer: TDK Corp.
Reflective layer: Dye (Short strategy; e.g. Phthalocyanine)
Media type: CD-Recordable
Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown
nominal Capacity: 702.83MB (79m 59s 74f / LBA: 359849)

[ChickenMan]

The TDK Golds here in Australia have been made by Prodisk but recently their stock has moved to CMC Magnetics and took a dive in quality.

Mitsui's Gold made in Tiawan available here are made by Prodisk but unfortunately there supply has recently dried up. I hope its just a tempory supply problem.

[Duracell]

i have some black Intenso in my cupboard; CDR Identifier says:
ATIP: 97m 32s 19f
Disc Manufacturer: Prodisc Technology Inc.
Reflective layer: Dye (Short strategy; e.g. Phthalocyanine)

if this is a good choice, i will get some more for data;
Verbatim and Silver Circle i've seen too in the markets;

Fuji, HP, Imation, labeled Taiyo, labeled Mitsui and labeled Prodisk are not availble in german markets;

so i will try the Philips too, to grab "made by Mitsui" for audio;
will share my experience in a few days;

thanks again
Duracell

[quirky9]

Also maxell XL-S are taiyo but not XL which is CMC i think.

[Duracell]

got some packets of good old Taiyo Yuden TDK's in another town;
searched for Mitsui Gold nevertheless, but didn't found them;
so no need for testing other brands at the moment;

for you guys here is a nice media data base;
german version: http://www.cdr-forum.de/index_cdrohlinge.php
english version (discovered by ponzan): http://www.instantinfo.de/index_cdrohlinge_e.php


Greetings from
Duracell

[Master]

Saturn --> Vision 650 = Taiyo Yuden

Vorsicht nicht die in der Papierhülle !

[Phil K]

CMC are pure ****E.
Verbatim in slim cases are also CMC. AVOID !!!!
Philips are now CMC. AVOID !!!!

[RASTABT]

Duracell intenso's are very good choice bro. us them all the time now for about 2 years now.
The black version are very good for your data.

[Duracell]

thanks boys,
got some packets of good old Taiyo Yuden TDK's in another town,
enough for next half year;

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Duracell

[shadoe_phantom]

generally I have found that with the TDK and a few other brands that are made by Taiyo Yuden... on the box or the label of the CDs it will say if it is manufactured in Japan. <---- all so far that I have run through CDRIdentifier v1.63 have come out with Taiyo Yuden manufacturing.

Hopefully it's a good tip for when you're buying CD-Rs (look if made in Japan).

PS
can find some good online deals for blank TY CD-Rs:
www.pricewatch.com
Just search for taiyo yuden media

(often see good deals on 100-600 packs)
*ofcourse some stores only deliver to the US.

[Phil K]

Apparently there is a very distinctive screw top (not just the plastic button/plug or whatever it is) much wider - on the spindles for Taiyo Yuden. As Ive said, they are incredibly rare in the UK, mainly due I think to the middle men making more of a killing out of the crap.

[shadoe_phantom]

yes that is true too.
The ones I have baught have the screw top for the spindel packs. (black disk flat like screw ontop that you unscrew to then reveal hole ontop to remove the spindel cover.
Guess I lucked out =) hehehe.

[dx]

Yes, Shadoe is correct and I have confirmed this with a friend at TDK USA. I made a post about this some time ago, but I can't find it. Doesn't matter...

In the USA at least...TDK-Taiyo Yuden's are "Made in Japan" lettering, while "Made in Taiwan" are Ritek's...at the moment anyway