Best Buy 25 TDK 4x DVD+R for $25 after IR

[DarkNephree]

All this 8x time is making me jealous. Come on, someone in here has to have an 851s? Anyone, anyone? Bueller, Bueller?

 

[NuKe9]

Originally posted by: DarkNephree
All this 8x time is making me jealous. Come on, someone in here has to have an 851s? Anyone, anyone? Bueller, Bueller?

No need to be jealous, the 851S can burn the Ricoh's at 8x too.. There are plenty of hacked BIOS's available for this.

Does CC have Ricoh disks as well?

Tom

 

[soundforbjt]

Originally posted by: NuKe9

Originally posted by: DarkNephree
All this 8x time is making me jealous. Come on, someone in here has to have an 851s? Anyone, anyone? Bueller, Bueller?

No need to be jealous, the 851S can burn the Ricoh's at 8x too.. There are plenty of hacked BIOS's available for this.

Does CC have Ricoh disks as well?

Tom

The ones I got @ CC were CMC Mag's and they're going back.... They burn ok but not as good as Ricohs by a long shot.

 

[NuKe9]

Can you give us more details on how the spindles looked? Trying to find a way to differentiate between the two in the store. I've heard the Ricoh's have a round top and gray or black base with 3 locks. The CMC's are usually black bottom with straight top and 5 or 6 locks?

Thanks!

Tom

 

[frankqfrank]

Originally posted by: NuKe9
Can you give us more details on how the spindles looked? Trying to find a way to differentiate between the two in the store. I've heard the Ricoh's have a round top and gray or black base with 3 locks. The CMC's are usually black bottom with straight top and 5 or 6 locks?

Thanks!

Tom

I would also really like to know this info.

 

[soundforbjt]

I took the CMC's back to CC and PM'ed CompUSA to BB. The CMC spindles were black base with a large (half-dollar size) felt washer on top of spindle. The Ricoh's I got from CompUSA had the same black base but no felt washer.

 

[Elixer]

At CC, 203564xxxx UPC black base, clear smooth top,are:
Disc Type = DVD+R
Manufacturer = Ricoh Company Limited

<< Disc Information >>
Erasable = False
Status of Last Session/Border = Empty Session/Border
Disc Status = Empty Disc
Number of First Track/RZone on Disc = 1
Number of Sessions/Borders(LSB) = 1
First Track/RZone Number in Last Session/Border(LSB) = 1
Last Track/RZone Number in Last Session/Border(LSB) = 1
Disc Identification Valid(DID_V) = False
Disc Bar Code Valid(DBC_V) = False
Unrestricted Use Disc(DRU) = True
Disc Type = CD-DA or CD-ROM Disc
Disc Identification = 00000000h
Lead-in Start Time of Last Session = 255:238:128(FF:EE:80h)
Last Possible Start Time for Startof Lead-out = 35:05:64(23:05:40h)
Disc Bar Code = 0000000000000000h
Number of OPC Table Entries = 0

 

[bmg]

Originally posted by: soundforbjt
I took the CMC's back to CC and PM'ed CompUSA to BB. The CMC spindles were black base with a large (half-dollar size) felt washer on top of spindle. The Ricoh's I got from CompUSA had the same black base but no felt washer.

The Ricoh's I got from BB have the black base and felt washer on top. Sounds like it's impossible to know what you've got until you get it home.

 

[atgep]

I just got back fron BB in Jacksonville, fl. I scored a pack of ricoh media. They had a dozen or so scattered around the store. All had a black bottom and the 6 tab base. The only thing that tipped me to possible ricoh media was the dummy disk on top. It had a "R7-4" stamped on it near the hole. Don't know if they all have it. Now I will try to ramp up my io-crap writer to 8x. works perfectly at 4x but 8x produces jerky movies. At least on CMC media. I hope this helps.

 

[NuKe9]

Originally posted by: bmg

Originally posted by: soundforbjt I took the CMC's back to CC and PM'ed CompUSA to BB. The CMC spindles were black base with a large (half-dollar size) felt washer on top of spindle. The Ricoh's I got from CompUSA had the same black base but no felt washer.

The Ricoh's I got from BB have the black base and felt washer on top. Sounds like it's impossible to know what you've got until you get it home.

Just got back from CC, here's the scoop.

Found 2 different types.

Spindle 1 - Black base, frosted cover with a large white foam/felt washer on top. These are CMC's, and are going back.

Spindle 2 - Black base, clear cover with a small plastic washer. These are Ricoh's.

Hope that clears things up for some ppl getting them from CC. I'd give more info on the description of the disc's, but it's really hard to see this with the spindle sealed.

Good Luck!!

Tom

 

[Loxias]

Originally posted by: NuKe9

Originally posted by: bmg

Originally posted by: soundforbjt I took the CMC's back to CC and PM'ed CompUSA to BB. The CMC spindles were black base with a large (half-dollar size) felt washer on top of spindle. The Ricoh's I got from CompUSA had the same black base but no felt washer.

The Ricoh's I got from BB have the black base and felt washer on top. Sounds like it's impossible to know what you've got until you get it home.

Just got back from CC, here's the scoop.

Found 2 different types.

Spindle 1 - Black base, frosted cover with a large white foam/felt washer on top. These are CMC's, and are going back.

Spindle 2 - Black base, clear cover with a small plastic washer. These are Ricoh's.

Hope that clears things up for some ppl getting them from CC. I'd give more info on the description of the disc's, but it's really hard to see this with the spindle sealed.

Good Luck!!

Tom

Unfortunately I don't think there's an easy way to tell. I purchased a pack from CC and BB. Opened the ones from CC and they're Ricoh's but I had the foam washer on top. Haven't opened the ones from BB yet.

 

[worcmai]

PMed to Staples, got a Black bottum, the disks were smooth/clear on top, also with a foam washer on top of the spindle, they were CMC mags, took them back. I bought the same dvd+r 25pak from staples 2 months ago, except the disks had Frosted tops, they were Ricoh's.

 

[unclebud]

the cmc dvd+r are the only ones that seem to play at all in my panasonic dvd player
better something than nothing

 

[alm99]

How bad are CMCs compared to Ricohs? I bought them at CC, but have yet to open them. Felt washer, black base...

What program do I use to identify them?

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: alm99
How bad are CMCs compared to Ricohs? I bought them at CC, but have yet to open them. Felt washer, black base...

What program do I use to identify them?

DVDInfoPro ..I use the ad-based free version..very unobtrusive ads as well.TDK+Rs got at Staples are RicohJpn01..can only get 4x out of them with BTC 8x $99 drive ..RicohJpn02 are certified 8x with this drive..just burned another TDK+R ..this particular BTC is doing fine ..so far

 

[aggressor]

Pretty good info on how to identify CMC from Ricoh, it worked for me:

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=201816


Just for reference, I picked out the clear plastic washer, black base, thin line version, and they were Ricoh. They also had the thicker lined CMCs with the foam washer.

 

[soflawill]

@#$$%%^&*(((*&^$ shazzbot!!!

got the cmc's :frown: :frown: :frown:

thats the trouble with my @$%^^$#^##@ hp300i-the dvd identifiers wont work on blank disks-so once you burn one, how do you get away with taking a 25 disc spindle back?

:frown: :frown:

on the other hand, the 100 rebadged ricohs at OM this weekend looks hot

 

[alm99]

I bought the TDKs from CC, black bottom, white felt washer, thin line and they were Ricohs, heck yeah!

 

[Urinal Mint]

I'm gonna give this a whirl at Best Buy this morning

 

[Urinal Mint]

I went to the Best Buy at 635/Midway in Dallas just now and picked up 2 spindles of what I thought were thin-line TDKs. I did find two spindles out of about 12 that had a thicker line around the center of the disc, so I used those to compare and sure enough, the thin-lines are Ricoh 8X discs.

They have about 40 spindles in total at that store, but none of the 100pk's that are going to be on sale tomorrow are thin-line. They all come out to the same price anyhow.

 

[DaCurryman]

I picked up 4 spindles from a BB in Buffalo, NY and I just put one disc in DVD Decryptor and got this rsult:

Device Information:
Current Profile: DVD+R

Disc Information:
Status: Complete
Erasable: No
Sessions: 1
Sectors: 2,286,128
Size: 4,681,990,144 bytes
Time: 508:03:53 (MM:SS:FF)
Supported Write Speeds: 2.3x

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Disc ID: OPTODISC-OP2-00
Book Type: DVD-ROM
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track

What is Optodisc?

 

[DaCurryman]

nm, I'm a moron. I got me some Ricohs as well...YAY!

 

[frankqfrank]

Got 50, Ricohs.

 

[Yobbo]

Got ricohs

 

[Yobbo]

I picked some up, but both nero and ez cd and dvd creator only allows me to burn at 4x (I have an 8x drive). Any way to force them, or any programs out there that will try and burn it at 8x (I know dvd decrypter will, but that only burns ISOs).

I would rather burn at 8x since I bought an 8x drive....