Standard Media dvd+r 4x 200pk 30.00

[wchou]

Originally posted by: xirtam
They took awhile to ship, but I got mine ok. I'm satisfied with the dvds so far.

Took awhile? there's a trick to get it ship faster, pay .50 for confirmation number. Ordered mine on monday, shipped wednesday and got here on monday.

 

[unclebabar]

hmm, interesting. I ordered mine on Friday, did not pay confirmation fee, and got a non-working FedEx tracking number yesterday. But I did get some good news, I saved a ton on my car insurance by switching to Geico.

 

[wchou]

Well I guess that is entirely up to you if you want to tip them or not. .50 is was necessary when they had used usps priority mail back then and if it wasn't enabled then they would not mail you the tracking number. This is just a small change so I don't think that's a big deal just to save .50, you cannot track it immediately wait 24-48 hrs after it has mailed to you.

 

[wchou]

Remember this is +r that don't usually sell for this low.. It has 100 percent compatibility when set permanent book type to dvd-rom in most dvd burner or firmware hack that enable book type setting. Plus in any burner regardless of speed say 2x, 4x.. or even in ancient dvd-rom you will get read speed of 12x to 16x unlike dvd-r that's limited to 8x in most dvd-rom or burners even if you burn them at 12x or 16x.

 

[cremefilled]

OK, wchou, I think you've bumped this enough.

 

[BBock7271]

Is it just me or do you get nervious when anyone bumps their own hotdeal thread 10 times when theres only 20 posts? Anyone think Wchou has some gain from this thread? Could this be an advertisement?

Id like to hear other poeples opinions, tests, on this media!

 

[ScottFern]

Well, I just ordered a set. These better burn well on my pioneer dvr-109. Anyone else? Good experiences with this media?

 

[wchou]

Originally posted by: BBock7271
Is it just me or do you get nervious when anyone bumps their own hotdeal thread 10 times when theres only 20 posts? Anyone think Wchou has some gain from this thread? Could this be an advertisement?

Id like to hear other poeples opinions, tests, on this media!

I smell jealousy, get a grip. Do I not have a right to an opinion? No, I have not gained anything except more people who bought this saved money and are happy? I'm not trying to please everyone which I know I can so I won't, some need a lot of convincing, that's paranoid and stop speculating.

 

[StumbleBum1]

Originally posted by: wchou

Originally posted by: BBock7271
Is it just me or do you get nervious when anyone bumps their own hotdeal thread 10 times when theres only 20 posts? Anyone think Wchou has some gain from this thread? Could this be an advertisement?

Id like to hear other poeples opinions, tests, on this media!

I smell jealousy, get a grip. Do I not have a right to an opinion? No, I have not gained anything except more people who bought this saved money and are happy? I'm not trying to please everyone which I know I can so I won't, some need a lot of convincing, that's paranoid and stop speculating.

I think wchou has a financial interest in this company... Anybody else agree?

 

[Sonarcade]

I don't think I've seen anyone so eager on the bumps as well. I don't know if there's financial gain, but yeah, I'm scratching my head on this one.

 

[wchou]

Originally posted by: Sonarcade
I don't think I've seen anyone so eager on the bumps as well. I don't know if there's financial gain, but yeah, I'm scratching my head on this one.

financial gain??? hahaha.. I wish. I'm just like you, or you, or you.. I think this is as cheap as it can get and just hoping more would buy from it. scraches my head too.. :Q

 

[cremefilled]

It's pretty bad when we are urged to "tip" the service department!

Then again, when I posted above about shopampm clearly stacking the pricewatch comments with 50 nearly identical postive comments within a two-day span, wchou writes:

There's a lot of crazy people in the world who are addicted to crack, beer, cigarette. Why do they do all these bad thing? the crowd out numbers the minority?

. . . so, I'm inclined to think that he is just a goofball.

Oddly enough, I probably would try a 200-pack if I needed some cheapies right now. This really is the lowest price around.

 

[nomadh]

Originally posted by: xirtam
"This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 30 December, 1969."

Found that interesting.

Now I understand how they can garentee a 30+ yr storage life

 

[ScottFern]

To everyone who bashed this media....I recently bought 200 discs of Taiyo Yuden and I received 3 visually defective discs out of the box. That can happen to anyone. I think the risk is worth it for $30. Mine shipped and should be here by Thursday. So I shall see.

 

[edfcmc]

Just because he is bumping his own thread, does not necessarily imply that he has a financial interest. Maybe Wchou takes pride in his hot deals posts and is advocating that this is indeed a Hot Deal.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: edfcmc
Just because he is bumping his own thread, does not necessarily imply that he has a financial interest. Maybe Wchou takes pride in his hot deals posts and is advocating that this is indeed a Hot Deal.

I second that. plus so what if he does have financial interest, i wouldnt care if it really turns out to be a hot deal. Patiently awaiting some feedback on the quality, in a desperate need of some storage space

 

[unclebabar]

Verily doth these media sucketh, yet not fiercely so.

 

[wchou]

Originally posted by: unclebabar
Verily doth these media sucketh, yet not fiercely so.

What language are you speaking?

 

[wchou]

Results aren't very good at 8x... high pi errors at 3gb and above. stick with 4x.

 

[unclebabar]

They burn okay, but I get verify errors at 2.4x on a NEC (and more errors at 4x and 8x) and similar results on a liteon. No big deal, they are only a little worse than the CompUSA discs that usually go on sale. No problems if you stay below 4 GB I guess.

 

[cremefilled]

wchou initially:

FYI, this media burns well even at 8x, with most brand of burner

wchou now:

Results aren't very good at 8x... high pi errors at 3gb and above.

wchou, I think you need to make up your mind.

I get verify errors at 2.4x on a NEC (and more errors at 4x and 8x) . . . No problems if you stay below 4 GB I guess

OK, so if I burn at 2.4X and stay below 3GB, then these are "quality" media? Hmmm. . . welcome to the year 2001.

 

[wchou]

I have 2 3540a, one seems defective and can't burn most media past it's rated speed! so the other burns ok if sped from 4x to 8x on any media! YMMV from burners to burners even if it's the same brand and model.

 

[AkumaX]

i'll stick w/ the 50pk of Sony MIJ -R/+R's (YMMV) at BB for $18 IR

a.k.a.

i'll stick with the 50 pack of Sony Made In Japan DVD-R/+R's (your mileage may vary) at Best Buy for $18 instant rebate

 

[unclebabar]

hmm what is that smell ??? oh it's just *thread crap*

My NEC is a 2500A. I think the Liteon is a 851S. Usually my Pioneer burns everything without any problems but it is an A05 and doesn't do DVD+R.

 

[Titan]

Originally posted by: wchou

Originally posted by: xirtam
"This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 30 December, 1969."

Found that interesting.

you do? funny, i didn't even notice this!

caught this thread in a search.

FYI, december 31st, 1969 in the world of software, is before the epoch. Time starts, counted in seconds from 0:00, January 1st, 1970. Some databases often read december 31st, 23:59:59, which translates into the integer -1. The 30th is a much bigger negative number. Something is screwy with their DB, which could be adjusted for DST and such.

Hopefully all computers will be greater than 32 bit in a couple decades. With 32 bit machines, we can represent time until like 2030-something until it wraps around to the negative time of like 1910. Since 64-bit is around already, it shoudn't be a problem.

In other words: negative time = NOT HOT.