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Old July 3, 2009, 10:08 PM
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Why would ANYONE pay a huge markup and premium for blank media from a retail store is BEYOND me.
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I buy the Ridata stuff from Canada Computers and rarely do I see any coasters.
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Old July 3, 2009, 10:15 PM
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I buy the Ridata stuff from Canada Computers and rarely do I see any coasters.
Ridata and Taiyo are both good.

I prefer Ridata for my data cds.
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I only purchase them when they're on sale for like $20 to $30 for 100 discs. All the CD and DVD brands I used so far seem to be problem free, so I'll just continue with the Memorex and Maxell that I said earlier for DVDs and Ridata for CDs.

I recall reading somewhere that one DVD brand here in North America is actually rebadged Taiyo Yudens. Anyone got ideas on what brand?
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Its a crap shoot with branded media....so ALWAYS check the country its made in! :)
With that being said Maxell, Memorex, Plextor, FujiFilm, Sony, TDK, Apple and few others have used TY....NOT always but sometimes. With some of these MIJ can = MCC not just TY...but thats nit picking ;)
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Taiyo Yuden or Verbatims is the way to go!
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