Taiyo Yuden

[Mich_v_g]

Okay, So i've finally decided to cave and buy some taiyo yuden. I have found a great website with decent prices and they give the media id for all their discs. The only questions I have now is... does it matter if I get dvd+r or dvd-r? the -r are less expensive so i like that factor.

[eSkRo]

well i would go DVD-R....

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Me too.

 

TYG02 are my absolute favourite

[ianymaty]

Depends on what are you plan to archive on them.

 

For DVD Video use DVD-R for more compatibility with cheap or older DVD players and a little more space than DVD+R

 

For Data use DVD+R for a better defect management

[Mich_v_g]

sounds good to me. thanks so much!

[Mich_v_g]

oh one more question actually.... tyg02 is the 8x right? That means i can burn as quickly? is there much differnce between those and the tyg03 16x other than the speed they can burn at?

 

Reason i'm asking is i burn on two different burners. one newer than the other. Currently i have tdk 16x discs that i burn at 8x on the newer one and 2.4x on the old one. if i burn any faster than that with the old one it starts skipping (not sure if it's the burner or just the disc)

 

Here's my info for my two burners:

 

Old one:

 

I 09:37:21 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started!

I 09:37:21 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6002 : Service Pack 2)

I 09:37:21 Total Physical Memory: 3,139,524 KB - Available: 1,869,188 KB

W 09:37:21 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I 09:37:21 Initialising SPTI...

I 09:37:21 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 09:37:21 -> Drive 1 - Info: Optiarc DVDRWBD BC-5600S 10AB (E:) (ATAPI)

I 09:37:21 -> Drive 2 - Info: LIP 12BGXE7 1.03 (G:) (SCSI)

I 09:37:21 Found 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM and 1 BD-ROM/DVD±RW!

 

newer one:

 

I 09:35:56 ImgBurn Version 2.5.1.0 started!

I 09:35:56 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 09:35:56 Total Physical Memory: 3,370,572 KB - Available: 2,624,644 KB

W 09:35:56 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I 09:35:56 Initialising SPTI...

I 09:35:56 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 09:35:56 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GH50N B103 (D:) (ATA)

I 09:35:56 -> Drive 2 - Info: DUDAD V49MZSPAJ 1.03 (E:) (SCSI)

I 09:35:56 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM!

Edited May 20, 2010 by Mich_v_g