dbminter Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 Do NOT but Verbatim BD-RE's sold in 10 disc spindles, like those found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FB7KT6/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 They are made by CMC Magentics! Like Verbatim does with its CD-R's, they have farmed out their bulk BD-RE's to CMC, the absolutely worst, bottom of the barrel optical media manufacturer out there. WHY Verbatim continues to damage their reputation by getting it bed with these fuckers is beyond me!
Ch3vr0n Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 I've been looking for over a year now for a shop that will has the good ones blue/silver packing instead of red/blue. No luck as of yet. Those red/blue ones are horrible, he'll the platinum bdre brand is better than rise cmc's
dbminter Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 Yeah, Verbatim discontinued the blue and white one I bought before. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HHSTWW/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Looks like the only viable option now is Memorex's Ritek brand. However, 15 of them are selling for 100 and they're still only at best a 2nd tier product. The PS3 does not like Ritek BD media. I normally return CMC media whenever I get it, like the Verbatim CD-R's I got a few years ago. However, there may not be a choice anymore. It's a shame Verbatim is letting their reputation go to horse shit over some profit margin. Good to know about the difference between the blue/white and red/white labels. I'd know what to look for now... if Verbatim hasn't totally discontinued their own brand of BD-RE's.
dbminter Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 You know the funny thing? My first Verbatim BD-RE DL was in a red and white labeled case. It was made by Verbatim though according to its MID. But, I got some Verbatim BD-RE DL's with inkjet printable services, and TDK made them! I think Verbatim may go on my shit list if this trend continues. Used to be I could trust Verbatim for DVD-R, DVD+R DL, BD-R, and BD-RE. Now, I know I can't trust Verbatim for BD-RE and CD-R. I wonder how long it will take before their trusted DVD-R, DVD+R DL, and BD-R are no longer made by Verbatim and become untrusted CMC.
dbminter Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 I see on Amazon.com that TDK makes a BD-RE. I may try those out. TDK used to make a good CD-R. UNTIL they, too, got in bed with the whores known as CMC for their LightScribe CD-R's. I'd have returned my TDK LightScribe CD-R's if it wouldn't have cost me more to return them than what I paid for them off of Amazon.com. There's also Sony, but they're I had one that died before 5 rewrites. That needless to say went back to the store. So, I won't try those. There's also something called Gigablock, I think, but I doubt they're trustworthy, either.
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