Verbatim sold to CMC?!

[dbminter]

Please, please, oh please don't tell me Mitsubishi sold Verbatim to CMC!  Verbatim was already farming out to CMC for its Life Series and it's BD-R, resulting in crap media.  Verbatim's DataLife Plus series was the last bastion of quality media!  Will DVD+/-R SL/DL/RW now all be CMC garbage?!  Who else is there left to get DVD+/-R, DVD+R DL, and DVD+/-RW, not to mention CD-R, if Verbatim goes completely to the dark side? 

[Ch3vr0n]

It's true https://www.anandtech.com/show/14597/cmc-buys-verbatim-assets-from-mitsubishi

Which is why tomorrow I'm ordering 1000 of the DVD+R SL tomorrow and I'll probably order 1k more a little while later. Should last me a while.

I'm expecting quality to drop, but I'll hoping it'll be the other way. That by acquiring verbatim, cmc mag will finally increase their quality due to the IP from verbatim.

I hate it just as much as you do

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[dbminter]

Well, that's just   We all know CMC probably didn't adopt Taiyo Yuden's quality and just slapped their good name on crap media.  That's what they'll do with Verbatim.  Just mark my words.

[ianymaty]

I know I read that CMC bought the whole production line, dye material and farming technology from Taiyo Youden just to keep producing the same professional quality disc as JVC delivered.

I am using the CMC Taiyo Yuden DVD-R printable Watershield Glossy White Inkjet MID: TYG03. So far I burned 2 cakes of 50 discs and not a coaster. And the image printed with Canon Pixma iP 7250 also looks great. As I see, it is marketed as "CMC PRO" Powered by Taiyo Yuden.

I don't have a Pioneer or LiteOn drive to scan the discs but as far as they work its a good thing, I'll say.

Maybe they do the same thing with Verbatim and buy all the thechnology with the production line. We'll see.

[dbminter]

That's good to know about CMC buying up Taiyo Yuden.  I hadn't heard any stories, positive or negative, about TY quality since the buyout by JVC/CMC.