TDK 16X DVD+R 100PK Spindle
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Customer Review: These are Imation disks (not TDK) and many clearly defective
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased 2 spindles about a few weeks apart. I bought the 2nd spindle as I was getting close to half of the 1st one - all looked good. But then about 60% of the way into the spindle I started finding clearly defective disks - rough edges on the recoding side (like glue was spilled on the spindle edge) sometimes actually going into the recoding area - a problem if you plan to record a lot of data and will need the area close to the outer edge of the disk. I was able to use many of the disks and they seemed to work fine, but you have to check every disks in bright light to see if it's ok before you use it. Also in the second spindle some disks have uneven coating with something looking like a scratch going from the center of the disks to the edge in straigh lines - they are not scratches though but just uncoated "lines". I did not use those defective disks, but I am pretty sure that would have been a problem as it affected most of the recordable area - not just the outer part as the "roghh edges" problem.
Also note that it is just the name "TDK" - the disk are actually made by Imation Corp.(says so in small print on the packaging) - I did not have a good experience with Imation disks on my PC in the past either - they are somewhat low quality just like these "TDK" disks. So here TDK makes money because their name is used and Imation makes money because even if you would not buy Imation Corp. disks - you might buy them labeled as "TDK" (thinking you are buyng something made by TDK). Both companies make money (by a deceiving branding method - TDK never made these!) and you pay for one thing (TDK) and get another (Imation). They sould be labelled as Imation - if you do not care if it's TDK or Imation you will buy them anyway - the price is low. But if you care and would buy TDK but not Imation - then both companies are making money by deceving you!
Customer Review: TDK no longer makes DVDs
Summary: 1 Stars
I just wanted to tell people that after using TDK CDs and DVDs exclusively for many years with 100% reliability in Sony, Phillips and NEC DVD burners, the newest batch of TDKs I received was extremely disappointing. The new disks look completely different, the scratch resistant "label" side has been eliminated, and the blue dye used on the data side is darker than usual.
I did a search on the Internet and found that Imation bought the rights to the TDK DVD brand, and they must have closed down the former TDK factory and consolidated manufacturing. These are purely Imation disks now. My NEC burner had the worst problem with them. It wouldn't burn them at all. I updated the firmwire, and I am now able to burn them, but with mixed results. The burner will often eject some of the blank disks saying they're bad, but will later burn them after closing down and restarting Record Now. However, the "burn" is often not even, with circular differences in color like the rings of Saturn. The Phillips burners don't seem to have a problem with them. I haven't tried the Sony. The disks also no longer carry the "RW" logo (it doesn't stand for rewritable, it is the logo of the DVD+R consortium), so I guess Imation is not a member of the group.
Imation also bought the rights to make Memorex, HP, Sun, IBM, StorageTech and Exabyte DVDs, so I'm guessing that all of the disks are now basically the same now.
For the folks complaining that CMC Magnetics popped up in their burning software as the manufacturer of these disks, I've been told they make the aluminium blanks in the center of the disks and that a lot of companies buy them from CMC.
After being a loyal TDK customer dating back to my audio cassette and videocassette days, I'm now looking for a new DVD supplier because I can't trust these disks anymore.
Customer Review: There Are 'Write/Speed' Issues With The New TDK's
Summary: 1 Stars
My 5 year old computer came with an internal CD/DVD ROM & CD/DVD writer with a 4x max writing (burn) speed. On Jan 09, I purchased & installed to computer an 'external' CD/DVD writer 18x max speed. Both old & new writers work great.
Aug 09, I purchased these TDK blank discs & had burning problems. After several frustrating hours of troubleshooting hardware & software (I use Nero 6) I finally found the problems were with the discs. I could only burn them at 4x speed. When I burned them on my new external drive at 4x speed, they 'would not' play on my computer from this drive. They would only play on the old internal drives which had a max speed of 4x & on the DVD player that is hooked up to my TV. It has been many years since I had disc burning problems, and I mistakenly threw the first five discs away, thinking they were coasters. Try burning them at the lower 4x speed. My prior purchases of TDK discs burned & played perfectly, but after testing them using Nero 'InfoTools' I obtained the following info...
Previous purchases of TDK Discs:
1) Top layer of disc is light grey
2) Manufacturer ID: CMC MAG-M01
Recent purchase of TDK Discs (Aug 09):
1) Top layer of disc is powder blue
2) Manufacturer ID: RITEK F16-001
So if purchasing at store, look at the top of product thru the `clear' plastic or if ordering online, call the retailer and ask the top-coat coloring of the discs. Many of the 4-5 star reviews on Amazon.com are over 6 months old when TDK had the good discs.
Lastly: BEWARE OF THE LIGHT OR POWDER BLUE DISCS...
Customer Review: Great Value...Lousy 1 Star Amazon Shipping???
Summary: 4 Stars
UPDATE (12/9/08): Two of these discs turned out to be coasters. I'm not entirely convinced that one of them wasn't my fault, however :( Still not bad in my book.
Here's a total reversal of my, and I believe most of Amazon's reviews: A product review marred by AMAZON'S shoddy packing and shipping.
The discs are fine. Admittedly, I've only burned a few of them, but no problems so far, and what a buy for the money. Backed by Amazon's great return policy, they live up to the brand-name-you-can-trust theory of mail-order purchasing.
For the first time, though, the shipment (which also included a USB thumb drive)came in an oversized box barely filled with any packing material, rolling and rattling alarmingly. The plastic wrap around the bottom had managed to tear open and the spindle was partially spilled inside the box. The discs seem to be burning okay, and since the shipment was delayed by weeks (Amazon randomly allows some items to ship to APO addresses, yet not others resulting in slow ship times to a physical address)I was unwilling to repeat the process in case some discs were scratched. So far so good. Keep this in mind, though it seems to have been a one-off phenomenon. I hate to ding the product on account of the tangentially-related shipping experience, but otherwise it would've been 5 stars for this purchase.
Customer Review: Not made by TDK
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought my batch of TDK DVD+Rs in May 2008 and I kept getting coaster after coaster on these. So far out of 20 disks, 3 came out fine and the other 17 either reported a bad burn or refused to play. Maybe the next 80 will be fine or maybe I just got a lemon batch.
Anyhow, to settle the debate about whether TDK manufactures these disks, I used "DVD Identifier" application to find out the manufacturer of these DVD+Rs. Here is the application output:
Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:DAXON-AZ3-000]
Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD+R]
Manufacturer Name : [Daxon Technology Inc.]
Manufacturer ID : [DAXON]
Media Type ID : [AZ3]
Product Revision : [Not Specified]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x , 6x-16x]
[ DVD Identifier V5.0.1 - [...] ]
As you can see TDK has nothing to do with these disks. According to this site [...], these are 2nd class disks. Buy at your own discretion.