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Originally Posted by RWP That's a good deal if they are genuine TY, grade-A media, and come in a cakebox as pictured. Sounds possible if they uncovered some old 4x stock they want to liquidate. Usually, any genuine 4x TY at that price is actually grade-B stock that's poorly shrink wrapped instead of cakeboxed.
I've heard some bad things about Meritline so buyer beware. Rima.com has a great reputation for exclusively grade-A TY, and their 8x is around $42/100 plus shipping. |
I have to agree with adderal, I've been through at least 300 of these TY value line discs and I haven't had one problem. I don't have a drive that can do quality scans but from what I've seen they are 95% of the TY grade-A...TY is the best for a reason, i.e, their EXTREMELY high standards.
Also, I wouldn't call them "poorly shrink-wrapped". They come tightly wrapped, they dont come apart even in UPS rough shipping, and I've yet to see one scratched. If you buy them shrink wrapped, just make sure you've got a cakebox or spindle to put them in/on.
They say 4x, the TYG01 I've got burns at 8x in my NEC 2510. Chas posted some scans and came to the conclusion that they like 8x better (at least on NEC's). I've heard the G02's will burn at 12x on capable burners.
If you are going to go with this media, you owe it to yourself to check supermediastore.com and shop4tech.com first. I'd go with supermedia first, then shop4tech a far second. The first and last order I put in with meritline was cancelled due to some blatant bait-and-switch.