Today I went to my local Costco and while leaving, I was handed a sales ad for the weekend following Thanksgiving (11/26-11/28). In there was a BOGO coupon to get TDK 4X DVD+R (25-pk). The retail price for a pack of these is $15 or .60 each.

While at Costco, I saw there were ALOT of thin black bottom spindles and VERY FEW thick black bottom spindles. I know the thin bottoms are CMC, but what is the MID for the thick black ones? Are they RICOHJPN-RO1, but I thought those were grey bottoms only.

Anyways here is what the ad looks like...

The spindles with the thick black bottom are Ricohs. http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...6&postcount=22

Not necessarily true (and, possibly, vice versa?). Just picked up my 2x25 spindles for $15 today. Both spindles are the "thin bottom" and the MIDs are RICOHJPNR01.

Also, my last spindle of 25 was the thick black bottom and they were CMC MAG F01.

Still a crap shoot if you ask me!

lightning9, on the UPC code it reads:

767068 -- just above the UPC code
2035648280 / DVD+R47CCB25TP -- just below the UPC code

** from this info, is there a way to tell if they are indeed CMC or RICOH media. I don't have a DVD-RW at the moment to check the MID.

** also, the disc has a blueish/purpleish color & Made in Taiwan

According to http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.ph...=1023#comments , looks like I got the CMC MAG.F01 media. Oh well.. it pays to check closely at the UPC code before buying

Sorry, for some reason I didn't get an email when you replied...

I don't have the spindles here at work. I will try to remember to look when I get home. I do remember that the UPC code was a sticker on the outside of the shrinkwrap covering the original UPC code inside and it did say "Made in Taiwan."

I still assert that you cannot be sure what you are going to get based on the UPC code, spindle base color/thickness, etc. I have just seen too many instances where that did not hold true.

I do have some of both media here at work. I compared the dyes and it does sound like you got the CMC media. My CMC dye appears more blue/purple where the RICOH dye is lighter and more green/blue.

All of this aside, I was very dissapointed when I got a spindle of the CMC F01 media because I had heard/read many complaints BUT I have had very good luck with this spindle! My LiteOn 812s burned them at 8x excellently using a patched version of the VSOB firmware for the 832. My BenQ 800/822 works well with them, too, and I haven't had a single problem with any of the resulting movies.

So, what burner are you using and what is your target usage (data or movies)?

lightning9, I'm gonna get a BenQ DW1620 for Xmas. My primary uses for DVD+/-Rs include movies & data. I have some Sony DVD+RWs to backup alot of my Divx/Avi videos which I have ALOT of them. However, I don't think I'll use the CMC media for my movie backups. I have TYs/Sony D11s for that purpose.

FWIW, mine have the same UPC code but not the other writing below it. Also, looking at my RICOH media at home, it looks purplish/bluish. ????

DW1620 for Christmas, eh? I have been drooling over that one for a while and am also thinking of asking Santa for one. Let me know how it works for you...

crea78 > Maybe you can ask santa to bring you some dual layer disks eh?

Really doubt that rolling56. Even though it would be dam nice to get DL discs, my parents are nice and generous, but that ain't gonna happen

Did anybody but some of the 4x -Rs? I friend of mine bought some and they are TTG02. 8x discs in a 4x package.

Actually 4X disc's, that will burn at 8X on BenQ 1620, Lite-On 832S & Nec 2510A

I thought that TTG01 were 4x and TTG02 were 8x. I've read in some other posts here that TDK 8x -Rs had the TTG02 code.