TDK 100 Pack DVDs - $19.97 Costco West

[elkwood]

At the Prince George Costco today, remaining 100 packs of TDK print on blank DVDs and 4x25 packs of non print on DVDs went on clearance for $19.97. Not sure if this is at other stores, but a better deal than when they are 2 for 1 coupon as you have to pay the tax on the coupon (er rebate) amount.

[The Digital Dolphin]

and once again I would like to make my futile recommendation to NOT waste your time on this crap. The stuff that works doesn't work that well in most cases, and there are lot's of full 100pc spindles even that are unburnable under most conditions (burning at 1x in my DVD recorder is "ok", and 4x in one of my BenQ drives is "ok", but neither product even good results).

There is much better media to be had, and even though it might be ~$27-$30/100pcs, it's still a much better deal in the long run.

[Saca_Saca]

I have been using TDK DVDs since the first 2-4-1 sale at Costco and have had no problems.
I have used these on various writers (HP, LG, Pioneer), and have no problem writing at 8x-16x.
In all I have purchased about 700 of these DVDs, used about half so far, and am very pleased.

[[buck]]

There *might* still be some "made in Luxembourg" stock left in those unprintable 25pks. Look for "made in Luxembourg" stickers on the bottom of every spindle and dark grey spacers. The quality of recent MIL is a bit questionable, but at least it has the potential to be very good media.

[teknoluv]

To be honest, I still don't understand how media of famous brands like TDK, or Sony, or Maxell could be "crap". If these DVDs are not burnable in a consistent, large-scale manner, it will make headlines in tech journals or even consumer reports. Until then, I would prefer *any* Sony or Maxell or even TDK to some Verbatin ... or verbatim.

[lor74]

I've gone through about 50 TDKs without a coaster.

[magical]

I have been using TDK DVDs since the first 2-4-1 sale at Costco and have had no problems.
I have used these on various writers (HP, LG, Pioneer), and have no problem writing at 8x-16x.
In all I have purchased about 700 of these DVDs, used about half so far, and am very pleased.

Being able to write them is one thing, having them play back at a later date flawlessly is another.... these disks are plagued with problems, IMO the only good TDK disks were the old 2X ones which were EXCEPTIONAL media.

[magical]

I've gone through about 50 TDKs without a coaster.

Again just cause you dont have a coaster doesn't mean anything, just cause it burned the disk doesn't mean squat! ...

Just like the dolphin said, STAY AWAY FROM THIS MEDIA! its CRAP!

[DC5R]

I'd like to add my $0.02 to this thread.

Based on my experience, I echo what Digital Dolphin has said. I bought 100 of these disks when they had a BOGO on their 50 spindles. I opened one pack yesterday and the first disk burnt was a coaster - burned fine but the data was unreadable. When I looked at the reflective side of the media, I was shocked to see that there appeared to be "bubbles" on the media. I looked at the other disks and all but 9 had these "bubbles" - 41 disks were useless!!

Although this is just my opinion, these are probably some of the worst disks I have ever seen and will not buy another TDK spindle ever again!!

Oh, and if anyone is wondering, the MID was TTG02.

[vric]

I still have over 70 of those from the last year when they were at $24. Terrible media. low quality stuff.

[The Digital Dolphin]

I would prefer *any* Sony or Maxell or even TDK to some Verbatin ... or verbatim.

Which is funny, because since the Luxumbourg plant went down, TDK's DVDRs are supplied by the same plants making Verbatim

And I should also point out that most North American tech journals are USELESS when it comes to blank media. If you took the time to look at some European ones, especially some of the ones written in German (like C't), you would see that TDK is not getting all rave reviews.

And Magical has it right, the old 2x DVD-Rs were quite nice

[Kamloops]

I have used up about 600 TDK from Costco and have never had a problem with my LG 16x

My friends buy them as well and no problems.

[Haz]

I'm never buying TDK again unless the vastly improve. I've had nothing but problems with them on my Pioneer 110D.

[toccalee88]

So is this also available in the east?

[burnaby]

Funny why anyone would risk buying bad quality disc to save 10cents each. Even if you can reburn them one's time must be worth more than 10cents/disc let alone the replacement blank disc cost. Best of luck to the gamblers on having readable disc in the coming months.