WARM: Comstar 100pk 8x DVD-R spindle...$27

[mattsson]

FS has 100 pack Comstar DVD-R on sale for $26.99.

I've never used comstar so don't know how reliable they may be.

YMMV.

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/pro...gon=&langid=EN

[Jeff146]

Maybe the Dolphin can give us some insight on these media?

[rohit_enigma]

They probably recently started making media, I can't find anyone about these disks online.

[The Hobo]

Sort of cold, you could have PM'ed some Maxells (more reliable) for 29$ not so long ago

[bodobodo]

My local FS (downtown Montreal) has stocked Comstar discs for about a week now but only have the +. I can normally spot the origin of discs if they are made by a well known manufacturer (Ritek, Prodisc, CMC, ...) by looking at the disc markings but these ones seemed very generic. I believe they were labelled as being made in Taiwan but it's anybody's guess what types of discs are inside. Considering how inexpensive mainstream brand name media is and that some of them can have their media code quite accurately guessed by the way the discs look (Fuji, Maxell) or the packaging it might be better to go for one of them instead when they are on sale. The price won't be much higher. Granted Ritek, CMC, and Prodisc don't compare to TY or MIJ Maxells but those are difficult to find at FS or BB these days.

[willy]

Looks new to me ...

~ C$6.75 / 25 discs ...

[mattsson]

Sort of cold, you could have PM'ed some Maxells (more reliable) for 29$ not so long ago

ah. and me caught without my time machine. boy is my face red.

25 years ago I could buy a bottle of coke for $0.10. an old Maxell deal is no good to anyone looking to buy dvd media today.

[akito925]

Sort of cold, you could have PM'ed some Maxells (more reliable) for 29$ not so long ago

both medias aren't so great.. I know for a fact that maxells are all ritecks.. just got noticed..
Maxells DVD-R's that are MIT you will either get Ritecks OR CMC Media. bu maxells are a better brand to buy then the comstars, much cheaper too..

comstar never heard of that brand.. probally another oem from somewhere that doesn't burn that great..

don't waste your money buying comstar media.. no returns once you open it. some fs will let you return media.. but some won't let you once opened!

anyone have media code scans of the comstars? just curious what factory they came from...

[The Hobo]

ah. and me caught without my time machine. boy is my face red.

It happens to the best of us

[flame02]

ah. and me caught without my time machine. boy is my face red.

25 years ago I could buy a bottle of coke for $0.10. an old Maxell deal is no good to anyone looking to buy dvd media today.

LOL

[DaVillen]

both medias aren't so great.. I know for a fact that maxells are all ritecks..

comstar never heard of that brand.. probally another oem from somewhere that doesn't burn that great..

don't waste your money buying comstar media.. no returns once you open it.

Your wrong on the maxells being riteks. I just bought a 100 -R spindle and they where cmc.

And i've returned opened media to futureshop in the past and got my money back.

[bodobodo]

Go figure. Future Shop's new flyer has these "on sale" now at $34.99 on page 21 of the new flyer. Leave it to FS to put it on sale at a higher price.

[bodobodo]

Your wrong on the maxells being riteks. I just bought a 100 -R spindle and they where cmc.

And i've returned opened media to futureshop in the past and got my money back.

To clarify he was wrong about ALL Maxells being Riteks. MIT Maxell 8x discs have been Riteks until Maxell recently started using CMC media in their DVD-R spindles. Depending on store stock you could currently get either Ritek or CMC media in Maxell DVD-R 8x spindles marked Made in Taiwain. I haven't yet seen any Maxell 8x DVD+R spindles carrying CMC media, however.

[shawbros88]

OK guys, I took the challenge on the Comstar DVD+R:

Disc ID: MCC-003-00
Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x

Hope the scans will be OK...

[[buck]]

OK guys, I took the challenge on the Comstar DVD+R:

Disc ID: MCC-003-00
Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x

Hope the scans will be OK...

Nice! It's probably a CMC or Prodisc made Verbatim reject, which will probably be okay, but it's also possible that it's a fake made by infosmart in Hong Kong. Show us a scan.