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Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sun May 07, 2006 12:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Where are people buying their DVD media from nowadays?
I'm still using SVP, is there anyone else I should be aware of?

I'm about to put in a fairly big order, and I want to pay as little as possible
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Sun May 07, 2006 12:40 pm ]
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nope, http://www.121cdr.co.uk is pretty much the cheapest. Even when it comes to the hardware they sell they are generally cheaper than anywhere else.

Shame the delivery companies are all ar-tards and kick the shit out of any parcel you get.
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sun May 07, 2006 12:58 pm ]
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Found : http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/home.php

Who are marginally cheaper, some of their stuff is significantly cheaper, I could save £4 on 200 blank dvds AND they have the stupidly cheap epson carts still (unlike SVP)

Anyone had any experience with them?
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Sun May 07, 2006 1:08 pm ]
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I remember reading about them and it was not favourable, can't find it but google had some complaints:
http://www.ciao.co.uk/UKDVDR__6376393
http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/ctl/do/ma ... ws~6174423

But other say they are ok. I guess there's people who have a bad experience with everything

Anyway, what particular discs, dye/brand do you get? +r, -r?
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sun May 07, 2006 1:22 pm ]
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-r printables cheapest possible :lol:

from svp : http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=147

same disks from UKDVDR : http://www.ukdvdr.co.uk/shop/Rivision-1 ... 17693.html

The only reason my order is more this time is buy 20xdvd+r DL in readyness for the xbox360 hack, they're STUPIDLY expensive :(

I think I'll end up sticking with SVP, they've always been superb, I'll just wait for one of their coupons :

http://www.ciao.co.uk/SVP_Communications__6393307
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Sun May 07, 2006 1:31 pm ]
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rivision? :o
So your only wanting the data for about 5mins after you've burnt before it becomes unreadable? :lol:

damn, pca, when you said cheap.... :googley:
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sun May 07, 2006 1:37 pm ]
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They've been absolutely fine for me, every disk i've got (going back ~3 years) still works fine. [edit]riDISK have been fine for me, not rivision[/edit]

I've been using these most recently too : http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=161
Agin they're fine

Out of interest what would you recommend?
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Sun May 07, 2006 2:01 pm ]
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whatever works for you works for you, i'm just very sceptical that you can copy the stuff back to your hdd if you've got some three year old stuff using. But i'm sceptical of everything :wacky:

CMC suck ass, i don't care what you say they are terrible discs for me, particularly the -r variant, but then cdfreaks peeps say that its because batches vary wildly in their quality. I guess i've been very unlucky, because all the CMC media i've got have been utter shite. So much so that i sent some back in fact.
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=78606

Look for a brand that performs well on your burner is the best advice:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=76
Burners are one variable, firmware is another, and brand is the last.
Author:  ViSCeRaL [ Sun May 07, 2006 3:24 pm ]
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Anything by Datawrite with a Ritek G04 or 5 dye has always worked flawlessly for me.

I'd always stick with SVP, simply because their customer service is superb.
Author:  spudthedestroyer [ Sun May 07, 2006 4:31 pm ]
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A lot of people don't rate g05 very highly at all. I'm guess you've got a pioneer though if it works for you?
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Sun May 07, 2006 8:00 pm ]
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Went for these in the end :)

http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1129

MCC dyes have always been fine for me
Author:  ViSCeRaL [ Sun May 07, 2006 9:43 pm ]
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spudthedestroyer wrote:
A lot of people don't rate g05 very highly at all. I'm guess you've got a pioneer though if it works for you?


Yup. :)
Author:  nanjo [ Tue May 09, 2006 6:20 pm ]
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I know its abit late, I have used ukdvdr before , they definately got some cheap discs , but last time ( few months ago}got some Ridisc GO4 dye from them, 8 out of 10 duff, and their reprint disc have a lot of scratches on them. but the cheap ink cartriges are fine. hope this help
Author:  PC_Arcade [ Wed May 10, 2006 11:15 am ]
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Yeah, I think I'll use them for ink but not for media
Author:  Oberon [ Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:47 pm ]
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spudthedestroyer wrote:
A lot of people don't rate g05 very highly at all. I'm guess you've got a pioneer though if it works for you?


Just out of curiousity, has anybody had luck with RITEKF1? It seems
to work only about half the time for me. Also, in a somewhat related
subject, in some of the reading I have been doing around the web, many
people mention that disks made in Japan are markedly better than
disks made in Taiwan. Does anybody here feel that way? Thanks!
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