On Fri, 2015-04-03 at 08:17 -0600, Ronal B Morse wrote: > I've deduced that the best predictor of success with optical media is > country of manufacture. My preference, in order is: > > Japan > Taiwan > > everything else goes straight to recycle. I seem to recall reading similar experiences, elsewhere. > Taio Yuden (Japan, Taiwan) are the most reliable in my experience. > Depending upon where you are they may be branded JVC. Note that JVC > sources from many places so check the country of manufacture. Japanese > produced media is not usually available in stores in the US, but you > can find them easily on the Internet. I can't remember seeing any of those on sale, anywhere. Back in my days of using tapes for video production, I had preferred suppliers and I'd order in bulk. But since then, I haven't had a bulk need so I just wait for a good price on a brand I want in the local shops. That's getting harder to do, so I might have to go back to ordering them. Thing is, the local pro suppliers aren't really bothered with supporting this, pro work usually goes around on a hard drive, or USB stick. DVDs aren't good enough (far too much video compression). > Verbatim (Taiwan) generally pretty good. I can't say the same for > Verbatim (India). The ones I rely on are from Taiwan, I can't say that I've seen any from India, around here. > For some mysterious reason, TY and Verbatim (Taiwan) sell for a > premium over other media. I wonder if there is a correlation? Maybe they know they're /that/ much better than the others, and have found people are willing to pay for it. They are more expensive than the crap brands, around here, as well. Crap ones don't even come on a spindle, there's just a stack of them bound in plastic wrap, all grazing and scuffing each other. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.18.9-100.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 9 17:04:05 UTC 2015 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
