Bob L.
2025-08-14 10:51:35
Forget "gold" or millennium discs, this is the real deal. Superb quality discs that are actually made by Taiyo Yuden, the premier manufacturer of blank DVD today. Every disc I used has burned perfectly as full speed. no errors, no coasters, no fuss no muss. One of the biggest scams is that blank burnable optical discs are not made by the company whose name is on the product label. To make it worse, often the actual manufacturer changes with differing batches. The only way to know what disc yo are receiving, regardless of label, is to read the manufacturer code that is embedded in each disc. These discs identified themselves as TYG03, which are actually made by Taiyo Yuden, exactly what I was looking for.As for longevity, no disc has failed yet. I lend these discs to my friends so they get handled a lot, passed around from household to household and we have not experienced even one failure. A first for me and one that makes me very happy. Longevity and reliability is a very controversial subject and I have followed the various theories since the first CD burners became commercially available. There really is no way to know what will work for you unless you give it a serious try. Theories of various dye colors or marketing claims on the label (gold or millennium, etc.) have not and cannot be proven. There is no way to perform advanced aging tests because these products have not been around a long enough time to prove that the "longevity tests" actually work.The clearest point are the hundred or thousand year life discs. How can you prove that anything can last that long without actually having one that is that old to try out. Its ridiculous marketing fluff.Taiyo Yuden has withstood the test of time. They are the actual manufacturer behind many of the "top brands" that folks have raved about for so long.The problem is that those famous brands change batches so one month you might get a great disc, then next month you might get junk. You data is priceless, it cannot be replaced, do yourself a favor and try these discs (preferably in a modern burner from a reputable manufacturer) and hopefully you'll get the same great results that I did.
EMC
2025-06-17 12:58:50
I originally purchased this set of 100 DVD-Rs back in 2018; here is my two-year review:(2018) I lost twenty years of photographs, documents, family portraits, artwork, video, etc., when my external hard drive crashed on me. * SUPER LONG Story short, I found a Youtuber who professionally experienced in moving data from a broken hard drive onto another platform for temporary retrieval, he is known as "Theoria Apophasis" — he's very informative and knows what he is talking about. He HIGHLY recommended these particular discs for permanent storing, so I purchased them.(2020) I've been using these DVD-Rs for two years now, storing countless important photoshoots/videos on them, and I have not had one single problem with them at all. They are the BEST DVD-Rs I have ever used and I'll only continue to purchase these specifically. They burn data quickly on my Macbook Pro, and if I needed to go back and copy an image or video back on to my desktop, there were no issues whatsoever.ANY wedding photographer, artist, or person who wants to archive special content safely and efficiently, needs to purchase these discs. External hard drives are built for temporary storage only and they WILL crash. Don't make the same mistake I did; be smart and make the time to actually archive correctly, you won't regret it.
Warthog
2025-01-02 18:43:07
I've been informed that this review is out of date because TY/JVC has shut down their Japanese blank media production and sold the brand names to CMC. I would do some research before buying this product now.--- Original Review written in 2011 --Deserves 10 stars for unwavering excellence.Taiyo Yuden (TY) has been in this business longer than anyone; they made the first recordable CDs in 1988. The brand is not well known outside Japan, but they have about a 60% market share in Japan.Many other disk sellers (like Memorex and Sony) just relabel whatever they can get a good price on. So when you buy from these guys you are at the mercy of some unknown maker who may or may not be good. Usually you will get a burn that will work for a while, but sometimes you won't. And the storage life is a complete gamble. One year or 20 who knows?TY does not relabel. Everything they sell is made in house in the Yanagawa Industrial Zone in Date, Fukushima, so you have a good idea what you are getting. It is the brand that dominates professional studios. In 2009 TY bought the rights to use JVC's trademark for use in blank media, so what you get these days will probably be labelled JVC.Over the years I've used several brands until I learned what to buy. That being Taiyo Yuden. Since then it's been one satisfied customer - and now it's a strict accept no substitutes policy.The only thing to watch out for is counterfeit TY product. Stick to buying from known legit TY dealers and learn the small signs that distinguish TY from copiers. For 16x DVD-R TY the media code of a genuine TY disk will be TYG03 and the batch code on the hub will be GHxxxxxx.