gigamaster dvd+r

[cinephilia]

some time ago, i bought a pack of 100 gigamaster dvd+r at a very low price but i have the feeling that the quality leaves much to be desired.
i would really appreciate if you could give me some feedbacks about this brand.
i intend to burn all my dvd collection in order to clean some space on my hdd and i'd be very, very frustrated if those dvd+r turn out to be not reliable.

DVD+R 4,7GB Spindl 100pack
http://www.gigamaster.net/Products/Optical/DVD+R/47/Cake100/Prod.htm (http://www.gigamaster.net/Products/Optical/DVD+R/47/Cake100/Prod.htm)

thanks in advance.

[lynx]

videohelp.com (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?dvdmediasearch=gigamaster&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=3&size=All&dvdburnspeed=All&order=Name&hits=50&search=Search+or+List+Media)

Not many comments, so obviously not widely used. Doesn't look like that level of info is going to be much help.

[Cabalo]

why don't you use DVD INFO PRO and post here who's their true manufacturer ?
this way we can have some reliable feedback.
Never heard of such brand, and we don't live so far.

[cinephilia]

videohelp.com (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?dvdmediasearch=gigamaster&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=3&size=All&dvdburnspeed=All&order=Name&hits=50&search=Search+or+List+Media)

Not many comments, so obviously not widely used. Doesn't look like that level of info is going to be much help.
thanks anyway, those few comments prompt me to be cautious regarding the quality of the dvds.

why don't you use DVD INFO PRO and post here who's their true manufacturer ?
this way we can have some reliable feedback.
Never heard of such brand, and we don't live so far.
thanks Cabalo, i didn't even know about this program! :O

Edit

i tried:

- DVDInfoPro.Xtreme.v6.029.Win2kXPVista.Incl.Keygen-CRD
- DVDInfoPro.HD.Xtreme.v6.029 (keygen downloaded from demonoid)

unfortunately, both still ask me the activation key even after running the keygen :(

now, i guess i have to wait the end of the trial version to give it a try again.

[cinephilia]

Ok, i finally found a working version of dvdinfopro, here are the dvdr infos:


Media Information

Region information - N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID - TYG02
Format Capacity - Blank Disc
Free Blocks - 411107328
Free Capacity - 4.38GB/4.71GB
Book Type - DVD-R
Media Type - DVD-R
Manufacturer Rated Speed - 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor - CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor - CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Write Strategy Speed - 4.0x 5540KBps
2x Speed OPC beta - 08
2x Speed OPC power - 0E
2x Write Strategy field - 1 11 87 78 80
2x Write Strategy field - 2 88 80 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta - 06
4x Speed OPC power - 13
4x Write Strategy field 1 - 0D 10 0E 07
4x Write Strategy field 2 - 00 00 00 00
4x Write Strategy field 3 - 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse - 00
4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse - 00
4x Write Strategy field 4 - 00 00 00 00
4x Write Strategy field 5 - 00 00 00 00 00 00
4x Write Strategy field 6 - 00 00 00 00 00
Data area starting sector - 30000h
Linear Density - 0.267um/bit
Track Density - 0.74um/track
Number of Layers - 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 00 6A 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 87 0D 10 [email protected].....
00000010 66 78 80 00 03 54 59 47 30 32 00 00 04 00 00 00 fx...TYG02......
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 AA A2 22 22 20 02 00 06 08 0E 11 ......."" ......

[Cabalo]

Media code/Manufacturer ID - TYG02

Taiyo Yuden ! :o
those DVDs are da shit! :thumbsup:
That code, along with MCC (stands for Mitsubishi Chemical Corp) are the best money can buy!

great stuff you have there.
now, take in mind, they MUST say made in Japan, otherwise,if made in China, they are fakes. T-Y only produces in Japan.
It's 8x media, right ?

[cinephilia]

definitely fakes:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f33/gigamaster-dvd-r-fake-mcc-003-a-192752/

:cry:

[cinephilia]

so i guess those dvd+r are not reliable at all ? :ermm: