media Quality question...

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10-15-2006, 04:00 PM
Chrushev

media Quality question...

So i went and bought some GQ media which is always cheap as dirt... i expected it to be grade 3 media accoring to http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

but dvd decrypter tells me its Grade 1... code is SONY08D1.... why the hell were they so cheap? if its grade 1? I got 100 for 19.99$ so thats 19cents each... usually Grade 1 quality is like 50 cents each at least....

my main question is... is the media good? could it be fake? I got it from Fry's Electronics here in Orange County southern california...

I havent tried burning anything on em yet.. but I am really hapy that it ended up being grade 1 media but at the same time im worried that its too good to be true?
10-15-2006, 05:10 PM
Z-Saber

They could be fake, and I can't help you tell whether they are or not, but the reason they were cheap is because they were priced according to brand, not quality.
10-15-2006, 07:35 PM
Chrushev

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z-Saber

They could be fake, and I can't help you tell whether they are or not, but the reason they were cheap is because they were priced according to brand, not quality.

anyway to tell if its fake?

also.. is it illigal to fake the brand code like that for them if it is fake?
10-15-2006, 07:58 PM
Z-Saber

I don't know if it's illegal or not, and the only thing I know how to check for "fakeness" is Taiyo Yudens. Several websites have pictures of the real things and what to look for. There might be something about your discs, but I don't know about it.