this is mostly regarding Verbatim - but it can apply to others as well

do the disks made in japan come in a specific package type? - Where have they been found

i have been to all the shops in the area that sell disks - compusa, bestbuy, circuit city, walmart, etc . and every one of these shops only had Verbatims made in tiwan -- 50pk cake dish (verbatim data life) and 25 packs of the movie reel type and 10 packs of the movie reel type -- all of them made in tiwan -- (the only package types ive seen)

even the TDK s i was fond of - i was suprised to see made in tiwan

so my question is is there a specific package type that contain the made in Japan disks

You won't likely ever find Verbatim made in Japan. Some Fuji DVDRs are made in Japan (Taiyo Yuden) but usually the smaller more expensive packs.

Some TDK is made in Japan (Armor Plated). Some Sony is made in Japan as well.

(in reply to kpg)

Where I live (USA) ALL of the Fuji's are TY made in Japan, even the 100 packs. I buy these on a regular basis, because first of all they are TY, and secondly, they are inexpensive here as well.

(in reply to Dolphinius_Rex)

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ORIGINAL: MP3Mogul

Where I live (USA) ALL of the Fuji's are TY made in Japan, even the 100 packs. I buy these on a regular basis, because first of all they are TY, and secondly, they are inexpensive here as well.

Even the DVDRs??

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

Yes, I was only referring to the DVDR's!

(in reply to Dolphinius_Rex)

quote:

ORIGINAL: MP3Mogul

Yes, I was only referring to the DVDR's!

Wow! that's pretty sweet! Almost all of the Fuji stock here in Canada is not made in Japan, only the 5 and 10 paks.

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

Fuji is TY ?

do you mean Teio yuden (dont know how to spell it ) does that go for all their media including cdrs?


Verbatims : - i thought that there were 3 manufactures for these disks - in japan, in tiwan, and in india

(in reply to kpg)

Fuji media that says made in Japan on it, is made by Taiyo Yuden, yes.

As for Verbatim, in the very RARE instance that you may find a made in Japan disc, it will most likely be Taiyo Yuden, but Verbatim doesn't use Taiyo Yuden very often, and it would more likely be in Europe then in North America. Verbatim has 4 main plants now:
India -> MBIL
Taiwan -> CMC
Singapore -> Real Mitsubishi Media!
Mexico -> I think this one is CMC too? but I forget now

(in reply to kpg)

so singapore would be the best ?- if one had a choice

(in reply to kpg)

I would say yes.

Unless you some how manage to snag the R&D samples from Mitsubishi in Japan

(in reply to kpg)

you boys forgot maxell media

i've got 100 maxell dvd-r's and they are all TY's

(in reply to Dolphinius_Rex)

The maxell DVD media I purchase here is Maxell media.... not TY

(in reply to GDEP148)

The last media we received, from Maxell, are also Maxell(MXLxxx). But the previous we had were TY.

(in reply to MP3Mogul)

Verbatim is famous for sub contracting out to other manufacturers so some might be taiwanese made.

(in reply to kpg)