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Postby sergelac on Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:41 pm

1 - panasonic and verbatim dvd-ram, are they good quality brands ?

2 - need help finding dvd-ram media in canada (quebec if possible)

if i order online the shipping price is huge : 13$
with shipping price and tax it make a total of 57$

this is the best i found : http://www.microbytes.com/showproduct.php?stk=12193
30$ including tax, but i can't order online from this store, i will have to go to the store.
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:20 pm

Pansonic DVD-RAM is made by Maxell I believe.

From what I've been told, Maxell and Optodisc make some of the best DVD-RAM, but I've never tried either... or ANY DVD-RAM types yet :P
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Postby Scour on Mon Sep 27, 2004 2:41 am

Hello!

I have the LG 4082 and uses DVD-RAM from Panasonic, no problems :)
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Postby MadBurner on Mon Sep 27, 2004 5:01 am

Panasonic has been flawless for me on the LG GSA-4082B and 4120B as well as a variety of Panasonic home video recorders such as the DMR-E85H.

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Postby Wesociety on Sat Oct 02, 2004 1:22 am

dolphinius_rex wrote:Pansonic DVD-RAM is made by Maxell I believe.

From what I've been told, Maxell and Optodisc make some of the best DVD-RAM, but I've never tried either... or ANY DVD-RAM types yet :P


Optodisc manufactures DVD-RAM for Maxell according to this article.
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:33 am

wesociety wrote:
dolphinius_rex wrote:Pansonic DVD-RAM is made by Maxell I believe.

From what I've been told, Maxell and Optodisc make some of the best DVD-RAM, but I've never tried either... or ANY DVD-RAM types yet :P


Optodisc manufactures DVD-RAM for Maxell according to this article.


Yup... Optodisc does manufacture some of Maxell's DVD-RAM media... but none of the stuff I've seen. Unless Optodisc somehow doesn't have to label their stuff as being made in Taiwan? because all the Maxell DVD-RAM I've seen has been Made in Japan :wink: . The problem is, Maxell sells a LOT of DVD-RAM, and doesn't have a lot of manufacturing volume, so they outsource to Optodisc. This is one of the reasons why Maxell and Optodisc are considered the two strongest makers of DVD-RAM media... although many don't know just how strong Optodisc is in the DVD-RAM market :wink:
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Postby sergelac on Sat Oct 02, 2004 10:13 am

i bought a 9.4 GB Panasonic DVD-RAM 3x (LM-HB94LU)
it is working very well (a lot faster than zip drive 250)
it seems to be faster than 3x ?
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Postby raygay27 on Sun Oct 10, 2004 11:02 am

cant be as fast as this
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Postby MadBurner on Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:55 pm

Awesome!

Are these coming to the states anytime soon?

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Postby Bhairav on Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:10 am

Raygay is in Singapore, and his friend gets those discs from Japan. Waay cool!
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Postby dolphinius_rex on Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:59 pm

MadBurner wrote:Awesome!

Are these coming to the states anytime soon?

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Already available :wink:

No, seriously, they've been available for almost 3-4 weeks now, the only reason you don't see them in retail stores is because most places have an overstock of 2x/3x DVD-RAM. The pricing is about 2x-2.5x the price of 2x/3x DVD-RAM (2x and 3x DVD-RAM are the same price!).

I'd have some myself right now if I had a drive with DVD-RAM burning capabilities :(
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Postby MadBurner on Mon Oct 11, 2004 2:34 pm

Simultaneously with the announcement of the DMR-E95H, Panasonic released news of its new 5x DVD-RAM discs for the next generation of faster DVD drives and recorders, including DVD Multi drives. The new discs are said to "offer a significant leap in data transfer speed over current rewritable DVD-RAM discs." The new discs will be available in 4.7GB and 9.4GB capacities, in either cartridge or non-cartridge configuration. Rewrite capability is up to 100,000 uses.


I've been waiting for Panasonic to release their 5x DVD-RAM discs since May! Is there anywhere online that I can order the Maxell 5x discs?

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Postby dolphinius_rex on Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:52 pm

sorry, I don't know of anyone currently selling them retail... all I know is that both Maxell America, and Maxell Canada have something like 40,000pcs to share of the stuff, sitting in warehouses across North America, waiting for orders.

If it weren't for the fact that customs between the US and Canada suck right now, I'd offer to let you order through me :-?
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Postby MadBurner on Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:59 pm

Thanks Dolph!

According to my Maxell distributor these discs retail for $15.55 USD each and are sold individually with a jewel case!

I just placed an order for some 8)

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Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:22 am

MadBurner wrote:Thanks Dolph!

According to my Maxell distributor these discs retail for $15.55 each and are sold individually with a jewel case!

I just placed an order for some 8)

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$15.55? That's about what I'd sell them for retail in Canadian dollars :wink:
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Postby MadBurner on Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:29 am

dolphinius_rex wrote:$15.55? That's about what I'd sell them for retail in Canadian dollars :wink:


And that would be a competitive price no doubt!

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Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:39 am

MadBurner wrote:
dolphinius_rex wrote:$15.55? That's about what I'd sell them for retail in Canadian dollars :wink:


And that would be a competitive price no doubt!

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There needs to be competition before you can have a competitive price :wink: I'm sure that as soon as Bestbuy starts carrying it, they'll make my *cost* the regular price :o
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