What real Taiyo Yuden media looks like
Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at 5:42 amSo, I bought another cakebox of Taiyo Yuden DVD+Rs (finally ran out of my previous batch). Seeing as many manufacturers try to sell fake Taiyo Yuden branded media, I’ve decided to take pictures of the cakebox I just got before I open it.
The wrapper at the bottom (which only encircles the bottom about three inches or so) says “TAIYO YUDEN DVD+R8X Disc MID YUDEN 002 T02″ in black text. The cakebox bottom is flush with top, and has no grip.
See also here, here, here, and here for more information on fake TY media. You may also wish to read my article on archival CD/DVD archival media.
I agree with you on the superiority of the TY media, but Rima (www.rima.com) also guarantees authenticity of the TY media they sell. Newegg has also recently started selling it, and they are a reliable vendor.
I’ve bought my last several batches of DVD+R’s from Rima, as they cost a bit less that SMS, and these are the real thing.
Help!! Just got TY CDs. Which side is up — the white or the bluish shiny?? There are no markings on disks.
As white side is up in the cake box, I presume that’s how they are put in disk drive??
Joan
The blue side should be down. They are correctly oriented in the cakebox.
I’m wondering where you got your Taiyo Yuden media from? I wrote to the Taiyo Yuden office and asked them who the legitimate distributors of their products (in North America) are and they said this:
“Here are our direct distributors.
ZEI MEDIA PLUS 800-561-2469 (QC, Canada)
MICROBOARDS 800-646-8881 (US)
DISC MAKERS http://www.discmakers.com *ULTRA series
Uline http://www.uline.com”
Just wondering if the disks you got were from one of those folks? That way, we know that we can refer to the photos you posted and know that those are REALLY Taiyo Yuden disks.
Mine came from SuperMediaStore, who buys theirs directly from TY in Japan. It sounds like the US office isn’t as well informed as they’d like.