I've been purchasing JVC/Taiyo Rudin DVD-Rs from the same source for years without a problem (an Amazon vendor that has never had a history of bad reviews). I just opened a batch, though that is...questionable to say the least.
First of all, the top disc was odd...it was thinner and it was silver instead of hub printable white like it was supposed to be. It took me a while but I finally realized that the disc had separated - the white printable layer had separated from the burnable layer and was stuck to the protective plastic top of the pack.
In looking at the discs closely, I noticed that the printing on the hub is completely unreadable as it has been crossed out by a series of Xs going around the inner hub.
And in comparing them to the last of another pack of JVC discs, I notice that if I flip over the disc, the inner rim is silver on the questionable discs instead of white like on the other JVC packs.
In opening the other pack that came with the questionable discs, the printing isn't crossed out and says JVC (not that that's a solid indication...) but the rim is silver.
I used to have a program that allowed me to look at a blank disc and check out it's origin but I think that went by the way of Classic MacOS and I can't find anything else that works on a Mac.
Am I correct in wondering about the authenticity of the discs? I really don't want to use them in burning things for clients if they have potential to go bad rapidly...
First of all, the top disc was odd...it was thinner and it was silver instead of hub printable white like it was supposed to be. It took me a while but I finally realized that the disc had separated - the white printable layer had separated from the burnable layer and was stuck to the protective plastic top of the pack.
In looking at the discs closely, I noticed that the printing on the hub is completely unreadable as it has been crossed out by a series of Xs going around the inner hub.
And in comparing them to the last of another pack of JVC discs, I notice that if I flip over the disc, the inner rim is silver on the questionable discs instead of white like on the other JVC packs.
In opening the other pack that came with the questionable discs, the printing isn't crossed out and says JVC (not that that's a solid indication...) but the rim is silver.
I used to have a program that allowed me to look at a blank disc and check out it's origin but I think that went by the way of Classic MacOS and I can't find anything else that works on a Mac.
Am I correct in wondering about the authenticity of the discs? I really don't want to use them in burning things for clients if they have potential to go bad rapidly...
