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Prodisc White Termal Hub Printable 8x DVD-R Media

Summary: The blank DVD-R media that destroyed my MacBook Pro SuperDrive: Prodisc White Termal Hub Printable 8x DVD-R.

Jason O'Grady

By Jason O'Grady |

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  • DVD Printables

    I wouldn't wish this on anyone. The only problem I've had is with printable disks that are stuck together, mainly on the edge of the disk right out of the cake box.

    Naturally this doesn't happen with single package disks only the ones I've purchased in bulk packs of 50 or 100.

    So far I feel that I've been lucky, in my opinion there's just no quality control anymore. Simple put, those bargain deals are no bargain when a .21 cent disk costs you $400 in repairs they are not worth it.

    Thanks for your article, you've made me more concious of a problem we all could have at any time. I won't take it for granted that my supplier always acts in my best interests when he's shoving a deal my way.
    kngbonds@...
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    • Nice warning, now printable worries!!

      Good warning, I bought CD-R ProDisc's about a year ago. Luckily I didn't have any problems, and I hope the people who ordered CD's from me didn't either!
      I have shipped 1000+ printed CD/DVD's over the past 2 years. Normally I use RiData and recently even switched to the RiData Pro's!! I sure hope RiData uses better quality control, especially the Pro's considering I spend about twice as much on them!

      I think that maybe 5% (if that!) of the companies out there actually care about their customers. It's a fact of life to get something that is junk. You will sometimes get a "lemon" and you just have to be proactive in those situations. I used to swear by Epson printers, until my last purchase. I think the issue with my current printer is a design flaw because I've used 3 of the same model in the last 6 months and have run into the same problems with all of them! Take for example the laptop battery issue from a year ago! NO company will admit there is a problem with their product until too many people issue complaints. They know about the problem but will not be honest because it will cost their company millions/billions of dollars.

      It's only going to get worse. So keep all your receipts and fill out those warranty cards!!!!!
      SteelTrepid
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  • Bummer!

    I have had issue with Memorex media fading beyong readability ... in less than 90 days no less!

    Since then I use only Taiyo Yuden. It's just not worth a few pennies savings to lose the data. I've run tens of thousands of disks, and never have I seen a thermal coat self destruct like this.
    PhotoIT
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  • not peeling but exploding

    Haven't really had the same thing. I have seen the uncoated metal just flake off from around the edges. More common (despite what that Mythbusters programme concluded) is having a disk self destruct catastrophically in the drive. When it does this it literally explodes with a loud bang and an accompanying shower of metal flakes that stick to everything, and of course a drive full of plastic shards. This seems to be caused by used disks that have cracked around the centre spindle hole. When mounted in the drive they flex and catch.
    bubblesroe@...
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  • Labeling on the disc

    Your titling of the images say that the disc is 8x, Yet, the label on the discs indicate that they are 4x discs. Could this discrepancy have had anything to do with the damage to your drive?
    tealcat
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