To make things more confusing, I've received in trade some unbranded Verbatims that are shown as being manufactured in South Africa..anyone know about that?
steve > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Jake Mercatoris > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 12:20 PM > To: Roger Maddron > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [etree] Verbatim CD Spindle > > > > From what I've heard there are different brands of Verbatim > discs...there's > > data life plus (plain white ones) and some other kind that > escapes my mind > > at the moment. The plain white face ones are good for personal use, but > I've > > heard of some people not accepting them in trades...It's pretty much all > > about where your discs are made. Taiwan=Crap--- Japan=Good....Good luck! > > > > This isn't entirely correct. ValuLife are the plain white faced ones, > DataLife Plus are not. > > Also, Verbatim CDs are made by either CMC Magnetics or Mitsubishi Chemical > Corp (I can't remember). Neither of these manufacturers are as > reputable as > Taiyo Yuden (who makes Fujis) or Mitsui. Taiyo Yuden's and Mitsui's are > made in Japan. I don't know if any other manufacturers are based > in Japan, > thus the Japan=Good theory tends to hold up well. > > -Jake > > _______________________________________________ > etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree > > Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ etree.org etree mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etree Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
