This works out to $0.22 per disc, not too bad.
Selling out quick
Unfortunately those aren’t discs with the AZO dye, according to the Australian Verbatim website, so they probably are CMC or Moser Baer discs.
Could you give me a link to their site, I have been looking high and low for someone that details that.
That was my fear, so I have not ordered any.
I really can’t figure out Verbatim anymore. This is off topic, but I have a spindle of DVD+R Recordable discs I bought at Best Buy (verbatim #94930) and I have a spindle of Verbatim DVD+R DataLifePlus+ at work from Compusa (Verbatim 95052) and their media codes match. Down the the first three lines of the actually media code hex.
In this case, obviously the non-DataLifePlus can’t be Non-Azo, while the datalifeplus is, their codes match. Whether they do or not, I get very clean burns with them in my 3500A.
That being said, I hope someone has ordered some of these and posts some first-hand info.
With 8x and above DVD media, Datalife/Datalifeplus doesn’t matter anymore. In fact if you notice more recent packaging there is no more mention of Datalife(plus). I emailed Verbatim about this and they said they are phasing out those sub-brands and focusing solely on the Verbatim brand name, and assured me that all of their DVD media is MCC with Azo dye, which I have found to be the case. CD-R media is another story…
That’s good to know.
That will definitely affect my purchasing in the future.
I REALLY like the AZO DVD’s, they burn VERY well. Test results often very clean.
This may be a bad assumption, but I am assuming my 3500 will like CDR AZO as well.
i bought a 50 disc spindle of Verbatim 1-52X CD-R at Best Buy a few weeks ago…did NOT have Datalife(Plus) on the packaging whatsoever and turned out to be MCC Type 3.
edit: just looked at the photo on buy.com and my spindle had identical packaging (i.e. the color palette and specs on the labeling) albeit in a 50pk spindle.
drpino, what’s the part# on your spindle?
OK, so MCC 003 on Verbatim DVD’s is AZA, as all 8x plus Verbatims are AZO, but does MCC 003 on a CDR mean the same thing? Do the codes carry across the board in that fashion?
CDRs don’t have media codes like “MCC 003” but rather like this:
I buy RITEK cdr’s from Shop4Tech a 100 pack for I thinks it $17 no shipping. I would give a link but for some reason the website is down now. 
i’m not in my apt, therefore, don’t have access to the actual spindle.
and by MCC Type 3 i didn’t mean MCC 003 - instead it reads similar to the screenshot you posted but i use Type 3 as that’s what Plextools tells me:
it reads more like “Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) 79m59s41” and dye type is “Type 3” with no mention of AZO or Cyanine.
note that i do not have access to either the actual discs or my PCs so the only things i’m SURE of is that it says “Mitsubishi Chemical Corp” and “Type 3”. I’ll post a screengrab tomorrow (Wed) once i get back to my place.
drpino,
This is purely a curiosity question. Are those discs purple or true blue on the bottom?
As a general rule I avoid really small vendors. Sometimes they have good deals, but 50/50 they are more hastle than they are worth.
not sure…still not back in my apt…will let you know once i can take a look at them.
Still some left at that price, just wish I knew for sure that those particular discs are Mitsoobishooo.
Are the Purple Ones “DataLife” and the Blue ones “DataLifePlus” or AZO type?
i give no guarantees as im STILL not back home in my apt…but i’m pretty sure they’re blue in color and not purple.