Princo DVD blank DVDs your thoughts on it ?

Paul GoodBar

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Apr 24, 2005, 6:10:34 AM4/24/05

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>Just bought a spindle of 50 4X -R blanks.
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>Tell me i have no made a mistake. the ID on them is (PRINCO), this
>made by them directly ???
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>Thanks.

Tinkapace

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Apr 25, 2005, 6:25:02 AM4/25/05

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I tried Princo about 2 years ago and found them terrible dont know what they
are like now.

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hk

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Apr 26, 2005, 5:25:50 AM4/26/05

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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:25:02 GMT, "Tinkapace"
<tp...@nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>I tried Princo about 2 years ago and found them terrible dont know what they
>are like now.

Even worse:(

Paul GoodBar

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Apr 26, 2005, 11:13:22 PM4/26/05

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Maybe Princo dont like youand are selling all their rjects to you ?

I jave a newphew who uses thema ll the time. and all his DVS work fine
after 6 months or so ?

maiet

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Apr 26, 2005, 11:20:16 PM4/26/05

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tyr playing in a few different players after 1 year. I bought them in good
faith cos poeple like you said they were fine. Now i, and many others, are
left with coasters galore a year or so on.

now i use Maxell, only $32 for 50 at JB, or Sony, only $34 for 50. Why use a
no-name brand when you can best quality discs for not much more? peace of
mind is worth it.

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Tinkapace

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Apr 27, 2005, 2:07:09 AM4/27/05

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When I called a well known hardware manufacturers helpline over the problem
( I thought the burner was faulty) and informed them I was using Princo he
told me " I would not give them my worse enemy" he said even the ones you
can get to work will not work within 6 months. His words turned out to be
true.

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Tim Pace

Tinkapace

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Apr 27, 2005, 2:12:21 AM4/27/05

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Here are some comments I found on the net on a media forum

"Comments posted by mark, April 10, 2005:

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Rubbish media. Most discs burn fine but after about 6 months some of them
will not be read back buy the same burner that burnt them. Skip on playback
and freeze. These have been kept in a dvd case in a dvd cabinet in a house
with a/c. I am now in the process of changing them all over to better discs
such as verbatim. About 20% of these princos don't work any more.

Comments posted by krimson, March 27, 2005:

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(I've just finished my 12th cakebox.) Last 2 boxes had 2 misburns. I've
gotten only 1 bad box. They burn great at 4x.

Problem is, my 1 year old DVD's are about 3/5th, 6 month old DVD's are
1/5th, unreadable by PC's, Video on stand alones stutter or stop. Stored in
a cabinet in a climate controlled home using padded sleeves.

I DO NOT recommend storing "wedding" type important things on them.

Comments posted by mark, April 10, 2005:
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Rubbish media. Most discs burn fine but after about 6 months some of them
will not be read back buy the same burner that burnt them. Skip on playback
and freeze. These have been kept in a dvd case in a dvd cabinet in a house
with a/c. I am now in the process of changing them all over to better discs
such as verbatim. About 20% of these princos don't work any more.

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Tim Pace