Pioneer BDR-213 / S13

[jadburner]

That's 4x BD-R DL
White inkjet hub printable
TDKBLD-RFB
BDR-2213 (1.03)
OPC off
@ 8x

[Oinker]

Mediarange labled 6x BD-R (out of MR514 25 pack)

CMCMAGBA5
BDR-S13U (1.04) (manufactured December 2022 in China)
burned @ 8x (P-CAV)

Pretty nice result for 8x. Looks like Pioneer finally produced a series of BD writers that can deliver good results even at higher write speeds.

[highvoltage]

[Oinker]

Mediarange labled 6x BD-R (out of MR514 25 pack)
CMCMAGBA5
BDR-S13U (1.04) (manufactured December 2022 in China)
burned @ 6x (P-CAV)

Basically the same result as 8x.

[Oinker]

Verbatim labled 6x BD-R (out of #43742 10 pack)
VERBATIMe
BDR-S13U (1.04) (manufactured December 2022 in China)
burned @ 8x (P-CAV)

Really bad batch of VERBATIMe

[Oinker]

Mediarange labled 6x BD-R DL (out of MR508 25pack)
VERBATIMf
BDR-S13U (1.04) (manufactured December 2022 in China)
burned @ 4x (CLV)

Pretty normal result for VERBATIMf.

[Iskander]

Są jakieś informacje, kiedy seria S13 pojawi się w Europie?

[Oinker]

Panasonic 6x BD-R printable
MEIRA1
BDR-S13U (1.04) (manufactured December 2022 in China)
burned @ 6x (P-CAV)

Pretty good result as usual with Pioneer writers.

[Brukernavn]

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Verbatim 6x BD-R
White inkjet hub printable
CMCMAG-BA5
BDR-2213 (1.02)
OPC on
@ 2x

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I am guessing these discs are the 43812 version ?
(or the American product code?)

And, what year were these from you think ? Or, bought when and in/from what country ?

As some of these look very close to average Panasonic scans! At least at 2x.

But much cheaper discs and not to mention still in production. So I wonder if similar quality is available today in Europe webshops.
(and if 43838/non-printable would be better?)

[jadburner]

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I am guessing these discs are the 43812 version ?
(or the American product code?)

And, what year were these from you think ? Or, bought when and in/from what country ?

As some of these look very close to average Panasonic scans! At least at 2x.

But much cheaper discs and not to mention still in production. So I wonder if similar quality is available today in Europe webshops.
(and if 43838/non-printable would be better?)

These are not Verbatim 43812. The UPC code is 4 991348 066994 and they look like the photo below.



They seem to have been discontinued, and are VERY hard to find now. For a while MediaRange had the same MID and same quality, but I don't think they still do.

[Brukernavn]

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These are not Verbatim 43812. The UPC code is 4 991348 066994 and they look like the photo below.

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They seem to have been discontinued, and are VERY hard to find now. For a while MediaRange had the same MID and same quality, but I don't think they still do.

You mean these things (4991348066994) ??
I am not allowed writing any links here yet, but put that number in a fleabay search, and plenty show up (?). Or are those 'different' ?

[Oinker]

Regarding Verbatims and Mediarange CMC BD-Rs to my personal observation, usually the Mediarange discs have a higher quality range than Verbatims, i.e. the differences between good and bad discs are higher, but I had Mediarange CMC BD-Rs with better quality than Verbatims, so you never know. Other thing I noticed is that up to 2 or 3 years ago a 50 pack had mostly same quality discs, with a few better a worse, nowadays it goes up and down all the time within the same 50 pack. And that's even visible, because some discs are darker than others, so if you look at the 50 pack from the side you can see the different darkness of the discs going up and down through the entire 50 pack, as if they mix the discs from different production lines more than in the past.

[jadburner]

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You mean these things (4991348066994) ??
I am not allowed writing any links here yet, but put that number in a fleabay search, and plenty show up (?). Or are those 'different' ?

The first item that shows up, where you can see the UPC, appears to be the right item. The rest likely are, but without the UPC I'm not 100% sure.

[Brukernavn]

Ok, I see.

Funny thing is, I actually bought this exact type of spindle as a test, 5 years ago (Nov 2018)...

But concluded they were shite vs the 43812 version I had at the time (which scanned much better). So never looked at those Mitsubishi ones after that (until now).

[Oinker]

Mediarange labled 6x BD-R (out of a new MR514 25 pack)
CMCMAGBA5
BDR-213E/M @ S13J-X (1.03) (manufactured August 2022 in China)
burned @ 8x (P-CAV)

Pretty nice for these Mediarange discs, especially at 8x speed. I like the 213 series.