On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:09:28 -0400, Noik wrote:
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The stores,
of course, are sworn not to tell you what brand you are really buying....

I doubt that that's true. But there's really no way of knowing
unless you were involved in buying the disks from the manufacturer (or
a middelman). Even then, I remember buying a spindle from a major
brand, and half were from one manufacturer, and half from another.

I order mine from SuperMediaStore.com. Generally free shipping. And
they promise that their Taiyo Yuden disks are genuine. I've ordered
both CDRs and DVDs from them without problems.