Although there has been no formal announcement, it appears Verbatim is discontinuing its retail of MCC DVD-R and DVD+R media. MCC = Mitsubishi manufactured discs, one of the best media that can be bought today. These discs won't be on Amazon, Best Buy, OfficeMax, Newegg, etc -- not anymore. It is being replaced by CMC and Ritek discs, under the new "Life Series" or "Value Series" Verbatims. These are NOT the discs you want.
If you still want the good discs, buy some for yourself today. MCC Verbatim media is still out there, if you want it. Luckily, everything is on sale TODAY 4/28, from Amazon and SMS. (See links below.) No guarantees about tomorrow or later, either for prices or "in stock" availability.
Verbatim DVD-R 16x branded: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B0009YJXMI
$19.99 per 100-spindle - Free shipping on $25 order
Verbatim DVD+R 16x branded: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B0009YJXMS
$24.99 per 100-spindle - Free shipping on $25 order
Verbatim DVD-R 8x inkjet: http://bit.ly/verb8xinksms
$54.99 for two 100-spindles - Free shipping
For those of you in UK, check out
Amazon UK, both DVD-R and DVD+R for £17.99 per 100-spindle.
hhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect....creative=19450
I just bought a bunch of blanks for myself, for various personal projects in coming years. I want good media for those project masters, not some CMC/Ritek junk. In the future, MCC media may only be available under higher-priced "Professional" series labels, as happened with TDK and Maxell, before they quit making media entirely.
And yes, I prefer Verbatim Mitsubishi discs over Taiyo Yuden -- the MCC media tends to work better for both burning and playing.
It wouldn't be much fun if you want to record a bunch of TV shows, and you don't have any good discs for your collection!
Hope this helps.