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Chapter 4 – Most Popular Blank DVD Media manufacturers

Here is the list of the top used media brands, sorted by number of uses :

	Manufacturer	Uses	Success	Success Ratio
1	CMC	2 204 373	2 085 756	94.62%
2	MCC	1 895 518	1 806 413	95.30%
3	RITEK	1 744 355	1 654 619	94.86%
4	NU	1 679 897	1 502 123	89.42%
5	TAIYO YUDEN	1 444 853	1 366 443	94.57%
6	SONY	697 226	662 479	95.02%
7	PRINCO	638 395	602 900	94.44%
8	OPTODISC	626 137	586 340	93.64%
9	RICOH	516 805	489 617	94.74%
10	PRODISC	449 929	427 522	95.02%
11	MBI	260 375	248 979	95.62%
12	FUJI	226 422	209 987	92.74%
13	AML	218 631	207 328	94.83%
14	INFODISC	186 116	176 025	94.58%
15	PHILIPS	169 612	159 920	94.29%
16	INFOMEDIA	136 561	129 168	94.59%
17	TDK	135 989	126 492	93.02%
18	MAXELL	133 667	127 392	95.31%

The figures clearly show that 5 manufacturers (CMC, MCC, Ritek? NU and Tayio Yuden) are leading the market . After the 5th place, the number of burns decreases by half, which means that other manufacturers really do represent a small share in the market.

For each manufacturer, the success ratio has been obtained by working out the average ratio for all the types of media of this brand.

Here is a list of the top 3 manufacturers and their most successful medias :

CMC: CMC MAG-E01-00 (95.08% success rate); CMC MAG-M01-00 (95.51 %).
MCC: MCC-004-00 (96.35 %) or the MCC 03RG20 (95.54 %) model.
MBI (also known as Imation) :MBIPG101-R04-01 (96.17 %) or MBIPG101-R05-01 (96.06 %).

Here are some trends about drives and media compatibilities :

Manufacturer	Drive	Media	Success rate in %
LG	GSA-4120B	TTGO2	88.12
		CMC MAG. AM3	98.50
		MCC 03RG20	98.12
		CMC MAG. AE1	71.29
	GSA-4167B	TTGO2	47.22
		CMC MAG. AM3	97.13
		MCC 03RG20	97.48
		CMC MAG. AE1	95.71
	GSA-4160B	TTGO2	92.08
		CMC MAG. AM3	97.27
		MCC 03RG20	98.04
		CMC MAG. AE1	94.40
NEC	ND-3520A	TTGO2	97.21
		CMC MAG. AM3	97.80
		MCC 03RG20	98.29
		CMC MAG. AE1	97.61
	ND-3540A	TTGO2	97.52
		CMC MAG. AM3	99.10
		MCC 03RG20	98.29
		CMC MAG. AE1	97.61
PIONEER	DRV-110D	TTGO2	96.25
		CMC MAG. AM3	95.39
		MCC 03RG20	96.90
		CMC MAG. AE1	91.65

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