Made in Japan, Taiyo Yudens are generally regarded as the world's best burnable discs. They actually invented a lot of this technology and many other premium disc brands are in fact just Taiyo Yuden discs renamed and increased in price! Taiyo Yudens have about 60% of the Japanese market share and are extremely well regarded.

In May 2008, Taiyo Yuden bought 65% of JVC's magnetic and optical media business. As part of the whole buy-out/merger, Taiyo Yuden can use the JVC name on its discs. In 2009, there was a formal announcement from Taiyo Yuden that it would begin to do just that. The new business entity is to be known as JVC Advanced Media. The discs are still manufactured in Japan and all discs remain exactly the same, besides the name.

Have a look through the links below to get an idea about Taiyo Yuden media, which type of disc is suitable for your needs and why digital asset management is important.

• Introduction to Taiyo Yuden Master Grade Archival CDs and DVDs
• Should you choose DVD-R or DVD+R?
• Digital Asset Management