I noticed that the CompUSA in my area had the shelves loaded up again with the 50-pack CompUSA branded CDRW discs. The 2x certified (267735) was listed at $9.88 and the 4x (262112) was $9.99.
50-pack CDRW @ CompUSA for $9.88
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I just got the 50 pack of 12x for 10.64 tax and all. There is also a rebate for $5 on thier board. So $5.64 for 50 12x CDR's to go with my $108.44 (after rebate and taxes) 12x10x32 Iomega what a combo!!
I just bought the plextor 32/12/10 and can't find any 10X CDRW ju
..anyone know where some can be found?
..anyone know where some can be found?I checked the local CompUSA and the manager said they will come now and again.
I had bought them 1-2 month ago, when this was first posted.
They weren't really noname, it has printed "CompUSA" on them.
I had bought them 1-2 month ago, when this was first posted.
They weren't really noname, it has printed "CompUSA" on them.
I've used them and they aren't bad, but the 2x burn limit is a killer. After a while, you'd wish you spent more money.
<< They weren't really noname, it has printed "CompUSA" on them >>
yeah, it is no name.
they burn fine for the most part. don't expect not to get coasters.
Thus far I had no problems at all. When this was first posted many weeks ago (couldn't find the original thread) somebody checked the spec's and said they are OK.
And hey, for that price and no rebate hassles.
And hey, for that price and no rebate hassles.
I just picked up the Generic (NoName) 12x 50 pack for $9.99 and a $5 MIR from Compusa.
I burned about 5 of them already and haven't had a problem. They may be Crappy but for redundant back up they should be fine.
I burned about 5 of them already and haven't had a problem. They may be Crappy but for redundant back up they should be fine.
Harrald -- the guy said CDRW. I really doubt you got the 2x cetified compusa CD-RW's to burn at 12x.
Unlike CDRs, the speed rating on CDRWs is encoded on the blanks,
and your burner will abide by it. For that reason, 2x CDRWs are
really lousy...Go for 4x at least...
I have one 50 pack (about 35 left) of 2x CDRWs I bought over a year
ago at a cheap price...Wish I didn't have them now, but I use
them when I'm burning a VCD (need CDRW for DVD player compatibility)
and I'm not going to be waiting at the computer for the disc to
finish...
Kwad
and your burner will abide by it. For that reason, 2x CDRWs are
really lousy...Go for 4x at least...
I have one 50 pack (about 35 left) of 2x CDRWs I bought over a year
ago at a cheap price...Wish I didn't have them now, but I use
them when I'm burning a VCD (need CDRW for DVD player compatibility)
and I'm not going to be waiting at the computer for the disc to
finish...
Kwad
<<I just bought the plextor 32/12/10 and can't find any 10X CDRW ju..anyone know where some can be found? >>
I read somewhere that the Plextor/Iomega/TDK 12x10x32 CDRW will burn 4x CDRW media at 10x. I take from that that it won't burn 2x CDRW media at 10x, or probably, any more than 2x.
In all liklihood the CDRW media "lock" is read by the Plextor and clone drives as meaning that the 4x are good enough quality for their drive mechanism to burn at 10x CRDW.
CompUSA has a sale of 10 4x CDRW media disks for $10 less a penny. Search and yeah shall find.
I read somewhere that the Plextor/Iomega/TDK 12x10x32 CDRW will burn 4x CDRW media at 10x. I take from that that it won't burn 2x CDRW media at 10x, or probably, any more than 2x.
In all liklihood the CDRW media "lock" is read by the Plextor and clone drives as meaning that the 4x are good enough quality for their drive mechanism to burn at 10x CRDW.
CompUSA has a sale of 10 4x CDRW media disks for $10 less a penny. Search and yeah shall find.
my sony 12/8/32 takes forever to burn the 4x cdrw deal I got from compusa from a long time ago, was still a good deal for 50 cdrw's just a pain in the butt to go from 12x to 4x know what I mean
My basic take of how to use CDR and CDRW media is this.
CDRW is good for moving data between computers. E.g. office to home, and vice versa if Net download is an issue, due to security, whatever. CDRW is a vastly better Zip drive. As long as the two drives can read each other's CDRW's.
CDRW is also a consideration for backup. Maybe. But I really dont think so. Here's why. What you really want to backup against is stupid mistakes on your part, viruses messing thing up, and the like. Hard disk failure also, but that is the least likely of many possibilities for the need to restore.
What all that means is that you really want a bunch of backups of your data, at least, going back a while. Because you may not catch when you messed up, or a virus infected, for a while. CDRW is by far the cheapest way of having multiple copies of data sets going back in time. So the fact that they can't be re=written starts to fade in importance in this scheme.
The best way of backing up your settings, configuration, etc. of working programs is not by any removeable media, but by a cheap and slow additional hard disk. Use Norton Ghost to make a mirror backup ever night or couple of days or week, against your messing up your well functioning setup. Certainly make a Ghost copy before any major software installation or other system change.
And that's my take on SOHO backup.
Now, CDR is the undisputed champ when it comes to disk cloning for "ahem" backup purposes, or for ripping CD's to more space efficient MP# disks, or for creating a permant off line archive of digital photos or digital videos, or anything of similar kind. CDR's are the place to put permanently stored data, even if you also have it online on your hard drive. They are the ideal cheap permanent storage medium. (Until someting an order of magnitude or more stroage space becomes available, and moved down the learning/price curve.)
Ya'all set me straight, where I gone wrong.
CDRW is good for moving data between computers. E.g. office to home, and vice versa if Net download is an issue, due to security, whatever. CDRW is a vastly better Zip drive. As long as the two drives can read each other's CDRW's.
CDRW is also a consideration for backup. Maybe. But I really dont think so. Here's why. What you really want to backup against is stupid mistakes on your part, viruses messing thing up, and the like. Hard disk failure also, but that is the least likely of many possibilities for the need to restore.
What all that means is that you really want a bunch of backups of your data, at least, going back a while. Because you may not catch when you messed up, or a virus infected, for a while. CDRW is by far the cheapest way of having multiple copies of data sets going back in time. So the fact that they can't be re=written starts to fade in importance in this scheme.
The best way of backing up your settings, configuration, etc. of working programs is not by any removeable media, but by a cheap and slow additional hard disk. Use Norton Ghost to make a mirror backup ever night or couple of days or week, against your messing up your well functioning setup. Certainly make a Ghost copy before any major software installation or other system change.
And that's my take on SOHO backup.
Now, CDR is the undisputed champ when it comes to disk cloning for "ahem" backup purposes, or for ripping CD's to more space efficient MP# disks, or for creating a permant off line archive of digital photos or digital videos, or anything of similar kind. CDR's are the place to put permanently stored data, even if you also have it online on your hard drive. They are the ideal cheap permanent storage medium. (Until someting an order of magnitude or more stroage space becomes available, and moved down the learning/price curve.)
Ya'all set me straight, where I gone wrong.
I bought these the last time they had them (half a year ago?). They wouldn't burn at 4x with my Plextoro 8432, but works fine in a Yamaha and a Sony drive. but 10 bucks for 50 CDRWs is really a good deal (4x ones anyway, 2x are way too slow to be worth it).
CompUSA sells TDK 10x CD-RW's (5 pack) for $12.99. This is the cheapest I've found about anywhere for the high-speed discs. I bought 3 5-packs today. And despite what most people think, I find the CD-RW's are great for MP3 collections. That way you can update the collections, add higher quality versions, etc. Well worth the little extra $$$ for me.
Actually, I burned a VCD a couple of days ago (with CDRWin), and speed was at MAX. I hit start (one of those CompUSA 80min 4x cdrw's was in the 12x10x32x iomega burner), and I thought it would automatically go down to 4x. Instead, it burned the whole thing at 10x..but when I tried watching it in my apex 660 or panasonic dv65, it skipped quite a bit, especially halfway into the first disc.
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I'm not sure why someone would want the 50 pack of CD-RWs. I have about 6 CD-RW disks that I use for repetitive backups and sharing files with friends, and that's plenty. For everything else there are the 12x CD-Rs. Before you go get the 2x disks, remember that you're putting 6 times the wear and tear on your burner as with a regular 12x burn(~6 minutes vs ~36). Those mechanisms only have so much life in them before they need to be replaced (hopefully by then we'll be getting our 36x30x72 burners!)
MHO,
D.
MHO,
D.
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