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also looking for reliable disc(CD media)

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faye

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i am looking for a reliable brand.

My friend told me her disc(may be cheap one) can only store data for a couple of months. after that, the cd will no longer readable.

I am looking for a highly reliable brand. that can store data for life.
my cdr is (or will be) a 10x.

and which colour of disc should i be looking for?
i heard silver being the best ... blah blah blah....
 
CompUSA has a 100 pack of TDK 74min 12x CDRs on sale for $29.99, and there is a $20 MIR, which will bring the final cost to around $10. The key here is to look for bundles that have 2 50-packs wrapped together. These are made by Taiyo Yuden, and should have Made In Japan on the label. These are some of the higher quality media available, and for $10, its a pretty good deal. There is a thread in the HD forum on this deal here also.
 
Verbatim, Maxell, HP, Imation all good.

But Imation has got to be the highest qualtiy $hit i've ever used. But at a slight price permium. I don't buy Imations because the other cheaper brands do all the things i need. But if you are really looking for qualtiy look at the Imations.

I hear the Kodaks are nice as well, but i haven't personally tried 'em yet.
 
actually which color of dye should i be looking for?
i mean there is blue, green , transparent ...

i don't know which colour is good and bad...



 
faye,

WildDreamer is right, get the twin 50 pak at CompUSA. They are shrinkwrapped together and are eligible for TDK's rebate. I picked up 3 of these this weekend, 300 top of the line CD-Rs for ~$40 bucks with tax and postage isn't too bad.

These are Taiyo Yuden, I verified this with CDRIdentifier. These are currently some of the best CD-Rs you can buy.
 
Sorry, I just checked and the TDK rebate is only good in the USA. If you have some relatives/friends in the USA you could have them buy them, apply for the rebate and ship them to Canada. It would probably be you cheapest route. Sorry I can't help you more.
 
WildDreamer , I apoligize if this craps on your response, but:
There is a slight problem with the info on CDMediaworld. It is 2 years old. A lot has changed in the world of CDR's in the last two years. Two quick examples: TDK now outsources some of its CDRs and you can get TDK's made by Ritek, another is Fuji, rated poorly by CDMediaworld, now has some of it's CDR's made by Taiyo Yuden, a highly rated manufacturer. Safest bet is to try and get a sample and test it using CDR Identifier. Stick with CDRs made by companies you know are good (Mitsui, Kodak, Taiyo Yuden, TDK when the are actually made by TDK, etc).
 
Yep, I realize that some of their information is a bit dated , but some of it still holds true




<< About 95% of the NoName CD-R's are made in CD factories from Arita, Princo, Lead Data, CMC &amp; Gigastorage. Usually this can easily be recognized when the package says: Made in Taiwan >>




Those are some of the manufacturers that put out lesser quality discs, and you can add Ritek to that list, also. High quality discs like the ones from Mitsui, Kodak, and Taiyo Yuden will come in packages that have Made in Japan on them. The Kodaks can come from Ireland and Mexico also. So just look on the label to see where a brand of CDRs were manufactured, thats the simplest way to tell if they are high quality or not.
 
Well....I'll just butt right into this thread, thank you very much.🙂 I had posted the below in the wrong forum. I can do nothing but agree with what all have said. Taiyo Yuden, Mitsui, Kodak, and TDK made by TDK.

In fact, if someone could point me to a program that tests via C2, I would be glad to test some current cd's and post the results.

Comments about below?

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On www.cdspeed2000.com, Erik Deppe has some information about checking, via C2 errors, quality of blank cd's. I believe he used to have quite a few charts on his site that plainly showed that on most 74 min. cd's, the futher past 74 minutes you burn, the more data errors show up.

He has a bit of information on the site now. Has anyone ever tested for these errors, as he has done? I was thinking at one time, CDSpeed included this test as a part of the program? Anyone know of a program that tests for this?

I know there is a lot of discussion about the quality of cd-r's. I realize that this test is probably not the end all. But, it seems like it would be a good place to start. I guess maybe better than my method, &quot;If the audio cd will play in my brother's Bose system in his van, and buffers to anti-skip on my Memorex portable, it's gotta be good.&quot; My two worst-case test beds.

http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=cdrmedia_intro.html#sysconfig
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=cdrmedia_overburning.html
http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=cdrmedia_overburning.html

Ooops...the last link has a lot of test results. Geez...some of that crape starts giving errors at 63 minutes into the cd. And some of them overburn to ~78 minutes without giving an error.
--Randy
 
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