Best CD Burning Media

[Tab]

Belive it or not. I found myself a HP CD-Writer 24x12x40 that works in the garbage behind some computer stores! Fricken amazing, only several pins were bent and didnt take my too long to fix! Anyway, can anyone recommend me some decent CD-RW or CD-R Media? This imation stuff is pretty flimsy

 

[Corporate Thug]

LOL, nice find! get fuji or TDK media

 

[ScrapSilicon]

Originally posted by: shady06
LOL, nice find! get fuji or TDK media

 

[stev0]

i've always had the best luck with fuji and imation

 

[Schadenfroh]

i found me a IBM server at my school that they tossed, when i was dumpster diving. got it back to examine it and then i found taht there was a puddle of juice on the mobo and the case filters had melted:frown:

btw, i have always had gud luk with imation

 

[courtjester]

Nice find! I haven't had any problems with any media that I've used. But I pretty much stick to name brand.

 

[bjc112]

Fuji by far..

A.k.a Taiyo Yuden (sp.?)

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

My preference is Verbatim DataLifePlus first and Fuji second.

 

[andyfasthands]

TDK

 

[NeoPTLD]

"Made in Japan" Fuji. They're almost guaranteed to be TY as long as you can see "Made in Japan" on the package.

 

[markjs]

TDK is utter crap. The backing bubbles and flakes off the CD like old paint on a seaside building. I like Memorex.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: markjs
TDK is utter crap. The backing bubbles and flakes off the CD like old paint on a seaside building. I like Memorex.

I'll 2nd that.

 

[Krk3561]

Memorex sucks, and if you say they are good you are a fool. TDK is good as long as you get the CD-Rs that say made in Japan. Fuji Film rule all. The Fuji Film and TDK's made in Japan are made by a company called Taiyo-Yuden. TY CD-Rs are among the highest quality CD-Rs. I have never had a coster with one of them at 52x, cant say that for memorex.

 

[Sunner]

I like Verbatim's DLP Crystal CD's.

They're very durable, and relatively hard to scratch.

 

[stncttr908]

I get whatever is on sale, and it always works. Granted my drive only burns at 8x, but it hasn't had any problems or gains with any particular brand before.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Krk3561
Memorex sucks, and if you say they are good you are a fool. TDK is good as long as you get the CD-Rs that say made in Japan. Fuji Film rule all. The Fuji Film and TDK's made in Japan are made by a company called Taiyo-Yuden. TY CD-Rs are among the highest quality CD-Rs. I have never had a coster with one of them at 52x, cant say that for memorex.

Calling someone a fool because their personal experience differs from your's is BS so just stop it. I've burned 100's of CDs over the last 2years using various speed memorex as the speeds increased and not only not had a single coaster that wasn't my fault but the oldest are still easily read by various other drives. I have known people who bought TDKs that it later turned out were intentionally mislabled to reduce inventory on them with the result they wouldn't burn at the speed that they were advertised, I intend to remain with Memorex based on personal experience and not be disuaded by the Taiyo-Yuden nazis who believe it's the only good medium

 

[HappyCracker]

Memorex blacks own you

 

[Intelman07]

Originally posted by: GetInMyFatBelly
My preference is Verbatim DataLifePlus first and Fuji second.

I like Verbatim DataLifePlus as well.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: HappyCracker
Memorex blacks own you

Memorex Blacks are decent.

 

[WHipLAsh13]

I like the TDK's from Japan. I usually pick them up at Costco for like 15 bucks or so after MIR.

 

[onelin]

My experiences with memorex *CDRWs* was aweful. Maybe their CDRs aren't as bad (I think there's a spindle of 30 free ones in a closet at my house SOMEWHERE) but those were total crap. By comparison I haven't had an issue w/ TDKs yet, CDRW.

For CDRs, my preference (although most of these seem to be impossible to find now) has traditionally been:
Ricoh (scratch that nowadays)
Sony
Kodak
...
It doesn't really matter as much now as when I first got my trusty Ricoh 4x write/rewrite drive many years ago.

Kodak is still top on my list, if only I could find some more of their unbranded spindles