Budget CD/DVDs vs Namebrand

[halfpower]

I was Circuit City the other day and picked up some blank CDs. It was $7 for a 50 disk spindle of Nexxtech CD-R. A 50 disk spindle of Memorex CD-r was about $14. Are these generic CDs as good as the name brand ones?

 

[Sunbird]

Depends on what your luck is like 😉

 

[AnitaPeterson]

most of the times... NO!

Spend a little more for better media, so you won't wake up one day, six months from now, to find that the discs are unreadable, and that you lost all your anime and pr0n collection...

 

[phisrow]

NOt usually. The mixture of brands and wacky fly-by-night OEMs in that industry makes things a bit confusing; but cheaper is not usually better(exceptions exist, both with low end standouts and high end ripoffs; but they are unpredictable). Now, you have to go pretty low these days for a disk to actually not work, at least at lower speeds; but long term reliability is a dodgey one.

If you just need something for temporary use, Linux install, mix CD for the car, w4r3z to friend, etc. bottom feeding is good for you. If these are actual backups you care about, do the right thing.

 

[BOLt]

Originally posted by: Sunbird
Depends on what your luck is like 😉

Agreed.

 

[Arcanedeath]

Main issue w/ low end media as stated before is longevity, and sometimes not working at their rated speed, but for the most part unless your doing backups your prolly ok w/ cheap CD-r's.

 

[0roo0roo]

for audio its fine. cdr cant compete with dvdr on cost pre gb anyways.