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arod324

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I was just wonder how I could tell good a cd is before actually getting it. I know there are CD identifying program to tell, but what can you do before you buy it. Here's a link to the CD's. Tell me if you've heard of them before, and if they're good or not.
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arod324
 
it can be pretty much hit and miss with cd-r's. I have used the cheapo's with no problem. only backing up playstation games did I really have problems that I could trace directly to the cd and only then because playstation disks are black so the darker the better. anyway unless you are cut off from retail outlets that is no great price. comp usa, best buy, staples or any other number of stores will usually offer a 50 pack spindle for $10 and sometimes less with a rebate. in the last month I have gone through an extreme number of disks (100) due to my new cable modem and the impending doom that is supposed to befall napster. also dont worry about getting gold disks as it only raises the life expectancy from 30 years to 50 years either way its overkill since all my disks will be lost or ruined due to poor care in 10. I do like the disks with the blue bottoms though. and like I said for playstation the darker the better.
 
I have bought maybe 10-20 different brands of CD-rs, usually the cheapest I can find after rebate. I use several burners, including an old two speed. I think people overrate the supposed differences found between brands. Occassionally some brands won't work in a car or audio CD player. The only blanks I ever had any appreciable number of coasters from in burning (maybe 20%) was the CompUSA completely blank ones. I have been using CDRs for 3-4 years and never had any go bad.

My 2 cents-buy the cheapest you can find.
 
If you are BLIND then it may be "hit or miss"

otherwise cdr media buying is like anything else - do your homework and you will have more success than failure that's for sure. If you were to buy a car and if you did your homework you would find that certain car manufacturers like MB, BMW, Lexus and so forth made better cars than lesser manufacturers like Kia, Yugo and whatever else.

Do more homework and you'll find that you can buy good quality media for not much more than crap media. You'll find that you can get great deals like the TDK Taiyo Yuden-made 100 pk spindle (2x50) with rebate for super cheap that will walk rings around other cheap media.

Haven't checked out your link but for general purposes you can always go to www.cdmediaworld.com and read up on their cdr info or go to www.cdrecordable.com for some more info there as well.
 
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