CD-R question...

[BlamoHammer]

Which brand of CD-R use a dark blue dye? I received the Yamaha CD burner with the Disc T@2 feature that will burn a label directly onto the the cd and it says it works best with blue media. Just need to know what discs to go get...

 

[Deeko]

verbatim?

 

[BlamoHammer]

Originally posted by: Deeko
verbatim?

Are ya asking me or telling me?

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: PCH0

Originally posted by: Deeko
verbatim?

Are ya asking me or telling me?

Well they used to be, I haven't had a verbatim CD in over a year.

 

[Calin]

Older TDK 650 MB were a nice, dark blue. Never saw that color since (it was then about 1999-2000)

EDIT: there were 4x speed at writing
Calin

 

[Occifer]

Originally posted by: Calin
Older TDK 650 MB were a nice, dark blue. Never saw that color since (it was then about 1999-2000)

Calin

Yes, I believe those had the white labels, lately all I have seen are the silver labels.

 

[BDawg]

Originally posted by: Calin
Older TDK 650 MB were a nice, dark blue. Never saw that color since (it was then about 1999-2000)

Calin

I was gonna say TDKs. The one's I have sitting in front of me must be the older 650s...they're a pretty blue color.

 

[Iron Woode]

I have seen black Memorex.

 

[tcsenter]

Well its getting hard to find those nice dark blueish/green...or would it be greenish/blue? Hmm...

Anyway, its getting hard to find them unless you buy a premium grade CD-R such as those straight from Taiyo Yuden's own brand (not rebranded) or Mitsui Chemical's.

I bought three 30-pack boxes of individually wrapped Maxell CD-R74 with jewel case about 2.5 years ago and I still have one box. They are substantially darker than the consumer level (inexpensive) Maxells, TDK, and Fuji you find today, even those made by TY.

I'm not saying they are necessarily lower quality. On the contrary, dye formulations have undoubtedly improved, and maybe they have improved in a way that the 'darker' hues are not necessarily indicative of higher quality. However, the Taiyo Yuden branded CD-R that come with a 50-year guarantee are noticably darker than those they produce for other companies, so that tends to make me think that darker is still 'better'.

 

[d33pt]

i still have 100 of those old TDK's. i got the last two packs from costco as they were phasing them out. Reason is because I've always had good luck with them and i'm very particular about what kinda cds my mp3s are burned on.

 

[LeStEr]

Those old TDK's were VERY dark. Verbatims are the only blue cd-rs I can think of now.

 

[SludgeFactory]

Verbatim Valulife were a fairly deep blue when I last bought them a couple years ago. They were manufactured by CMC though, which is generally not a good thing, and I had reliability problems with them.

Current Verbatim Datalife Plus is a much lighter blue.

Fuji TY I would describe as greenish-blue.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: SludgeFactory
Verbatim Valulife were a fairly deep blue when I last bought them a couple years ago. They were manufactured by CMC though, which is generally not a good thing, and I had reliability problems with them.

Current Verbatim Datalife Plus is a much lighter blue.

Fuji TY I would describe as greenish-blue.

yep. verbatim datalife's have a nice blue dye. i also enjoy the covers of these discs, just plain white, no writing or anything. i find mines at sams club. a 50-pk. spindle costs me $11.99.

 

[Siddhartha]

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[andrey]

I'm using Verbatim's DataLifePlus, 48x which are SuperAZO with dark blue dye.

These are the sames CD-Rs as the CD-R which came with your CRW-F1. So far these are the best disks I've ran across for T@2 feature and I can actually see the burned images and text in any light on these disks. The Verbatim's part number is #94364 if you're interested....

-- Andrey

 

[andrey]

oh, and one more thing for those who're interested in T@2. Here is the link for tested media:

http://www.yamaha.ca/computer/support/faq/disc104.html

-- Andrey