I want quality protective CD-Rs, but where?

[Kenny]

I have a huge collection of Divx movies which have been burnt on 700MB TDK CDs, but some a$$hats from my dorm borrowed them and ruined about 4-5 of them. "Lost" 3 of my movies, and I don't know what they lost. So much for letting them borrow anything.

There are blotches on the top which have seeped to the underside, and are totally unwatchable. Can't even read the disc anymore.

Anyway, I'm trying to find some *high* quality CD-Rs. I want ones that can't be easily tampered with and can give me good burns. I'm willing to spend $1 per disc.

 

[Zugzwang152]

uh, you can't just expect to spend lots of money and buy cd-rs that are invincible. take care of them, and next time, use a cheap FAR cd-r to loan out to your friends. i keep my archive copies on TY's and no one touches them. not even me.

 

[freebee]

The key to any backup is redundancy. Have multiple copies, stored in separate locations, will help guarantee that at least some copies of your media will survive. No need to spend $1 per disc, even high quality media should be no more than .25-.50 a disc when on sale.

 

[Kenny]

Whoops. Should have stated that I'm actually going to keep these discs, and not lend them out. Kind of like "master" copies I guess. I leave all my movies in a fat CD wallet, so they won't be messed around with.

I know I can't find CDs that will last decades, but years maybe. I've seen some bootlegged CDs that have thick plastic on top of the foil (lack of a better term).

I'm not asking for a way to keep CDs in good condition. I would just like to know where I would be able to find top notch CD-Rs.

Thanks.

 

[no0b]

You should just pick up a 120GB drive or bigger depending on your collection so makeing backups are easier and faster than burning cd's all the time.

Or just get a raid 0 or 5 setup

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: t60
Whoops. Should have stated that I'm actually going to keep these discs, and not lend them out. Kind of like "master" copies I guess. I leave all my movies in a fat CD wallet, so they won't be messed around with.

I know I can't find CDs that will last decades, but years maybe. I've seen some bootlegged CDs that have thick plastic on top of the foil (lack of a better term).

I'm not asking for a way to keep CDs in good condition. I would just like to know where I would be able to find top notch CD-Rs.

Thanks.

Most good-quality CD-Rs have a protective layer of polycarbonate on top of the metal layer.

 

[Kenny]

I guess I'll never know my answer.

Thanks for whoever read it anyway, I'll post this elsewhere.

 

[tcsenter]

Mitsui Gold "Standard" or "Archive" CD-R (Kodak, Philips, et. al.)

Verbatim DataLifePlus CD-R

 

[Soybomb]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Mitsui Gold "Standard" or "Archive" CD-R (Kodak, Philips, et. al.)

Verbatim DataLifePlus CD-R

Right on the money, I always use the verbatim dlp's for anything I plan on keeping for a while

 

[Ronstang]

I use Taiyo Yuden CD-Rs to back up all my Divx movies.....and I have over 1400 of them too. These are the highest quality blanks I have ever found that can be had locally. I even use them in my Divx box when I want to watch them since I don't have space to store redundant CD-Rs.

 

[FishTankX]

I know this might not be what you're looking for, but i'd suggest a DVD-RAM/RW/R drive and back them up to DVD-RAM< which have a casing protecting the disc from harm, and are guaranteed for 10,000 rewrites.