DVD Media... NO CDR!

[Lighters]

I noticed there is a DVD MEDIA! section - where is the CDR one?

Can anyone give me some good media which is ideal for making music CD's that wont easily break because my family tends to be pretty careless when taking care of disks.

Thnx alot guys ur always helpful

[lordsmurf]

The information is pretty much the same. Buy TY CD-R when you can, avoid RITEK and CMC as best you can.

[AlanHK]

TDK makes a "Scratchproof" model of DVDR that's supposed to be extra tough. Not sure if they do for CDs.

[nwo]

The Kodak Gold Preservation disc's are good too! if you can still find them!

[lordsmurf]

Kodak has not made media in at least 5 years now. Anything you buy under their label is something else, often crap. Don't be hoodwinked into thinking "gold archival" means anything at all.

[SCDVD]

A lot of myths feed on ignorance and take advantage of what sounds good to a user. In the early days of CDR media, gold was used for the reflective layer because the technology to implement a silver alloy that wouldn't oxidize hadn't been perfected. Gold was used instead because it inherently doesn't oxidize. There was a downside to gold - it caused a color shift of the reflected laser light that tended to cause playability problems in some players. When suitable silver alloys were developed that didn't oxidize, the media manufactures switched to these silver alloys. Silver reflective layers are actually better because they have a higher reflectivity ratio and do not change the color of the reflected laser.

Non oxidizing alloys of metals aren't new. Stainless steel is a good example. Stainless steel doesn't rust even though it is made primarily of iron with other metals mixed in that impart the stainless property as well as other useful qualities such as hardness, tensile strength etc. depending upon the particular alloy mixture used. It's the same with silver alloys. They don't oxidize (tarnish).

But the money grubbing "sound good" hucksters smelled a good pitch - gold, archival CDR media. Gold is more valuable, right? So it must be better, right? Buzz, wrong; it's NOT better! The reduced reflectivity and laser color shift are not good things. Don't hand over your money to these money grubbing pitchmen. If you want good media, buy a good brand such as Taiyo Yuden.