Best cdr media

[TyWelcome]

I'm tired of spending money at circuitcity on some cheap cd-r discs.

Please what name brand should I order over the internet?

Thnks and love to ya all,

Ty Welcome

[ROF]

The only thing I'd buy at Circuit City would be an exit pass.

I'd buy memorex when I used to burn CDs.

[TyWelcome]

I found some Taiyo Yuden CDR Media on the net.
It says its for 52x speed but my cdr drive only goes to 48x speed.


Will there be problems? Or do I get the Prodisc 48x?

THnks,

Ty Welcome

[ROF]

Get the TYs or whichever is cheaper.

[chas0039]

TY CD media is the best and you always get TY when you order it. Almost all other "brands" can be any media code the company can get at the time. Verbatim can be actual Verbatim media, very good, or trash from China and you will not know until you get it open.

After TY, Ritek still makes good CD media. Everything else they make is trash. CMC is a manufacturer that shows up a lot, Philips, Verbatim, Sony, HP; they all use these from time to time. They used to be average but lately they are decent. Your best bet is to look for a price around $14 per 100 and then try and find a batch of CMC under someones brand and stock up. Right now Sony seems to be safe.

You can pay more for a name brand but often you will get CMC anyway.

Look for Country of Origin and avoid China. Taiwan is usually OK.

[ktnwin]

How about the brand names such as TDK, Memorex, Sony ?
Cheap medias just hurt in the long run. You may save a 50% of the cost and end up throwing all of them (including your audio / video material) later. This is way more than 50% loss.

[chas0039]

How about the brand names such as TDK, Memorex, Sony ?

You never know what you get with brand names. Sometimes it is the manufacturers name, or sometimes it is CMC, or China made or India made. This is one of the reasons I only buy on sale and only when I can see the country of origin. That way if I get CMC instead of a better media ID, I didn't overpay. I also never burn any faster than 24X. The quality of the burn is well worth the time.

[CobraPilot]

Recently, I saw some discs (I forget the brand name) made in MALAYSIA.

Who's making those? Anyone have any experience with them?

[lordsmurf]

CD-R and DVD-R is really about the same, for quality. But less companies make CD-R now.

Basically:

TY and MCC good.
CMC and RITEK not good.

[Bodysurf]

I'm tired of spending money at circuitcity on some cheap cd-r discs.

Please what name brand should I order over the internet?

Taiyo-Yuden or Verbatim DataLife Plus (SuperAZO dye-based ONLY! Not outsourced ProDisc, etc.).

[chas0039]

CD-R and DVD-R is really about the same, for quality. But less companies make CD-R now.

Basically:

TY and MCC good.
CMC and RITEK not good.

More people than I have started to notice some very decent burn quality with CMC CDRs. They just might be improving.

[lordsmurf]

I have heard "they're improving" for years now, CD-R and DVD-R. Never happens. For every up, there are generally two downs.