just Looking for opinions

[lpn1160]

I would appreciate some feedback on what people think is the best CD-R media for VCD's. Have some old TV shows (in B&W) that I want to put on the best quality media possible. Everything plays on my standalone(so far), so just intrested in what some people think..

THANKS ALL

[Treebeard]

I have had good experience with fuji & sony

although sony does not overburn very well and fuji did overburn very well.

no coasters in either spindle

[hwoodwar]

I have done some extensive searching about this subject on the internet. One day I spent over four hours, trying to find a general consensus as to which CD-Rs are the best quality blanks. During my search I found more people recommended Fuji, Kodak (no longer being produced they dropped their CD-R line) and Taiyo Yuden. Fuji's latest 48x CD-Rs are made by Taiyo Yuden.

My research also showed that CD-Rs are kind of like VCRs in that there are lots of different companies that put their name on a product, but in actuality there are much fewer manufacturers and many are relabelled to a particular companies' name.

There are utilities out there that will do a test and tell you the "true" manufacturer of a CD-R disk. I use one called CDR Identifier.

I am a firm believer in "You get what you paid for." I expect you will get some answers like "I just buy the cheapest I can find" or "I have never made a coaster with XXX brand." Consider this: there is a lot more to quality that just, can I do a successfull write the first time. Some other charcteristics to think about are: scratch resistance, will the dye fade with time or heat, will the surface peel with time, will random errors appear with time, etc.

Now that I have found out the above mentioned information, I only buy Fuji CD-Rs as they are the only ones of the three that I mentioned that I can readily find in my area. The cheapest I have ever found these is $15 USD/50 CD spindle.

[DVD ER]

I buy my Taiyo Yuden CDR's for $0.29 Each in a 100 Bee Hive Case. Which is pretty cool. I know we all have stacks of disks sitting around that we should store. TY (Taiyo Yuden) Supplies a Bee Hive Case for that very common situation. You should try them out. I purchased them from http://www.atdiscount.com/community/cdr/index/3/199/1192/product/20581/sku
I know the picture does not but show it but you get one. Mention VCDHELP when you order and you may be surprised.

[Craig Tucker]

If you are just looking for opinions, why are you posting in the latest news forum.

Moving to media.

[pharlap]

just buy a couple of cd's and use nero cd speed and check what dye type is used type " 6 " is very reliable