best cd-r

[aleem]

hi,

can someone tell me what the best/most compatible media is for making vcd's. My dvd player(LG 3200) is very particular about vcd's and vcd's made with octran or imitation cd-r are not accepted. Have not tried any other media as yet. Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks.

[garryheather]

My Sony is a bugger with CD-R's too, and I use:

Princo (Type 8 dye)
Data-write White (same as the Princo)

CD-RW's.

They're the only ones that work for me, but I understand (ie have not tried for myself) that some Paradox also work.

[aleem]

do u think that the datasafe(datawrite) media shown on this page is ok:

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/80_Minute_Discs.html

[RabidDog]

they sell a sample pack of about 3 or 4 different cdr types email them and ask.

[garryheather]

Datasafe and Datawrite are not (usually) the same disc.

I have used those discs that you mention before now and they didn't work for me, but that doesn't mean they won't work alright for you. Your player has a different pickup in it than mine does, so your mileage may vary.

[jaxxboss]

Well, if you looked at the list, it says that VCD are not accepted. So, it's not the disc, it;s your player. It just won't play a VCD.

[devinemi83]

Best IMO
Verbatim Best and HIGH price
TDK Great and above average price.

[indolikaa]

Taiyo Yuden will work in just about any machine, so long as the machine actually has a VCD decoder. I have never seen a TY disc fail in a machine that supports CD, VCD or SVCD.

Not all DVD players have VCD capability; some manufacturers are so cheap they won't pay the $1/machine royalty to Phillips to include VCD capabilitiy.

[FulciLives]

The absolute best CD-R brand is Taiyo Yuden. Most on-line sites that sell DVD recordables also sell Taiyo Yuden CD-R media.

As far as retail stores go ... FUJI has a history of using Taiyo Yuden CD-R discs but ONLY if the package says MADE IN JAPAN.

In fact just about any retail brand CD-R that says MADE IN JAPAN should be good.

However beware ... most say MADE IN TAIWAN and sometimes finding CD-R media that says MADE IN JAPAN is actually very difficult.

But of course the easy thing is to buy the Taiyo Yuden CD-R discs on-line. Not very expensive either if you ask me.

They also make the best DVD-R media too.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[indolikaa]

Ditto what FulciLives said!

You can get smaller quantities of Taiyo Yuden from allmediaoutlet.com, if you prefer to keep your purchase under the 100-disc size.

[garryheather]

[quote="indolikaa"]Taiyo Yuden will work in just about any machine, so long as the machine actually has a VCD decoder. I have never seen a TY disc fail in a machine that supports CD, VCD or SVCD. quote]


Hmmm... Sony owners beware - my Picot PQ2 will play them, but my 535 will not.