Best cdr's?

[nexus123]

I buy the absolute cheapest cdr's I can buy, usually get 50 packs at this outlet store near me called big lots for 10 bux. They always have a different brand of 50 pack when I got in there. The only problem I ever had out of any disc and these were horrible. First off they were silver on both sides you had to look at it just right to see one side was tinted a little green to spot which side was up no lable whatsoever. Second they didn't seem to have anything protecting the reflective surface so the silver foil or whatever started bubbling and or scratching off within a week or two of being recoreded and placed into circulation. I have hundreds of loose cd's floating around my house I usually store them on spindles double stacked so I have 100 on a 50 spindle with the top on because sometimes they come in boxes instead of on spindles. anyways the point is I've got some from everybrand I've ever burned with and of those horrible ones I think I have only one or two left I wish I new what brand they were but I don't the packagin had any kind of labeling either.

[freestyler]

Bob,

Acca Recording Products looks like its really Rima.com. Probably another name they do business as from what it looks like. Same address.

[Neminat0R]

Back in the day I used a few unbranded silver tops. I then filed them away and several months later when i needed work off them they would not frigging read!

Nowadays id say any media thats 40x + rated would do a good job, im currently on immation (sp) white tops and they work fine.

[devinemi83]

My TDKs are all made by Ritek and they are THE BEST cdrs I have ever had. They are really great. I never had a bad burn because of them, never had one go bad(since 2002). TDKs are slightly more than other brands but well worth it. IMO

[LanEvo7]

I've tried prodisc, tdk, sony, cmc, ritek and just about ever company out there that makes cdrs. The worst ones I had were unbranded CMC silver tops. Those pos degraded after a year. The rest played everything like a charm even after many years. The most I've used are Ritek(branded under maxell and tdk). Never had any issues with them.

[stiltman]

Funny, I was going to post how great my TDKs are. Lets see, over the past 3 years, I've burn at least 10K and I've had very little bad burns. I butn them using a mass duplicator with 8 drives. Well for the first time (couple a minutes ago) I through one in to see the code. HaHaHa....they are Riteks LOL.....Not sure what batch they came from though. I buy about 2K at a time. The disk I checked was from Feb 2003 (looked at file dates)


So at least for me, Riteks have proved to be very good

[Lobe]

well... they always change... all the TDK I ever bought were Made in USA or Made in Japan(TY), So about a year or 2 ago the Japan ones were gone, I stayed away from TDK.

[TerminalVeloCD]

I have to fully disagree with lordsmurf.

RITEK CD-Rs are among the most consistant CD-Rs I have ever used, and they last a long time, my oldest one being 8 years old and it still produces clean Kprobe scans.

I consistantly get C1 averages of 0.4 or less, with every burner I have when writing these discs, and that's writing at full speed, even with my LiteON LTR-52327S.

Regards,
TerminalVeloCD

[jelir]

Mitsubisi (crystal black disc)
sonic-azo dye is still the best

[wiggie]

Fuji (Taiyo Yuden), Made in Japan, is the best.

Some Verbatim's are good. But BEWARE,
I bought 2 stacks not knowing that they were Made in India. Half of them have data verification failures and funny markings on the CD's.

[Shard92]

I have never had anything but problems with Imation discs. Don't know why really.

Basically I am looking for the cheapest but best discs to use...There's nothing like finally getting your mix disc in the car only to find out the disc jumps a bit in exactly the best part of the song! (especially when you already know that it wasn't in the mp3 or the original)

That's interesting.... I've had nothing but good luck with Imation discs. I use them and Fuji and have had no problems from the media. have seen many others try some of the cheapies and have nothing but trouble. In fact my brother bought a spindle of some cheapy and tried unseccessfully to burn a cd about 6-7 times and then brought the spindle back and got a spindle of imation and hasnt' had a problem since. Pretty much all he uses now. I've always recommend people try out a brand and see what works with their burner but I've never seen a burner have a problem with imation.

[Madz]

I think I've used at least 2 dozen brands of CD-R(W)'s. Some of the very first I purchased were Ricoh 4 & 8x Gold-Topped 650/74 disks from around 2000. Used a ton of those for audio backups and they still play well to this day. Always had good luck w/ Imation and have a ton of those, too. Still got some unused 16x Imation "color-pack (red, blue, green, orange, purple w/ matching color cases)" disks sitting around. Also some leftover Precision 99-minute's I never used. Those were left over from a few years back when I was squeezing ~1½-hour movies from DVD's on one VCD. Also have some of the original RadioShack "CD-Data" R's & RW's. But lately, I'm backing up the newer additions to my CD collection & vinyl transfers w/ unlabelled TY's.

[GoldenDragon]

As someone has already said, the best cd's are Toiyo Yunden. They have their own brand RHODIUM, and they make high quality CD's for Verbatim as well. I am using Verbatim Pastel discs that were manufactured by TY.

So you can try either RHODIUM or VERBATIM Pastel (only Made in Japan).

Millan

[jackal70058]

I use Jensen CD-R I got them for free plus $2 with Circuit City rebate, you heard me?
They works every time!

[maldb]

I've never encountered bad CDRs, and I've used ALL sorts of different brands ever since they first hit the market: Precision, Fuji, Philips, Princo, Prime Peripherals, Ritek, Imation, TDK, CompUSA brand, and God knows what else.

I'd buy them at Staples, CompUSA, Circuit City, Best Buy, etc. whenever they had those big sales with rebates: 200 CDRs free after rebate (paid $2 in tax).

I've been lucky I guess - 10+ year old CDs still play fine.

Good luck.