cd-rw media?
 

I have a 32x12x40x cd rewriter and was wondering what you find is the best blank cd type/brand out there?

At the moment i buy BenQ 48x CD-R's at £11.49 for 50. Good deal?

It's all the same. I just bought a spindle of 100 Memorex 48x CD-Rs and they work just as well as all the rest.

I have ran into bad batches before. However, brand name doesn't seem to make a big difference.

I have been using the .50 cent a piece media from our local computer shows for 2-3 years now. No reason for change.

Where I work, we use hotan media. But that's what works best in our CD Dupers. Other than that it's about all the same.

I got an iomega spindle which sucks. The cheaper OfficeMax CDRs worked better. I don't know if I just got a bad spindle or if all iomega CDs are crap but next time I will be buying a different brand.

The offbrand cdr's sold by office depot worked really well for me as well.

just dont buy PNY.. Most others work fine.. and be wary of Verbatims.. I bought several verbatims and they work great for me, but when my friend tries to read any of them in his Sony CD-RW he can't.. It doesnt even recognize there is a disc in the drive.

but PNY's are just crap.

To me it is all the same. I just buy a spindle of whatever is cheapest at best buy, and hope the rebates on them coem back in a timely matter.

i bought a spindle of office depot branded cdrs and every other one was a coaster was for a 48x burn though, the cds were rated higher though, possibly a bad batch.

then got some el cheapos from compusa/frys and so far no problems, aint' italways the way..

though since you are in the iom i doubt youll be buying at comp usa, frys or office depot, dixons maybe ? :)

Most CDRs are made by one of four or so manufacturers, but are just rebranded.

Check out this little program that tells you who really made it:
** EDIT **
Forget the URL I posted earlier, it was a version that was way out of date.

Use this one: http://www.terra.es/personal8/tinnin/CDRIdentifier.zip

You'll be suprised. I've had cheapo no-name spindles have the same manufacturer as brand name ones.

BTW, I think the program requires a blank disc (i.e. you can't use one that's been burned to)

I haven't ran it in a long time, and just noticed that it doesn't recognize some of the newer manufacturers. You should still be able to compare the code it finds.

My burner doesn't seem to like Memorex. I only use Imation now. My buddy at work who does all the burning for the company uses the cheapest he can find, so it sounds like the equipment gets to deceide what it likes.

For the most part, other than the rebate stuff, I normally use some cheap khypermedia blanks, they are usually cheaper then most other brands and usually come from the same manufacturer that tdk, imation, etc use.

If you really need good quality blanks, you should go for ones made by Taiyo Yuden, they are considered to be some of the best cd-r blanks you can get. I know that Fuji and That's cdr both use this manufacturer, other than that you might need to do some more research.

As has also been said before, it comes down to preference and what brand your burner has less problems with (some burners have no problems with anything thrown at them).

This is a link to a post that may help you you understand about cd-r media. http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?threadid=61943

If you can't get to it, i'll post it so that you can read it.

i use Memorex 700mb cd-r's

Sony or Maxell! :D

I've tried many cheaper brands and all I end up with is a pile of coasters. :mad:

Imation &/or Memorex by the case @ 16 boxes per case & 30 cd's per box costs me about $0.35 - $0.40 per cd

I have used many type of CDr as well as DVD+R media as I burn a lot for work.. I'm over 6000 CD/DVD (used for archiving artwork - as tape is too slow) and 2+terabytes is a huge amount to deal with. Anyway I've recently started buying cheap meadia for both like $.19 CDs and $DVD+R @ $1.69ea and find them to be equilivent to the higer end stuff.

I'm presently working on the first of two 200-packs of "Prime Peripherals" discs that I got at OfficeMax with a freebate.

I have two PlexWriters, a Samsung, and a Yamaha. I have had ONE coaster thus far, which an attempt at an audio disc, too fast, on a slow PC.