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I was at the local Best Buy tonite, and looked at some of the different brands for CD-Rs...of these, my impression is that the Maxell, Memorex, Fuji, and Verbatim products there might have been made by the more reputable companies (as for the other brands, they may have been as well, but I don't know). I was wondering if any of you have any idea as to which of these brands' products currently on the shelves of your local Best Buys might be made by the better companies like Taiyo Yuden, Ritek, Mitsubishi, or Mitsui...I'd especially like to find some TYs. If you have any idea, maybe you could mention what speed ratings/location of manufacture/packing details might help me to recognize a product on the shelf as the kind I'm looking for. If I recall, the Memorex CD-Rs I saw there were only 16X, somewhat old I'd guess...if so, I gather (from reading a couple of old threads) that these are perhaps not made by TY, but perhaps by CMC? If so, that's exactly what I'd like to avoid.
Incidentally, I've not had good luck playing CD-Rs in the the cd player of one our cars, which is an Acura TL3.2 (2000) ... the player is Bose. I believe there's something screwy with it, as it has trouble playing store-bought CDs once in a while, and that all other burned CD-Rs have worked in our Mercedes' CD player. But, I don't know if it's this strange behavior or the media incompability which prevents those CD-Rs from playing. I'm wondering if burning at a lower speed (other than 8X in my Sony CRX700E) or trying a different media (perhaps a TY disc) will appease the Bose player.
piece,
rp:AUM
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