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What are the good brands of CD-R out there?
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tcwas
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5. March 2006 @ 06:37 |
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Is it the same as the DVD-R brands such as Verbatim, etc?
Is HP ok?
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5. March 2006 @ 17:28 |
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The 2 I rely for CD's are Made in Japan Fuji and Maxell. I have Maxell's that are at least 5 years old that still play great. I would say yes to Verbatim and no to HP.
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piano632
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7. March 2006 @ 17:15 |
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Very best brands of CD-R:
Mitsui / MAM-A (Silver or Gold) - a bit pricey though.
Taiyo Yuden (Maxell PRO discs made in Japan are Taiyo Yuden).
HP discs aren't so good any more. Back in the days of 12x-16x CD-R, HP discs used to be Taiyo Yuden most of the time, but now I think they use Philips.
Verbatim discs are pretty good, but not quite as good as MAM-A or TY.
Kodak & Ricoh discs are also excellent, but are hard to find these days.
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jizznax
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14. March 2006 @ 08:07 |
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TY are the best cd-rs in the market in my opinion. But I think Prodisc and Ritek are great too and its easier on the pocket book. Found a new cd-r vendor recently, some of the best prices I've seen so far. http://www.burnsmart.com.
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noname5
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19. March 2006 @ 01:58 |
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Verbatim cdrs are inconsistent. I just got some that are cmc- poor quality.
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19. March 2006 @ 07:26 |
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@noname5
Same thing just happened to me w/ verbatim cd-r's - cmc. Was not to happy when I id'd them. I'll stick w/ my mij Fuji (usually Taiyo Yuden) and Maxell.
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25. March 2006 @ 18:13 |
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HP LightScribe CDs are Verbatim ...
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25. March 2006 @ 20:04 |
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personally i trust to the large mark and they are always been > tdk, maxell and sony.
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25. March 2006 @ 20:36 |
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i keep tdk and memorex away from my burner
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crf450r
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28. March 2006 @ 01:05 |
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i got some hp litescribes and they are cmc mag junk
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JoeRyan
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28. March 2006 @ 15:56 |
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How do you know they are junk?
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crf450r
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6. April 2006 @ 15:58 |
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in my burner they won,t burn well enough for ps2
and skippy on audio cds in the truck <some times disk error>
maybe compatability issues with my burner
but since i saw that cmc mag id i figured that was the problem
they lightscribe fine
my drive is a benq 1655
do you find the hp cmc mag lightscribe cds to be good ?
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daman1
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6. April 2006 @ 16:57 |
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Fuji "MIJ" always!!!!!...............
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JoeRyan
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9. April 2006 @ 18:23 |
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The only media manufacturers to offer LightScribe are CMC, MBI, and Verbatim. There are other brands, but those are the only licensed manufacturers so far. My testing has shown all three to be good quality CD-Rs with MBI lagging only slightly in consistency. CD-R discs can be hit or miss with car stereo players, and it is very difficult to find out what the problem is. Years ago Panasonic's 3-beam lasers could not read Kodak CD-Rs that were among the best ever made. The single beam readers were fine, and everyone else's 3-beam players worked. We never could figure out why that combination didn't work; but Matsushita switched to different diode/lens system, and the problem went away.
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crf450r
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10. April 2006 @ 21:29 |
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good to know
I have gotten some verb litescribes and they work fine
but i think i will go back to regular cdr
i normaly use sony/ty
what speed do you burn your hp/cmc mag at?
i have like 17 left to play with
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11. April 2006 @ 04:59 |
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Just purchased 300 Verbatim LightScribe? CD-R discs yesterday from Best Buy .. (30/$12.99) and they're all made by CMC Mag ... They record SVCD great and the labels burn just fine although using my HP740, I have to burn each label twice to meet my critical expectations ...
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JoeRyan
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11. April 2006 @ 15:09 |
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I always record at a speed below the maximum rated speed. A 52X CD-R will see 32X; a 16X DVD+/-R will see 8X. There is often--but not always--a reduction in errors if the dye is not overburned, and the life of the laser diode is extended by not running it at its highest power and heat level.
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11. April 2006 @ 19:49 |
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I always burn my music Cds at 16x (the slowest my writer allows) and I burn VCD and SVCD at 16x also ...
Really odd about the LightScribe? CDs ... I purchased 120 HP LightScribe? CDs that were made by Verbatim (not MCC, but Verbatim) and I purchased 300 Verbatim LightScribe? CDs that were made by CMC Magnetics, not Verbatim ...
The CMC Magnetics made CDs seem to record video better than the Verbatims ...
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noname5
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16. April 2006 @ 14:53 |
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I loved the mij Fuji's but they're hard to find. Most say Taiwan. And buying online makes checking impossible.
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piano632
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16. April 2006 @ 15:54 |
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MIJ Fuji's are made by Taiyo Yuden. So if you can't find MIJ Fuji's get Maxell PRO or some other TY discs.
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cgl88
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8. July 2006 @ 05:52 |
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HP, Fuji, Yamaha CDR's have been without any problems.
Sony works well, but I've had problems reading MP3 disks for a panasonic player.
I have an important question!!! :)
What happened to the days where CDR's were made with darker dye (versus yellow/gold/faint green)? I cannot find them and if they still exist, what brands make them? My car can only play Fuji CDR's with the dark green dye.
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9. July 2006 @ 11:08 |
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hi im new afterdawn but they have helped me alot so i thought maybe this would help i have tried every name dvd media i could find in my area and the only one that worked best for me was dynex iv'e backedup over 300 backups with this brand and have not lost one disk my burnier is liteon i buy them from bestbuy DVD+R.i hope this helps someone.....
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9. July 2006 @ 12:58 |
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Quote:
i have tried every name dvd media i could find in my area and the only one that worked best for me was dynex
Why on earth would you recommend DVD media in a thread titled:
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What are the good brands of CD-R out there?
. . . and, in a couple of years when those crap Dynex discs no longer play, you'll be crying the blues and wishing that you had used better discs which are almost everything else . . .
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cgl88
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10. July 2006 @ 04:20 |
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For media quality, remember..you get what you pay for! Stick to brand name!
Back to my question:
What brands of CDR's still make media with with darker dye as opposed to yellow/gold/faint green?
I know Fuji does this but not all. I don't want to buy a spindle only to end up with the faint dye version.
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piano632
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10. July 2006 @ 06:27 |
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