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hi,
at this store they sell a 10 pack of Sony CD-R 700MB for $9.95 Australian and they also sell a 10 pack of TDK CD-R 700MG for $15.95.My question is does it really matter what type of blank cd you use to burn. Are there any brands that are good?
Maxell is good. So is Memorex. Its gotta be a Cd-r recordable music CD to burn music of course. i use the 80 minute Memorex ones.
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Both are good, but check the max record speed. Its best to make sure it's at least as good as the recorder you are going to use. That way you can do the writes faster. Slower x CD-R's will work, just slower.
But then I can get 50 pack on spindle for $15US, or less.
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The music cd-rs are a scam/not neccesary. Sort of like gold connectors for your audio cables.. whats the point when all the cables are copper?
You can use any cd-r for music. Ive had good luck with memorex and imation.. Imation is usually cheaper.
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10 pack is 9.99 why would u get that when a 50 pack of memorex is 25.99 or a 100 pack for 24.99 (not too good tho)
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To check the quality of a CDR run CDR Identifier from http://www.gum.de/it/download/english.htm. It is free.
It will read the manufacturer's data from the disk which should included the dye strategy. A long strategy equates to a long life and a short strategy equates to a short life. Short life disks should not be relied upon for long term data/music storage. It will also say who actually made the disk as opposed to who branded it.
Branded disks are not always made by the same maufacturer. For instance I used to use Philips as they were made by Taiyo Yuden and had a long life dye. Recently bought Philips disks were maufactured by Ritek and have a short life dye. I no longer use Philips.
Good luck!
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Sorry to be a pain but what is this got to do with Security??????????
Blank cdrs????????????? what?
may i suggest you take it here google>key word cdrs
i thank you
Tim
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The figure generally quoted for the life of short strategy disks is 5 years. However, this will depend a lot on how the disk is stored (they don't like UV). Stored properly you may well get more than 5 years but don't bank on it. Long life disks are generally quoted at 100 years.
When buying disks I do not know, I buy just one, check it and compare the quality to the price. Sometime I buy the cheaper short life disks as they come in handy for short term backups such as disk imaging but usually I bite the bullet and buy the long life ones.
Happy Burning!
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You have the rong form but anyways I allways by a 100 pack for free every week AFTER Mail in rebates at Office Max! They have many different non-name brand CD-R's there. I have never have had a proulblem with them. They are 40x max disks. I have got them to burn suck sesfuly at 48x! My point is why pay a Doller a disc when you can get them for free?
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