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July 10, 2004 at 10:20 am #9315Jeff HesterKeymaster
I’m interested in learning what CD brands everyone uses to record their music and data on On their computer.
Which ones Do you recommend?
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July 10, 2004 at 1:47 pm #76357Jeff HesterKeymasterI use Imation. They’re good.
July 10, 2004 at 5:42 pm #76367f0rbezMemberI like TDK the best. Sony is alright too. I wouldn’t go with any generic brands, they scratch to easy. BTW, you don’t really need different discs for audio. I think they are optimized for audio, but data CD’s work fine and you won’t notice a difference in quality.
July 10, 2004 at 5:58 pm #76364TigerbladeParticipantwell so far i’ve used Memorex, TDK, Sony, and some generic brand which I dont even remember the name of… personally I liked the Memorex spindle the best, but Sony seems to be performing pretty well… it kinda depends on which brand your cd writer likes more, since my last burner refused to burn pretty much anything but sony discs after a while (the burner was a sony… something’s not right here)
July 10, 2004 at 6:15 pm #76363EvanMemberi like tdk since I bought about 200 of them since they were on sale
July 10, 2004 at 6:29 pm #76365Hurricane22491MemberI’ve used Imation and Sony. I think CDs are all pretty much the same. I’m using Maxell CD’s right now (they’re colored!!). As long as they are 700mb/ 80min. Also, I had a Philips CD burner, and it just wouldn’t burn on my Imation CDs after a while.
July 10, 2004 at 11:00 pm #76366Red DevilMemberI mainly use Sony CDs. I used to use some other brand, (i cant remeber what exactly) but then my burner wouldnt burn on them after a while. sony seems to work pretty well.
July 10, 2004 at 11:13 pm #76370AwesomeSauceParticipantA few weeks ago I bought a 3-pack of memorex “Music” CD-RW’s. I like them because they’re rewritable, but rewritable CD’s don’t work in most CD players. Talk about false-advertising. 😛 But they work just fine for storing data on anyway.
July 10, 2004 at 11:18 pm #76368f0rbezMemberlol, I think most of the new portable players support cdrw’s. I have a real old one that supported them.
July 11, 2004 at 9:33 am #76358Jeff HesterKeymasterI have an hp cd writer, but it seems after a period of time the cds that use to work no longer do . So I’m at a loss on which brand to buy . when I buy 100 or 50 and get half way through the stack and it won’t accept them anymore then I’m just SOL .. So that is why I asked which ones I should use. And its been my experience that not all of the will burn music and data that is why I asked . Because when I go to the store and purchase them I look for ones that say music & data but all I find are ones that either specify music OR data.. Never both .
Is there a way you can tell what your computer prefers as far as specifications on cds other then trial and error . It gets pretty costly when you do it that way
July 11, 2004 at 8:52 pm #76369f0rbezMemberMore than likely your burning the discs too fast. You can’t get cd’s for both audio and data as far as I know. Audio is more expensive though. My advice is that you only need data cds. Check here for information on what types of cd-r’s are suggested and supported. Also, check there for an updated firmware version. Newer firmware usually updates support for more cd-r’s as well as improve writing ability.
July 12, 2004 at 6:53 am #76359Jeff HesterKeymasterI use whichever has got big rebate 😀
The ones I have currently are Imitation CD-R, I got 100 of ’em for 8 bucks, and Kypermedia CD-RW, which I got for free after rebate. (50pk);)And my computer is also an old compaq presario, which I took from someone for free for fixing his new computer :cool:, so it has got old 8x LG CD-RW drive. Still I have had no problem burning any CDs ever. I don’t burn music CDs though, only data ones. I burn music as mp3, so that would be a data cd too.
But I think the burn success or failure might depend on the software you are using. I use Nero 6, try using that. You can download it for 1 month free trial from here, http://www.nero.com/us/631939541422774.php#
July 12, 2004 at 12:38 pm #76371mdandeMemberif you are backing up software use a good cd, if your just going to be burning music get what is the best deal..right now I am useing some cheap staples cds got bout 25 left out of 100.
July 12, 2004 at 10:03 pm #76361sciencefeelingMemberHi!
I have been thinking about your problem. You say that your burner won’t burn them anymore? Technologicaly speaking, that is not reasonable unless the CD gets damaged, if all of them are damaged, maybe you are exposing them to an enviroment that is damaging them and preventing the burner from reading them afterwards. If they worked once they should always work. I don’t believe is a problem of compatibility between burner and brand, more a problem of stability of the CD when expossed to determined enviroment.
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July 13, 2004 at 5:39 am #76373LucifinaMemberSony The One and Only! I use Sony CD-R 700mb 1x-40x. I’ve used others and they always seemed to mess up or lose my data…yea they are pieces of *cough* crap. I suggest you purchase Sony; they have a great product and usually at a good price range.:D
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