what brand of cd-r's do you use???

the3rdstream

dude fuck maxell and memorex, used to love their tapes but they suck when it comes to cds, this shit is getting really annoying when none of these shits play

Dubious

i usually buy the cheapest spindle in chinatown... i think they're typically ridata

mordecai

i just put tape over the center hole and record over some CD i don't like.

alieNDN

u sure you're not playing them in an older cd player?

by the way, i have a question for CDJ's, what cdrs do you use? i heard its best to use the ones with the gold colour for best results? like kodak or something?

drewnice

I just went back to Imation, this after buying a whole 50 spindle of Sonys that ended up not working for music.

alieNDN

i just put tape over the center hole and record over some CD i don't like.

haha, i did that with a hootie and the blowfish cd

flatblackplastic

have had the best luck with the inventors of the cd-r media taiyo yuden, they go by microboards in the US. the only place i can find them in my city is guitar center. never had any problems with them. sometimes i use maxell(silver) but occasionally there will be a bad disk in there. to master i use maxell gold.

Electrode

dude fuck maxell and memorex, used to love their tapes but they suck when it comes to cds, this shit is getting really annoying when none of these shits play

huh...thought I was the only one

pacman

Verbatim for me.

Big_Chan

I always use MUSIC CD-Rs. Music CD-Rs will play in almost all cd players because they have the little music cd info. burned into the start of the cd. Many older cd players will not play CD-Rs. I buy TDK music CD-Rs at Costco in packs of 75.
I have been using TDK music CD-Rs for a few years and have never had a problem.

DOR

Whatevers cheap.

Last cd-r spindle I bought was something like 100 for $17.99 (About $15 US)

But I mostly just buy DVD-r's now. Waiting for dual layers to become cheap!

gloom

Verbatim for me.

mylatency

I get whatever I can free after rebate or dirt cheap. CDs are such a silly temporary medium, but good for the ride. Not archival at all.



I recently got 200 DVD+R and -R media for $20, no joke. Crazy price matching deal in full effect mode.



http://www.fatwallet.com/c/18/



The "hot deals" forum is the "Soulstrut" of tech/rebate/brick and mortar deals.



-M

alieNDN

if i can ask a further question, which brands last longest? been hearing that some CDRs dont last very long, and was able to verfily this listening to some cdrs fromo 4 years ago.

the3rdstream

u sure you're not playing them in an older cd player?

in my car which is a 2003, so i think thats not the problem

alieNDN

noticed quite a few cars that suck with cdr actually, if they're the factory model.try cdrs with the gold colour

the3rdstream

noticed quite a few cars that suck with cdr actually, if they're the factory model.try cdrs with the gold colour

see this is the main problem i am having, first i bought maxells, those fucked up in my car, then i bought maxells and the worked great, went through two spindles of em never had a prob, went to the store this week bought another spindle of the same[/b] ones and they are all fucked up, but i think it might be my computer drive cause some dvds i burned this week are fucked as well

fuck computers

z_illa

At least in the olden days of cdrs the most important thing is the darkness and quality of the ink used, the darker the bottom the easier it is for the laser to pick up, especially in older players. I normally use memorex or whatever's cheapest, but my 2000 VW cd changer reads about half of the freshly burned cds I put in it.

alieNDN

yeah i just bought a portable cd/mp3 player and hooked up to my car with the car kit (i got a cassette deck)...another alternative is to get those things you hook up to ipods/portable cd players and they play through your radio, without a physical connection to your radio, i use that with my iriver mp3 player

z_illa

lo fi raers? never that son.

Artifactor

i just put tape over the center hole and record over some CD i don't like.

You're kidding right. I thought this was a joke like how you can just put a piece of tape over the cassette corners and dub over them. Can you really record over cds?

Stop fronting.

mandrew

noticed quite a few cars that suck with cdr actually, if they're the factory model.try cdrs with the gold colour

my car - 1999 acura with factory system - SUCKS playing cdr's... which especially sucks because that's all i listen to (i'm trying to protect og cd's, don't ask why)

DJCire

I've bought every kind of cdr and don't ever have problems. Sony's, Memorex's, Imation's, no name/swaptmeet/chinatown/$5.99 for a 50 pack and all of em work. The one's I buy the most are Memorex's - but seriously just never have problems...

djdaze

Great Quality

white on top for printing

get em at Fry's $14 for 50

davesrecords

i use memorex and have never had a problem, it might be your cd-r drive that is the problem. i used to have some crappy cd-r drive that half the time the cds didn't work.

alieNDN

i just put tape over the center hole and record over some CD i don't like.

You're kidding right. I thought this was a joke like how you can just put a piece of tape over the cassette corners and dub over them. Can you really record over cds?

Stop fronting.

if it doesnt work, try drilling a hole on the bottom left corner, it will go from 700mb to 1400mb. (my ancient computer heads drilling the double density floppy disks to the high density steelo will get that )

jjfad027

Verbatim for me.

There was a whole artical in some mag (Wired maybe?) about 5 years ago where they tested a bunch of different brands of CDRs and Verbatim was the winner. I've never had problems with Verbatim. And I've bought bad batches of tons of other brands: Memorex, Fuji, Maxxel

Once again

johmbolaya

I avoid Memorex at ALL costs.



I will usually go back and forth (read "depending on how much I have and what is on sale") between Maxell, TDK, Sony, and Imation. Imation recently changed, their CD-R's used to be made in Japan but now they're done in India. My old CD burner noted the difference and I had to return my spindles. But the current burner I have (a DVD burner) works find.



I've always wanted to buy a spindle of Mitsui's.



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With that said, I did read that a lot of CD-R's are pretty much made the same way, not only in manufacturing, but I heard in one instance that in some countries, one company does them all. Kind of like how Sony, Panasonic, and JVC radios were all the exact same components.

the3rdstream

Verbatim for me.

There was a whole artical in some mag (Wired maybe?) about 5 years ago where they tested a bunch of different brands of CDRs and Verbatim was the winner. I've never had problems with Verbatim. And I've bought bad batches of tons of other brands: Memorex, Fuji, Maxxel

Once again

hey thanx to all for the input, went and bought a bundle of verbatim and they are working great! many thanx

bull_ox

dude fuck maxell and memorex, used to love their tapes but they suck when it comes to cds, this shit is getting really annoying when none of these shits play

Dude, Memorex made the shittiest cassettes (aside from Radio Shack)... for this reason I've NEVER bought their CDRs... there's a reason they're the cheapest

Don't know what happened to Maxell though, they had the really expensive high-grade tapes BITD... don't think I've even seen their CDs around though...

Mike_Bell

What about DiscMasters? Good quality and good deals, or so I have been told.