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nietzsche
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Posted - Mar 5 2006 : 11:06PM
I bought a bunch of Memorex a while back and it seems liek the whole bunch is no good.
CG_Gurl80
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Posted - Mar 6 2006 : 12:40AM
Memorex has a bad rep as far as quality of media goes. That goes for DVD media as well. Personally, I've burned quite a few successful Memorex discs but only time will tell what their archival capabilities are.

To be on the safe side, I would stick with Maxell, Sony. TDK and Verbatim when it comes to CD-R. I've written hundreds of those and they almost always turn out fine. They have lasted for years at high quality output.

professorwolf
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Posted - Mar 6 2006 : 2:07AM
Look for "Made in Japan" whatever the brand (some Fuji are still made in Japan). I like Taiyo Yuden brand which I order from any of a number of places over the internet.

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willywilly
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2/05
Posted - Mar 6 2006 : 10:50AM
Depends on what you mean by no good.
Your can can burn them ok, but they go bad later? Or your burner won't burn them - - you're making coasters?

I think it is very possible to buy quality CDRs - that last just fine, once burned - but that for some unknown reason, a given burner just doesn't like that brand.

TDK is a big brand name with a good rep. I have a burner that hates them. Failure rate during burn is probably 75%. The same burner works fine with Imation CDRs. Failure during burn is rare.

How did I learn? Dumb luck. Trial and error. But now I just buy Imation. Could have been a bad batch of TDKs - I'm not saying TDK is bad - just that I have no reason to experiment with them again with that burner.

If you can, try a few of some brand other than Memorex, before you buy a supply of them. Eventually you'll find a brand that your burner likes.


Edited by - willywilly on 3/6/2006 7:22:29 PM

1on1Fan
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273 Posts
8/03
Posted - Mar 6 2006 : 11:18AM
TraxData (Ritek) are CD-R:s i use, no bad ones yet and i have never heard anything bad about this Ritek -manufacturer.

Taiyo Yuden is another good manufacturer,
and all Plextor brand CD-R:s are made by Taiyo Yuden.

Edited by - 1on1Fan on 3/6/2006 11:42:45 AM

 
MASAMUNE
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1452 Posts
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Posted - Mar 6 2006 : 8:38PM
TDK always worked perfectly for me
Joey Starr
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8082 Posts
10/00
Posted - Mar 6 2006 : 9:55PM
I've used Imation and Verbatim, never had any problem.
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Posted - Mar 6 2006 : 10:37PM
I've always used TDK and never ended up with a coaster.
Roger Herraw
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415 Posts
2/06
Posted - Mar 6 2006 : 11:19PM
there was that recent article saying burned optical discs(cds and dvds)don't have a very long lifespan,around 2-5 years.The dye layer basically degrades into unplayability.CDs seem to fade less,recordable dvds are quite problematic.
Joey Starr
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Still wanking after all these years.
8082 Posts
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Posted - Mar 7 2006 : 1:47AM
So what would be the best support to archive data? I have a bunch of digital photos on my hard drives which I'd like to back up, would DVD-R be safer???
Roger Herraw
Member

415 Posts
2/06
Posted - Mar 7 2006 : 4:15AM
a fairly safe way to store important data is on an external hard drive.If you must use dvds,dvd-ram is the way to go,they seem to degrade less than other types of dvd media.A guy on an audio video forum tested his Taiyo Yuden dvd-r's after 3 months,he noticed an increase of PIF errors by about 5%(thats a way of determining that they are degrading a bit).Most people report their dvd-rs are slowly increasing in errors,obviously if it continues at a steady rate,they'll be unplayable after a while.
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