My first set of TDKs were perfect. Not single coaster in a pack of 100. With this recent batch, I have burned 4 coasters in a row from the first four in the pack. I did a little checking and these CDs are made by Ricoh in India, whereas my first batch were made by Taiyo Yuden. I just orded a pack of Taiyo Yuden CD-Rs, because I'm pretty sure that they will work like my first batch of TDKs. I will never buy TDK again, as I can't be sure of the quality from one batch to the next. TDK 52X CDR 80 Minute / 700MB 100 Pack Spindle
I recently purchased this item and burned a CD using iTunes on my Mac. I then took the CD and tried to play it on my stereo. It was nothing but scratchy garbage. So I burned a second CD and repeated the above. The second CD worked. Wow, I've never had this happen. This was with the 100 pack.
I read other users feedback and they seem to have had the same problem with more than one disc in a 100 pack. TDK: What's up with your Quality Control/Assurance? I wonder how many usable CDs I'll get in this pack and what my actual final cost will be.
I purchased a 100 pack, used the first 40 and then the remaining 60 are no good. We have tried to burn CD's in various computers and with various programs, these all fail miserably! Stay far away from these.
TDK makes a very reliable blank CD-R that can handle up to 80 minutes of music or 700 megabytes of data. These blank CD-Rs can record data at very high speeds. The data I record onto these CD-Rs has now lasted for years. I have used these as data discs and discs to record various types of audio files including MP3s. I almost never get a coaster.
The CD-R discs are compact and easy to store. While the discs are still blank, store them in the circular case on the spindle that they came in. After your burn data or music onto them, I would recommend storing them in slim jewel cases instead of paper sleeves. It's just better protection for your CD-Rs that have anything stored on them.
Two warnings:
1) Don't write on the CD-R itself with a Sharpie ink pen. The ink seeps through slowly but surely and this could easily damage your data, music or whatever is stored on the disc. If you label the disc, label it using a post-it note.
2) Don't store these discs, burnt or blank, in a hot place. CD-Rs hate the heat! Heat can cause damage to your discs so keep them in a relatively cool place. The cooler the storage place, the better.
When burning the disc, don't be surprised if you see the data being recorded at speeds of less than 52x. This may be a quirk; I am not sure. However, it only means a minute or two of extra time to burn the disc--it's well worth it and I wouldn't aggravate myself too much over this.
Overall, TDK blank CD-R discs store data reliably over time and I believe that an extra minute to burn the data onto the blank disc is well worth it in the event that it doesn't actually burn at the very highest speed advertised.
Besides the every other cd being usable, the container is a 2 hand lift. The screw on top works once. Then it will not hold again. Thus, spilling the cds on the floor as the base drops away from the top. Back to sony and verbatim for me.
I hadn't had a bad CD in years, probably 5-7 years. Bought a 50 pack of these TDK 52X CDR and out of the first 7 I used, I had 4 bad ones. I am astounded a brand name like TDK could have this poor of quality control. I had just finished up a 50 pack of Sony's and not one of them had an issue. And before that I think I was using some no name brand and I don't belive I had any go bad during writing on those either. I wonder how many bad one's I will get out the the 50 spindle. -Bill
I really should have listened to the other reviews telling you how this product doesn't burn well, how they get so many garbage cds within the spindle. But I read another reviewer's comment saying that it must be the burning program those people were using and not the cds themselves because he had no problem. And since I was using a program that hadn't given me any problems, I thought I'd be fine.
Wrong!!! Oh man, it is such a terrible cd spindle. And I have used 2 burning programs for it. For every cd I have actually burned, there have been 1-4 cds that didn't. And that might seem like nothing, and I might not really care, if it didn't take so long to actually make a cd. So every time it doesn't burn, I waste about 30 minutes of time and energy. Multiply that by the cds that were garbage (26 that I've counted so far and I still haven't used them all) and that's 13 hours of wasted time. 13 hours! That's not to mention the fear I get each time I put in a cd if it'll actually burn or not. I try to be optimistic about it that this time it'll work (which is why I haven't thrown the whole thing out) but I have usually been proven wrong. And as I've moved through the pack, the percentage of successful burns have actually decreased to less than 50%.
Money is one thing. But I would never ever ever waste my time and energy on such an inferior product again. Though the ones it does burn are fine, you'd be wise to stay clear of this cd spindle pack unless you enjoy frustrating yourself and throwing away your time and money. - Tdk - Blank Cds - Blank - Cd'
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