My first experience with CD-Rs was a long long time ago. It was with some external SCSI Pinnacle burners. No 'burn-proof' technology, 'buffer underrun' messages popped up the very next second you tried to multitask (and it shouldn't be a problem on NT, right?). Then I had Plextor, HP, Sony, TDK burners and writers.I tried various CD-Rs from Memorex, Sony, HP, Ricoh, even some no-name brands. TDKs always gave me the best results, even with old burners. Right now I don't buy any other CD-Rs but TDK. I have an old HP8100i burner on my old Pentium-Pro PC and I didn't have a coaster in a long time. And it's not even worth mentioning about it when I burn a disk on new veloCD on my P4.I make data back-ups regularly, burn some music CDs (both MP3s and audio), make copies of some software I own, keep photos from my digital camera, I even have my computer's Ghost image on them. I use both Roxio and Nero. They work on my PC, on my portable CD-player, on my CD deck, in my car, at home and in the office. It works like a charm every time. Luck? Don't think so. Quality? You bet. And, yeah, for coasters I go to Ikea. TDK CD-R80CB50 CD-R Data, 80 Minute, 700 MB, 52x (50-Pack Spindle)
I can't vouch for the other reviewers here, but I use a Sony Spressa CRX-140E CD-RW drive with these disks and the only coasters I get are the ones I've accidently caused (due to buffer overruns while accessing other programs when burning, burning the same files twice accidently and cancelling the burn job, etc.) and not because they're a low-quality product. I've gone through probably about 250 of them, too, for various client projects.Frankly, I switched from Sony to Samsung and then to these, and I find their quality to be quite good, and even when I've thrown them, dropped them, and spilled Coke on them, they still work. Another big plus is the *lack* of decoration on the top, as I prefer my discs nice and simple, without coloring, huge logos, or lines to write things in. I highly recommend them to anyone looking to get high-quality CD-R discs for the least amount of dough.
These work great! The price (16 cents a disk) was really good for a quality disk.
I haven't made any frisbees (or coasters or scare-the-birds disks) yet. I have used them in 2 different drives, both worked fine. One drive is TDK brand and one is Samsung. The TDK drive doesn't care what disk is thrown into it, it always burns well- even at warp speed. The Samsung is picky, picky, picky. It has made more recycle bin fillers than anything I've ever owned. But, these disks work great in it.
I checked the data on each disk and life was good!
I have not made any audio disks, so I can't attest to their prowess in that realm. Data is fine. Of course, I did not test longevity of the data. However, I have read a couple of testing lab reports giving them good reviews for data retention. Time will tell.
The only complaint I have:
The lid on the container is goofy. It is very hard to twist into the slots. If one does not perfectly & meticulously put it back on, it will come right off. This is a problem for me, as I store these on top of a cabinet, over my head. If I grab the package by the lid, blam! The disks would spill all over the place. My solution was to move the disks to an empty container I had with a dufuss-proof lid.(Also TDK brand, but a couple of years older.)
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These were used a few times in WIndows XP Pro under Nero Program with the Samsung.
They were also used with the TDK drive in Windows 98SE.
Most of them were written in Mac OS X 10.4.11 with the Samsung. Many used Disk Utility & many with Data Backup 3.
I can't attest to the Mac Super Drive writing these disks, as mine is defunct. However, an different Super Drive read them just fine.
I hope this information helps you decide which product to purchase!
Paul
I've had zero problems with these TDKs except of my own making. They are 32X, as is my Backpack burner, so it's a perfect match. The price is awesome, so even the occasional coaster is not too serious.
There are dozens of blank CD'S available,probably most of them are good. My reason for selecting TDK goes back many years to their audio tape line. I've used hundreds of TDK cassettes, never experienced defects in any of them. So I determined this same quality still exists in their CD's. I believe it does. Excellent quality & reasonably priced.
These are branded as "data" CD's, but they are completely useless for backups and data storage. The data CD's that actually appeared to burn successfully (only after I lost 25% of the blanks due to an I/O error I've never had with any other brand) aren't even readable by any machine I've tried them on. Do not rely on these for data storage - the files will appear to be intact, but the data will be garbage. - Cd-r - Cd - Cd-r Discs - Blank Media'
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