Whats a good brand for CD-Rs and price?

[Arandar]

Well basically I want to get some more and find the most for the cheapest price, but I also want it to be a good brand incase some are better then others. My dad says it doesn't really matter, and after checking out adds in the paper I would say hes right since their all around the same, but I just want to check with all of you first to get some input/advice. Right now this week at Staples and Office Max there is a sale for 100 CD-Rs(80 minutes 700MB) for 15 bucks by HP and then same amount/price but made by Khypermedia at the other place. So basically I'm asking should I just get one of these, or should I wait for upcoming weeks for a different brand/better deal? And if so which brand? Thanks for any type of help anyone can give me.

BTW, I'm not in any type of rush so if these brands suck at all I can wait if thats what anyone thinks I should do.

[Style]

I like the jewel cases to come with my cdr's so I can store them, so I dont buy the big 100 packs, cuz then you'd have to buy jewel cases seperately for them.

so I get the memerox 10 pack 52x 70 min cdr's for 8 bucks at staples. and they're good quality.

[Lord Moon]

Well whatever cheap brand you look at make sure the recordable layer is completely covered. I used some of the CD-R's from my last job (they bought the cheapest in bulk) that didn't have the layer covered. Needless to say everyone of those CD-R's are useless hunks of plastic now (11 CD-R's of rare tunes & bootleg shows completely gone).

I did a little research & found that if the recorable layer is exposed over time it degrades eventually becoming unreadable. Covering it with a CD label does not help & could possibly hasten the degrading with the adhesive.

What I use at home is Mitsui Data CD-R's. I kinda doubt you'll find them. I swiped two boxes (300 CD-R's) of these after I got fired from my old job. These are better than those first bulk brand they bought. I have used TDK also, they are a good brand.

[Apulo]

I like the Memorex Colors ones, they aint cheap but they're reliable and they're purdy.

[Arandar]

Well what we have now is Memorex, 2 left, so I suppose I'll try and see how much those are. They make colored ones for them though? That would be kind cool to get colored ones. Heh although I suppose if they are like neon colors then someone will call your a fruit or something. Still it would be nice and colorful. :smile:

[Duality]

The ones I always buy are the Memorex black surface discs. 100 packs are usually about $25 or so without rebate. They provide the best reliability and most likely to last.

[Ender]

I just get the cheapest, and I have yet to have any kind of probelm :/

With that, I'm not much help, sorry

[DarthEvilDude]

well, i really dont think there is a great one, since they're all really the same thing. Just buy the cheapest ones and back up what you want on them on your Hard Drive, so if they get busted you can cheaply make a new one.

[Lord Moon]

What are you using them for? If you are using them for back-ups you might intead save up for a portable hard drive.

[Arandar]

I'm just using them for music. To burn some of the cds I have now so I can keep the real ones in my room for my stereo and then the burnt copies in my car so I don't need to go back and forth with them. Also for making mix cds of songs I like that I get from online. Nothing real fancy at all. Although I possibly might make a burnt copy of some old short lived(1 season or less) tv shows if I can ever find them online. Although I suppose that would take more then 1 cd, but still worth it since they are basically impossible to find anywhere.

[DarthEvilDude]

if its just music, every company pretty much makes the same exact stuff. the only difference is the burn times on the disk, for example, you might see something like 48x or something.

[Auf_Der_Maur6]

I suggest using the Verbatim Vinyl CD-Rs if you're just using them for music.
They're perfect for music because they look like old phonograph records.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/Auf-der-Maur/image.jpg

[Arandar]

I suggest using the Verbatim Vinyl CD-Rs if you're just using them for music.
They're perfect for music because they look like old phonograph records.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/Auf-der-Maur/image.jpg
Heh old phonograph records suck! :razz: J/K But seriously now I wouldn't want to get those since I would be using a black magic marker to write down what I have burned on to it. That would be kind of hard to do since those things are black. Plus I would imagine they are more expensive, I mean I'm just using them for music and all, I'm not super into all this stuff and plan to set up my own recording studio.

Now this may be a dumb question, which it is I'll admit, but the higher the burn speed the better correct? Like right now we have two more Memorex CD-Rs that have a 48X multi speed for them. But then we also have some CD-RWs from the same company that only have a 4X multi speed. Unless CD-RWs are supposed to be slower then regular CD-Rs since you can rewrite them? Sorry I'm not real into tech stuff so I don't know as much as most of you it appears.

[DarthEvilDude]

i just burned a CD the other night, and i used CD-R's by imation. The sound's great, and they're pretty cheap.