CD-R disk quality

[SnapperOne]

Is anyone aware of any testing that quantifies the quality differences between various CD-R disks - Mr. Data, Maxell, Fuji, etc........?

(Follow up)
Once again, SysOpt provides access to meaningful anwers.........from users. I've got a stack of Fuji's and Memorex to play with for awhile. From the info everyone was kind enough to provide, you do the best you can.
SnapperOne


[This message has been edited by SnapperOne (edited 02-28-2001).]

[NDC]

Personally, I look for compatibility for the specific drive over quality.... They all seem pretty equal in quality other than Gold... I noticed that certain CD Burners drives work well with certain brands of CDR media.....I've had bad luck with Memorex CDR media on my Plextor 8/4/32

[Warthog]

I too have had bad luck with Memorex. They are so dark that they don't work in my dad's 3 year old CD-ROM. They don't work in my portable cd player with anti-skip on.

On the contrary to caddmann, I have had not so good experience with cheapos. The "brand" I used makes frequent coasters. They also don't work whatesover in my portable cd player. They work fine for data, though. BUT probably don't work that well in my dad's computer because they are so dark.

Imation and Verbatim have always worked excellent for me. This is a stock Dell CD-RW.

Warthog

[RayH]

It just depends upon the equipment, both recording and playback. The ability to record has as much to do with copyprotection as equipment configuration. It's not an exact science. Some playback equipment see the tracks differently.

But personally, I've never had any problems with any disc. I just purchase whatever's on sale!

[Bsdboy]

I have 3 burners and never had a problem
with any brand I also use whatever is on
sale but if you want to know about quality
of different brands you can go here http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_quality.shtml

[MadMatt]

BSD boy - great link! very informative!

I had heard that gold was better, so I use brand name gold/green discs for important data. For audio discs I use el cheapo ($10 for 100) CompUSA silver. About 1 in 15 of this make coasters but the price can't be beat....

[Warthog]

Yes, great link http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

OH, BTW, the Memorex CD-Rs I used were 80 minute. That might be a problem....dunno

Warthog

[MiKe85]

Actually i have been using memorex ...
By the way it sounds it sounds like i should stop buying them, eh?

Mike

[NDC]

No, not necessarily..... Memorex isn't a bad brand, I don't think... I just noticed that it doesn't do so well with certain burners.

[linux_guru]

I always buy whatever "el cheapo" discs are on sale. Haven't made a coaster yet.

[Warthog]

My beef with Memorex is that they don't work well with my portable cd player...my burner works fine with them.

Warthog