CD-Rs?

[Dan Coutu]

Michael O'Donnell wrote:
>>I usually look in the Sunday circulars.  Somebody is usually selling packs
>>of 100 for about $7 or $8 after rebate.  They are typically either generic
>>CompUSA discs, or Imations.  I have never had a problem with them myself.
> 
> 
> Just FYI, quality does sometimes appear to be an
> issue with some drives.  At work we have a stack of
> el-cheapo blanks that burn just fine but are then
> unreadable in about half the drives we try them in.
> After I went out and bought those Maxell and Memorex
> disks at Wal-Mart they worked perfectly in all the
> same units where the el-cheapo disks failed.  I'm
> not saying that Maxell or Memorex are necessarily
> better quality than any el-cheapo disks you might
> purchase (and indeed, some el-cheapos may simply
> be unlabelled/surplus Maxell or Memorex disks,
> or better) just that quality sometimes does matter.
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I have seen the el-cheapo disks delaminate quite a lot of times.
I simply will not waste my money on them anymore. I watch for sales
on the brand-name disks, like TDK, Maxell, Memorex, etc. and get
those instead. I've never had a problem with one of them delaminating
(or forming bubbles inside the plastic of the disk.)


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