Blank CD's

[old.DaNig]

I'm gonna be ordering some blanks in bulk soon, so any1's opinion on the best blanks for data/audio would be appreciated

Also, where's the best place to get 'em nice 'n cheap?

 

[old.eternity]

I personly think the sony blanks are the best, but there all similar in standards.

If you want some really cheap CD-R's head to http://www.jungle.com You get 50 cd's and whats best is there 700mb instead of 650mb

Only £25 inc vat. - Memorex I think

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eternity

 

[Guest]

I've found that the dye colour is important if you want to produce audio CDs. Blue dye seems to work well, with the pale yellow/gold colours being worst. This is not only true for audio, as my laptop (and those of my colleagues) refuse to recognise certain 'pale' coloured CDs.

The yellow/gold works fine on a 'proper' hi-fi, but is not even recognised on the the assortment of walkmans, radio-cassette players or in-car CD that litter chez SoWat.

The blue dye works on everything.

Having said that, it's obviously difficult to check out the dye colour when you purchase through a website.

I know that some of the cheapo PCWorld blanks are blue (though a lot seem to be pale yellow too), and Pioneer blanks have the blue dye also.

 

[old.TUG]

I go pooter fair and get acorn millenium 80min disks, not one fuckup, 45 quid for 100 last time... no boxes mind but for me and my ricoh CDR they work MUCH better than verbs which I used to get.

These days tho, if you have a half decent writer, half decent CD's should turn out well once burned upon

 

[bodhi]

The only blak CD-R I completely trust is TDK. They can be expensive but quality wise they are the best imo. Traxdata come a close second tho.....

 

[old.DaNig]

Ta dudes

 

[stu]

I used to be like Bod, and only use TDK Reflex-X. Then I bought some "generic" 700MB CDs from Dabs, and realised there was absolutely sod all difference in quality. Never made a coaster from a "generic" CD at all.

CD-R used to be a bit of a touchy process, whereby the success of your CD burn seemed to be dictated by the position of the planets as much as anything else. But now it's solid. I've got a standard ATAPI CD-RW drive, use generic 80min CDs, and never have any problems at all.

SoWat is right about the dyes (the blues are best), but the generic ones from Dabs are blue dye anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

BTW, one particular manufacturer has released a 99min CD. Don't think it's out in this country yet though.

[This message has been edited by Stu- (edited 04 September 2000).]

 

[old.DaNig]

Heh 99 min cd's but is there any software out there atm that will burn 99 mins of data/audio?

Btw, does any1 know if easy cd creator 4 will burn 80 mins of data/audio on an 80 min disc? I heard some software will recognise 80 min discs, but won't burn more than 74 mins to 'em.

 

[Guest]

From Easy CD Creator 4 help file....

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When you add files or tracks to a Data or Audio CD Layout, the Status Bar shows the amount of data or audio in the CD Layout, and how much space remains on the CD. Keep in mind that the "Estimated space free" amount is based on a 74-minute CD; however, you can still record 80 minutes on an 80-minute CD. For Data CDs, the space is shown in MB; for Audio CDs, it is shown in minutes:seconds.

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[old.DaNig]

Thx