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With writeable CD's offering so much choice in today's market, you can afford to be a bit choosy when buying the media you want. Nearly every company that once offered audio tapes now offers a range of recordable CD's. However, it does not stop there. Most technology companies that make Computer hardware have taken it on themselves to offer recordable CD's too. But they are all different standards with some more suitable to certain tasks than others. One of the better writeable CD manufacturers on the market today are Memorex.
Let me tell you about Memorex CD's. Firstly, they offer an entire range of recordable media. First off are its CD-R's which are "one shot wonders". This means they can be recorded on once only. If it goes wrong during the recording process, the Disc is lost. Next up are
their CD-RW which are rerecordable. More expensive that a standard "one shot wonder" and suffer a lower perofrmance when recording. They also fail when used on home Hi-Fi systems generally. They also make recordable DVD's which I am yet to use.
The CD-R's are not just limited to one type either. They understand the differences between home audio and computer data and manufacture a range to suit both. Basically, a music CD recorded on your computer can play fine on the PC it is recorded on. However, port this over to your Car CD player and or Hi-Fi and you can start running into problems. Discs are rejected or not seen. Some skip track, just spin or dont work altogether. Go onto a newsgroup or discussion forum online and you will find hundreds of people stating this and asking what is the best thing to cure it. The Answer most of the time is "USE A DECENT AND SUITABLE MEDIA TO RECORD ON!" So look to Memorex for the answer to your Audio CD's not playing. Their two main types of CD are suited to either data ot Music recording. You need to decide when you buy them where the CD is most likely to be played. If it is in your Car, opt for the music. If it is for games or software, opt for the Data CD's. The difference? Well, its mainly in the Dye in the CD. Pick up a CD that is suitable for music and you will find it may have a slightly green or blue tinge to the recordable side. This is called the Base Colour. A cheaper CD often uses less dye and is more silver in appearance. This is because they are more suited to recording Data. A laser in a PC can often be stronger than older home Hi-Fi which means it works better with the more light-dependant silver CD's. The weaker home Hi-Fi lasers will read the less light dependant green Dye CD's made by Memorex. Other manufacturers such as Sony and TDK offer this principle too but Memorex seem to be the best I have used for audio reliability. So you have the green tinged CD's for Music and the SIlver standard CD's for data. Both work fine in the computer for data so if that is your primary purpose, you are fine.
The recordability of these CD's is second to none, mainly because of its readability rates. During recording, less reliable brands or cheaper unbranded CDs can often stop or skip. This leads to poor playback, if any, from the media. It can also lead to losing the disc altogether. With Memorex mastering the quantity of reflective base colour, you know you will get a good result everytime and one that will last. I have found cheaper CD's tend to stop working after a time. A bit like a tape wearing out. Memorex go on and on forever.
Quantities are varied to suit you pocket. Memorex tend to offer you the range of products in 3 forms. Spindle, Slimline and Standard. While the CD's inside the packets tend to be the same, the packagain differs. Firstly is the spindle. This is often the cheapest way to by Memorex CD's but also the least safe. The CD's come on a ling spindle without individual cases and stuck one on top of th eother. This means they are more likely to be left lying around and getting scratched. But, without the cost of cases, the price is much lower. Spindles normally carry 25 or 50 CDs.
Next up is the slimline. This relates to the cases the CD comes in. A box of 10 is the traditional way to buy but also available individually. These are very thin. Not much thicker than a CD and very flimsy. Safer than the Spindle but not as strong as the Standard. A nice pocket sized box to carry around.
The last box is the Standard. Again boxes of 10. This is the type of CDs that you would by from a Music Shop. The same wide jewel cases and inlays. Handy if you are recreating albums for your Home music collection and want them to lok good on the shelf.
Prices. Not too bad although much more expensive than unbranded discs. You are looking at £12 for a box of 10 standards Which is £1.20 a CD. A box of Slimlines is about £8-10 for 10 which is 80p-£1 a CD. A spindle will cost about £30 for 50 CD's which is 60p a CD. Compare this to a box of Cheap CDs at £7 for 10 (70p each) Cheap slimlines £5 for 10 (50p a CD) and a spindle of 50 for £20 (40p a CD) So you are looking at a markup of at least 50%. However, you will get more failures with unbranded and this soon balances the cost.
I choose Memorex every time and they are one of the best on the market.
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the_man_from_del_monte 01.04.2004 (01.04.2004)
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