Removable Media

Advantages: Great reputatioon, large storage capacity
Disadvantages: Half of them didn't work

I have been buying this brand for ages, and was always a big fan. They are more expensive than some other brands, like memorex, but I thought they were worth the extra. They were reliable, burned well (no coasters as people say) and you could always tell by looking at them that they were good. This is the first time I've bought this particular type - with two recording layers they are supposed to offer you almost double the capacity on a single side, ...
...for even the most enthusiastic home movie maker! Well that's true, and the one's I got to work, worked fine, but lots didn't work. One you could see when I took it out of the box it was all bubbled on the surface, so I didn't even try to burn that one. And of the pack of 10 I bought, 3 so far have not worked out of 7 I've used, not including the bubbled one, which I'm sure won't work. So that's only 50% good, so far. I'm not happy, especially ... Read review

Advantages: internal drive
Disadvantages: can't say, really.

I've had this drive for several years in an old computer, and when I bought a newer model I had it installed in that one. Had a life of 5-6 years , till it clicked to its death. Very useful, so I decided to buy an external zip drive after that. Fast transfer rate, very reliable, I still have the disks, which are still in excellent condition. The software I didn't use it so much, but there was a package with utilities and tools and drivers. I tried ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent Thermal Stability, Excellent Quality
Disadvantages: You pay slightly more, but it's worth it.

...now have three of them) Verbatim make the most stable media i have come across. I have tried the following brands: Memorex Datasafe Datawrite Imation Infiniti Ritek Ridata Panasonic TDK and Sony Some of these were adequate, some were good, and some were downright a waste of money (Datasafe). But i have found the most stable media to be Verbatim, and that's all i will now use for DVD media. I use them in both my computers DVD-writer and ...
...recorder in Sept 2003), and Verbatim is by far and away the most stable. But what do i mean by stable. I mean the number of failed burn attempts, or corrupted discs due to temperature, handling etc. I have found that some discs seem very prone to failing if they are recorded to at warm temperatures, which are common if my recorder has been on all day and recording for a couple of hours. I quite often had the end of a DVD fail, in the last ten minutes ... Read review

Advantages: Good data storage
Disadvantages: expensive media

The Iomega Zip 750 is a great way to back-up, store your information. The data transfer is fast and the usablitly is good. The media can hold up to 750MB of data, which is around a 80-min cdr. The cost is a little high, also media costs are expensive too. You can store information at 7mb per second which is a very good data speed rate. The desgin is modern and nice to see. It gives your data ultimate security with the included Iomega Automatic ... Read review

Advantages: Re-Writable CD, 74min record time, 650MB storage
Disadvantages: Small storage compared to Re-Writable DVD's

The Imation CD-RW 650 MB 24x discs are an excellent way to back up or store data at home or at work. I know it's not much storage compared to DVD-RW's but these still come in use as I still use them sometimes myself. As sometimes you don't need 4.7GB that a DVD can hold. Imation CD-RW rewritable discs have an increased recording speed of 24x and noise free play for a wide range of applications. Even though the CD-RW format requires speed compatible ...
...standard CD-R/RW drives as well as Multi-read CD-R/CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and rewritable DVD drives. This is very useful as you may have a drive which can handle more speed which shouldn't have a compatibility issue. Main features and functions: - Storage media type CD-RW - 10 discs - 650 MB storage - 74min recording time - Write Speed: 24x (max) Overall these are very good discs and by a trusted manufacturer Imation. As mention before I still use these ... Read review