Removable Media > Fujifilm Removable Media > Magneto-Optical disk

Advantages: cheap, available in local shops
Disadvantages: completely unreliable, many glitches and errors

...bought a 100 pack of Datasafe CD-Rs labelled 'silver premium'. These are the kind of inexpensive writable media often available in local computer shops. These were inexpensive, but extremely unreliable CD-Rs in my experience. The CD-Rs were liable to skip when used for audio and liable to corrupt the data written to them when used for backup. Although write quality can be a writer-compability issue, this unreliability was experienced with two different ...
...They also would not burn at all in a 2002 iMac's CD-writer. These discs may be cheap but there are many better, more reliable choices available, especially online, often at very reasonable prices. Unfortunately, it seems to the be the case that quite a lot of CD-R and DVD+/- R media, especially of lesser known brands like Datasafe, are liable to have compatibility or write quality issues. This does not seem to be as widely publicised an issue as ... Read review

Advantages: High quality, low cost!
Disadvantages: None!

I began using Sony DVD-R disks, after switching from Tayio Yuden disks, as they were more cost effective. Tayio Yuden disks are renowned as probably the best disks on the market, however they do come at a price. I saw the Sony DVD-R disks on offer on Play.com some time ago, so I decided to buy some as it worked out quite a bit cheaper than the Taiyo Yuden. Since the disks were on offer, I was expecting to find them to be of sub-standard quality, ...
...success rate with all the Sony disks that I have burned, about the same as the Tayio Yuden, but at a fraction of the cost. I have tried many different branded disks over the years, and Sony are definitely the best that I have used, from a quality and cost point of view. A common problem with many other brands is that they will only play movies on certain makes of DVD players, but the Sony disks have played on several different DVD players for me ... Read review

Advantages: Long-life, considerable storage size.
Disadvantages: Not compatible with some os and burners.

Verbatim has always been brand of quality, giving long-life data disks, solid and fair-sized storage. Well, the overall from my own experience is good, but not excellent because yet verbatim might be nor compatible with some CDRW+/DVD reader, the burning process might tragically fail. It's not to be compared with the two innovations giant both of SONY or Phillips, but again, it's something, I'd trust. This pack has 50 DVD (DVD+R). Fair enough to ...
...120 Minutes of write-once storage capacity, superior recording quality, and compatibility with 1X to 16X DVD+R writers ! It's compatible with most driver brands (Sony, Dell, HP, Compaq, Samsung... Phillips) not to say all. And of course, it's value for your money. Tip: don't spot laser or expose the lower surface of the DVD to massive sunshine. It will corrupt the data, and you get a RAW disk. If you want to clean from fingerprints or dust particles, ... Read review

Advantages: good memory, fast speed
Disadvantages: nothing partcularly special

...as any other disc would, RiDisc claim to be constantly improving the discs but in my opinion these must be extremely small improvements. At the end of the day it's your computer that does the hard part by burning the data. Value for money - All blank discs are relatively cheap (around 15P) or around 25P each for the more dearer ones. The Ridisc Xtreme are ok, but by no means are they fantastic. If your looking for a cheap disc then have a look on ... 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