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A review by mattdibb on Verbatim CD-R 700 MB 16x December 5th, 2002
Author's product rating:
Memory / capacity
Good
Reliability
Excellent
Ease of use
Very easy
Value For Money
Good
Advantages:
Quality, Longevity
Disadvantages:
Price compared to bulk spindles
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
It seems like everyone is downloading music, swapping files, backing up their files to CDRs, or making their own compilation CDs on their computers these days. A quick visit to your local PC Store and you'll see row after row of blank CDs, some expensive, some cheap. Some in boxes, some on spindles. I was always of the opinion that they were all very much the same, that is until I tried Verbatim ones.
Like many people, I was content buying 50 unbranded CDRs at a go on spindles. I just accepted that you'd loose about 5 or 6 per 50 to write errors, or that they wouldn't last much longer than about a year. One day I was in Staples looking around when I saw a special offer: 25 CDRs £9.99. Not extraordinarily cheap by today's mail order standards. However, these CDRs each came with an individual case, and even a life time warranty! Thats right, a warranty on CDRs (full details of the warranty are on the paper inlay in each CD's case)! I couldn't believe it either - luckily I've never had to use the warranty. These really are high quality disks - I liked them so much I went back and picked up another 2 packs! These CDRs are made with a special 'protective layer' which helps to protect them from UV light and other nasties. It seems to work a treat - I've not had one die on me yet, and not a single write error.
The CDRs themselves are 32 speed and have a 700mb capacity, and no doubt more with overburn but I've not tried that with these CDRs. A qucik probe of one of them with Linux revelas they are catagory A, Long Stratergy. They are made in Japan. The recording surface is a nice rich cyan colour, whist the print side is completely covered in a white surface so you've got plenty of space to write on them.
Verbatim have always had a reputation for quality, and their CDRs are no exception. If you are after quality CDRs these are certainly the best in my opinion. They are a tad expensive so some of the super-cheapo CDRs might be better for quick and dirty backups. If they were cheaper I'd give these a 5 star rating, but as it is I feel I've got to mark them down one.
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Advantages: I was wrong! It was a bad batch! Disadvantages: None this time
...great and the reputation of Verbatim proceeds them but now that I have plucked up the courage to purchase a product that I originally would never have bothered with again says a lot for my determination and for my fellow Ciao reviewers. Do I plan to buy again? Well, I have had one bad experience and one great experience, so it's decider time, but I'm sure the product will win through. I'll let you know. I have updated most of my criteria marks to ... ...two packs of ten of Verbatim Datalifes for Christmas. So I ripped loads of tracks ready for the big burn.
But when I played them back I got a very distorted, stuttered sound that was unlistenable.
So I threw the eight away. This left me with 12. I used my other burning software ("burn4free"), in case my usual application was playing up, but the same problem occurred. I threw another eight away. A waste, I know because I should have burned one and ...
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...have used a lot of Verbatim CD's, both to write my CD's and when using CD's other people have made.
They are great quality, on the writing side they are good quality, fast and reliable. I have had no problem using Verbatim CD-R's unlike other brands.
On the reading and general use side they are strong and durable, and fast. They have a protective UV layer on them which makes them more durable and they seem to be a lot more resistant to scratches ...
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Advantages: Reliable Reliable Reliable Disadvantages: Not the cheapest out there
...single problem.
As you would also expect from a name like verbatim the price is a little higher than other options out there.
I would certainly recommend this type of CDR media to anyone who wishs to make CD's of important data that you want good reliability on. ...
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Advantages: cheap, good name, reliable Disadvantages: found not quite yet
I have a Mirai 12r10rw - and I've used a variety of media - I've never actually had a problem writing to any of them, however, It could just be me, but Verbatims seems a lot less 'damagable'
- I'm impressed with the protective layer that they have, which means that it's a little harder to scratch them - important when you are as disorganised as I am!!! - plus, I can get from for £50 for 100 80 mins.... and for 50p a CD (including a Jewel case) I ...
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...and bought a pack of verbatim dvds' a few days ago. The first thing that i noticed just after my purchase of these dvds' is that my wallet felt rather empty at about £6 for each dvd :( I hoped that they could redeem themsleves with their renowned quality. Everyone i have asked has reccomended verbatim dvds', and i think they are right. They are very good quality, and should last a lifetime of abuse. If you are looking to put some of your data or ... ...more of the cheaper branded dvds' because they might fail writing or might peel after a while, so you may as well go the whole hog and get the verbatim ones, they are quite expensive, but they are VERY good quality, and as i said will last oyu a lifetime. ...
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Features: Photo printable surface , Super AZO recording dye
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Manufacturer's product description
Metal Azo discs are designed to offer increased resistance to ultra violet light. This slows the process whereby harmful UV light can affect the disc surface and potentially corrupt valuable data. Some discs can suffer data corruption caused by UV light damage. Metal Azo discs are designed to minimize the risk of data loss. This is a real benefit for today's consumers who use DVD-R media in a wide range of office and domestic environments. Verbatim's Metal Azo discs also offer an increased archival life for secure long-term recording of valuable data, multimedia and audio files. Some CD-R brands offer a media guarantee of between one and five years, but because of its increased resistance to UV light damage, Metal Azo discs have a projected archival life of 100 years. Metal Azo discs from Verbatim are unique.
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