Another Day, Another CD-R

Advantages: Flawless, huge capacity
Disadvantages: None thus far

...I'm a bit confused. The picture on Ciao shows the CDR74, 650MB of this product but the description is that of the 700MB, CDR80 version. For the purpose of this review I'll go with Ciao's description - which is lucky because that's the one I own! I've recently completed a TDK CD-R review but when I saw that this alternative TDK product was listed on Ciao, I felt compelled to review this too. I know, I need to get out more, but my wife and daughter are at Ikea and my son is in his room playing with his Thomas The Tank Engine tracks and trucks, so what the hell? Anyway, I'm working on my bedroom tan....... The ins and outs of CD-Rs appears in my previous review so I won't bore you with all that again. I'll just review the product this time. PRODUCT SPEC "TDK Certified Plus 700MB/80-minute write-once CD-Rs offer high...

waynehorrigan 04.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of TDK CD-R 700 MB

What to write on a cd-r?

Advantages: Cheap, Comes wrapped and with cases, and er... nice colour discs
Disadvantages: None really

...'t 'go over' the information to use again. If you want to use discs multiple times then you need CD-RW discs which allow this. However, with CD-RW's, lots of older CD players, and lots of new ones don't support the playback of them, so that's why I find CD-R's better for audio CD's. Packaging? As you can see from the picture, the box that they come in is a red swirl on the left with a blue section on the right. It has Maxell written in large at the top and CD-R 80 XL-S 700mb in the middle of the box. At the bottom right is the top left corner of one of the discs, with a little box next to it saying 48x. Also on the box is a white/silver and blue water effect ripple thingy ma bobby. Cases? The cases of the CD's have lots of small writing on the front, it doesn't look very attractive but I guess they thing people will print their own...

Ollydv 29.05.2005 · Read review
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Review of Maxell CD-R 700 MB 48x

A boring review on CD-R80 discs!!!

Advantages: se op
Disadvantages: see op

...sunlight. The discs can be cleaned, as with other disccs, using a clean, dry soft cloth. Do not attach anything to the data side of the discs as this will cause damage. If labelling is necessary, it is advised that water resistat felt pens are used to write on the label side only!! Biros and other sharp nibbed pend will cause irrepairable damage to your discs and therefore will stop the data being retrieved! TDK Plus CD-R discs are compatible with all types and speeds of CD-R writing systems and are playback compatible with all CD-ROM drives and audio CD players. Plus CD-R discs are also playable on DVD-ROM drives. The recording length is 80 minutes with 700MB of storage. I actually bought ten of these discs from PC World for around £10.00. Staples had them for pretty much the same price. I have looked on Kelkoo.co.uk and have found...

kerryzach 05.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of TDK CD-R 700 MB 24x

Word for word

Advantages: Reliable
Disadvantages: slightly more expensive than other brands

...It would appear from the shelves that CD's are going the way of the good old Vinyl, into obscurity and beyond. With the DVD probably now the main media for saving files to with the exception of those knacky little USB drives CD's seem to be harder to come by these days. It's shame really they have served us so well over the years, and none more so than Verbatim. I recently had cause to make a few audio CD's and therefore needed some media to put the music onto. I chose the 10 pack Verbatim CD-R 700Mb, which came in at around £5 on Amazon, not bad that's only 50p a disc. I know you can get cheaper versions, but in the past I've ended up throwing more of those type away than I have actually been able to get anything onto. As many of you will know the word Verbatim means word for word or exact, so the name itself...

donf18 22.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Verbatim CD-R 700 MB 52x

The Best Brand CD-R So Far

Advantages: So far they're 100% problem-free
Disadvantages: Never say never with CD-Rs

...data other than music are best used for burning audio onto and it is this format that is used widely in the copying and burning of MP3s onto listenable CDs. WHAT DOES A CD-R NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK? Three things. 1. A computer. 2. A rewritable drive, not just your bog standard CD-ROM drive. 3. Burning software. This is usually available free from the net at places like download.com and enables you to put your MP3s in the right order ready for burning. WHAT DOES THE 650 MEAN IN THE PRODUCT TITLE? There are two types of CD-R size. A 650 and a 700. These numbers correspond to the number of megabytes of space available. As a general rule, for music burners, a 650 will hold 74 minutes of music whilst a 700 will hold 80 minutes of music. In this instance, it's the lesser of the options but what six minutes (or one...

waynehorrigan 03.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of TDK CD-R 650 MB 16x

Cheap and reliable cdrs

Advantages: cheap, reliable, work on a wide range of hifis
Disadvantages: garish colour may put some people off

...Geeks cdrs are cheap and cheerful, coming in spindle packs of fifty or a hundred, which are available in most independent computer shops and cost around £6 for 50 and £9 or so for a hundred. You can also buy them on ebay for only a few pounds more. Such a low price would indicate that they may be of less than high quality, but in my experience they are perfectly suitable both for use as data disks and audio cds. Some audio cdrs are picky about which hifis they will play on, but I have had no such problems with geeks disks, which appear to play perfectly on a wide range of audio systems. Having burned 30 or 40 cds I have only had one failure occur during the burning process (leading to one wasted cdr), and even then it wasn't clear whether this failure was due to the disk itself or to a computer error. Each disk holds 700mb...

Burning_Darkness 02.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Geeks 700 MB CD-R 52x

Memorex the best.

Advantages: Good quality recording with excellent results
Disadvantages: None. Perhaps being a brand name makes them more expensive?

...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...

andycharger 24.09.2002 · Read review
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Review of Memorex CD-R 700 MB 8x

The only choice for the professional application

Advantages: Reliable, compatible with hugh speed writers, good printing surface
Disadvantages: Probably not the best protected writing surface, but not too bad

...Working for a Document Management company, our work revolves around burning copious amounts of CD's full of images. The Kodak 74 min CDRs we use are by far the most reliable CDs we've ever used - and we've used A LOT. We've gone through TDK, Maxell and even previous makes of CDR that Kodak have done, but their recent 12x compatible CDRs seem to be the most reliable. We use Plextor 12x Burnproof CDR's, as well as some Teac 6x drives. We also have a Teac 3 CD tower, with 3 6x Teac drives (again). There is also an old Yamaha 4x which we don't use much. But all the drives seem to burn error free cd's almost 100% of the time (obviously when you get through 100's a day, you're going to have occational problems). The type we use are gold CD's, with a white printable top surface. The burning surface seems to offer reasonable protection...

MikeWhalley 06.04.2001 · Read review
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Review of Kodak CD-R 700 MB 8x

The spooky advertising worked on me

Advantages: Cheap, reliable, brand name
Disadvantages: None so far

...Remember Maxell? Way back in the 80's they had some spooky advertising, and if I remember right, this was for it's audio cassettes. Long before the days of the CD-ROM, CD-R, let alone the DVD. They go back before my time though, right back to the latter part of the 60's - so you could say they're established now. They still do the cassette tapes, as well as the latest recordable media. I used to buy the cassette tapes, thought they were one of the best around - perhaps the ads had some hidden messages, anyway I now find myself buying their CD-R's. I use another brand for CD's which I can print onto, but Maxell doesn't seem to offer these. I don't always want printable ones though, so find myself using these for general everyday backup use. I don't always need the protective cases either so this time I've gone for a 25 cakebox pack...

Kingseany 15.03.2005 · Read review
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Review of Maxell CD-R 700 MB 48x

It's only storage

Advantages: Cheap enough, Sony Brand
Disadvantages: Unreliable on some writers

...As well as using Verbatim CDR disks, which I reviewed recently, I've also been using Sony. Th specific product is 10CDQ8ON, which is a box of 10 700Mb, 48x CDR disks. As usual, they come in a cardboard box, and each one has a full sized CD-jewel case to protect the CDR inside. Each case is shrink-wrapped in plastic, to prevent scratching of the case, and dust from getting into the product. As with most shrink wrapped products, a quick entry system is included, which generally allows you to get into the contents quickly enough. The cases are good quality clear plastic, including the inlay. The front cover of each disk is a green colour, with the Sony logo, and CD-r in large letters, as well as siez 700Mb / 80Min. The reverse of this is a white are to write the title of the disk, date etc. The front also has a small circular cut...

Kingseany 13.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of Sony CD-R 700 MB 48x