I'm sure just about everyone has heard of the name Memorex, though most likely due to the never ending need for good quality hi-fi or video cassettes. Well, there's now also a variety of CD media available from the same makers.
Ever since I brought my first CD Writer, I have been plagued with an array of problems, the first being, "Please insert a disk with more space", or something very similar dependent upon the software I use at any given time. The second problem, and this one is a real pain, "BUFFER UNDERRUN ERROR". At one point I was wasting blank media like there's no tomorrow, but as time and experience showed, it all came down to inadequate quality of the media itself.
Having always been a fan of Memorex quality in the past, I decided to try out the blank CDR's in their range. My first choice was the 1x - 16x high capacity 700mb. Yes I did say 700mb (80 minutes music time). I have also found that overburning is simplicity. Anyway, back to why I chose this one in particular. For the tiny miniscule price of only £19.99 I got 50 of these discs, and included with the well packaged CD's in a resealable twist apart container, came a full version of dance e-jay. If you don't know what that is, but you like to make music, I highly recommend a visit to their web site, or alternatively you could purchase some of the CDR's in question.
Incidentally, if you brought the e-jay software it would most likely be more expensive than the blank media, in fact a relative of mine brought it about a year ago, and at the time it cost £39.99.
Coming back to the quality side of things...... The blanks I brought have totally dismissed the not enough space problem, and so far, "EVERY" disc I have used has not been wasted. Obviously the quality of the media and the reality of speed capabilities etc have proven themselves. Without doubt they are the best I have used, and they even work out cheaper to buy than the non brand makes.
As a final note, I got mine at a Tempo outlet where there were many other types and brands available, and as far as I am aware, the price i paid was the normal not reduced amount.
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I always stayed clear of Memorex products. Audio & video cassettes were always *seemingly* bad quality and a friend has one of their CD decks and that was nasty. Seeing that you have had no wastage with the CDs, I might have to change my opinion and try some. Cheers! Marty :)
Sep 23rd, 2001
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