R.I.P., The thread for dead CD-Rs Options

[westgroveg]

CD-RW.org the best known place for discussing CD-R media brands has had very few users in the CD-R(W) media forum lately so I thought it would be a good idea to start a new, more accurate thread for dead CD-R media at HA whether it's a success will depend on the users.

If you have more than one brand feel free to post them all.

Use CDR Identifier or Nero Info Tool to identify the real CD-R manufacturer also specify the CD-R manufacturer on the case, box or spindle, drive used to burn, speed, color of the CD-R & burn date would also be useful

CD-R quality can be measured using,

• Nero CD Speed (Extra\Disc quality test)
• Kprobe for Lite-on owners
• Plextools for Plextor Premium owners (Q-Check C1/C2 Test)

For those who want to know what are generally reliable brands to use here is my short summary which is based on the results found here, personal experience & these forums,

• Afterdawn - CD-RW.org forum
• CD Freaks - Club CD Freaks media forum
• CDR-Info - CD/DVD±R/RW/RAM Media forum

Highest quality brands (*)

• Taiyo Yuden
• Mitsubishi

Medium quality brands

• Ricoh
• RiTEK
• SKC
• TDK
• Fornet
• Prodisc
• Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals
• Moser Baer India
• Multi Media Masters & Machinery
• MPO
• Kodak (!)

Low quality brands

• Sony
• Princo
• Gigastorage
• Plasmon
• CMC Magnetics
• AMS Technologies
• Lead Data Inc
• NAN-YA Electronics

(*) Gold will help prevent deterioration, look for gold CD-R's

(!) Tops are reported to peel with time

This list may change depending on future findings


DVD-R Armour is a solution for those who find DVD media too delicate (scratches easily), newer DVD-R Armour discs also provide extra UV protection.

The OSTA.org (Optical Storage Technology Association) site has some very useful information & can answer many of your CD-R questions.

This post has been edited by westgroveg: Jan 29 2005, 08:43

[DreamTactix291]

I guess I've just been fortunate. Most of my discs are Memorex CD-Rs and I've yet to have one die minus bad scratching. Anything I think is valuable though gets burned onto at least 2 CDs. Can't be too careful.