What CD-R,CD-RW Brands are you using?

parrainx · Post by **parrainx** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 5:18 pm

You know sometimes the problem is your CD and not files that you didn't burn right. Some CDs has different surface different silvers, blues, greens etc.

I was wondering what brand you guys are using, so i can make sure that its my files and not CD that DC can't recognize.

Cause i had same problem with my Sony DVD when i was trying to make VCD i wasted many cds including Circuit City brand, Memorex and TDK. Then i had one Verbatin CD-RW 4x that came with my PC that worked.

Thanks.

0newinged · Post by **0newinged** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 5:40 pm

I use Memorex "Platinum" 700 meg CD-Rs for most things... they're fairly cheap, and seem to be quite reliable (silver bottoms). Fujifilm CD-R's also work quite well (greenish bottom).

I tried TDK brand CD-Rs (i think they had a blueish-silver bottom) and they were the worst I've ever had... many coaster with those pieces of junk

Yesterday I picked up some ghetto "vinyl CD-Rs" by e3works cuz they were on sale. (they have black bottoms and the tops look & feel like a record

). I'm about to try and burn a Dream Inducer disk i'll see how they work.

bizzle · Post by **bizzle** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 6:29 pm

waht does this have to do with DreamSNES

DoomDan · Post by **DoomDan** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 6:31 pm

shouldnt this be in the off-topic forum or the null/junk forum? or possibly the non-dreamcast one?

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 7:54 pm

I've used:

Durabrand (el cheapo stuff to be found $30 per 100 at Wal-Mart)
Black bottom Memorex
Silver bottom Memorex
FujiFilm

and all of them have worked for me.

I also have some colored mini-CDs and a 50pk of Sony CDRs that I need to try. Also I can get a pack of 50 full-sized Memorex colored CDRs for about $14.xx, so I might pick up a spindle.

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:05 pm

Eh... i'd say this is homebrew games forum since he is asking what CDs to use with his DC.

Luriden · Post by **Luriden** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 11:14 am

I've used

Cool Color Memorex CD-Rs
SmartBuy (VERY cheap stuff, $10 for a pack of 50 at Sam Goody)
Memorex Music CD-Rs

and I'm currently using

Fujifilm CD-Rs, 50 pack but I dunno how much it cost, it was an X-Mas gift

I seemed to get a lot of errors with the SmartBuy CD-Rs. I would get errors when I was running other progs while burning. That may be dumb, but I can burn on any cd with progs running except for SmartBuy. I've made a lot of coasters out of the Fujifilm so far but it was because I'm a dumbass and couldn't get an emu to burn right, not the brand's fault.

TreyDay · Post by **TreyDay** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 2:13 pm

I only use Durabrand(Yeah the cheap stuff from Wal Mart)
It has a green bottom.

butters · Post by **butters** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:14 pm

I use these:
http://www.blank-cd-cdr.com/cdr-media-9 ... nutes.html

toastman · Post by **toastman** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:06 pm

I just burnt Cool Herders onto a Memorex Cool Color Mini-CDR.
Not only is the game cool as all hell, but now the CD even has some sytle

Cless · Post by **Cless** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:18 pm

toastman wrote:I just burnt Cool Herders onto a Memorex Cool Color Mini-CDR.
Not only is the game cool as all hell, but now the CD even has some sytle

Yeah all my emus r on mini Cdrs.

Post by **BlueCrab** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:13 am

I use whatever somone gives to me, or I get really cheap... Like these circuit city ones I've been using since July.

crisko · Post by **crisko** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:38 am

I stick with Sony when it comes to the integrity of my data. I dont care whether a kitten is killed or not.

Psychlonic · Post by **Psychlonic** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 7:14 pm

I think a lot of it also has to do with the burner you use. Mine is a liteon brand one and it works well with the smartbuy type cd-r's that worked crappy for the other guy.

feels · Post by **feels** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 7:40 pm

FujiFilm

mabartsabay · Post by **mabartsabay** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:23 pm

I always use Verbatim

sixteen-bit · Post by **sixteen-bit** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:33 pm

I use Traxdata 80 mins or Traxdata black 80s and have never had a bad burn with them. They are not too pricey, are of reasonable quality and most are rated at about 40x burn speed.

Edit:
Avoid Imation discs!
I bought a 10 pack of these to see what they were like, backed up some data and got good burns but a few days later, I was having a hard time even accessing the data on 4 of the discs.

lux92886 · Post by **lux92886** » Thu Jan 09, 2003 7:11 pm

Memorex mostly, but I got 100 Fuji CD-R's for 29.99 at Fry's. So far, I've had 3 bad ones, oh well, guess I'll stick with Memorex.

OldSkoolGamer · Post by **OldSkoolGamer** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 1:55 am

TDK black CD-Rs have never given me any trouble. I've had about five coasters from Fuji CD-Rs. The Fujis were in a 50 spindle. Twelve dollars with a ten dollar rebate so I can't complain that they were expensive coasters. I use a Philips CD-RW drive.

I use Imation CD-RWs. Nero's InCD made a coaster while trying to format it so I'm going back to Direct CD.

nakamichi · Post by **nakamichi** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 6:51 am

Only Verbatim(that's Mitsubishi here in Japan for those who wanna know) SuperAZO 40x high-performance CDRs.
They're the best when it comes to DATA storage and reliability.

But when I'm short of ca$h,I use the best low-budget CDR you'll ever find - CREATION 700MB 24x CD :)))
Works almost good as those pricey Verbatim CDRs and it's the cheapest BRAND NAME thing you'll ever find that works 100% of the times with any console or PC.

Gotta buy a 100-pack of 'em :)