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 The worst CD-R experience EVER! March 30, 2008
Christopher Glenn (Charleston, SC USA)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful
I recently purchased a 100 pack of these TDK 80min CD-Rs. I burned about 20 discs (burned at a slow 4x speed) only to find out that my time, effort, and money was completely wasted. Nearly every CD had major playback errors. At first I thought it may be the CD player, but after trying the discs in other players, I quickly realized it is not the player. Then I thought maybe there's something wrong with the burner. Nope, because I then burned music to several Verbatim CD-Rs with no playback problems. The problem was, in fact, the CD-Rs. Couldn't believe it, because I always though TDK was a trusted brand, but in this case I got a really bad batch of CD-Rs.
One other note, all of the errors during playback seemed to occur towards the end of the discs (after the 40 minute mark). I thought that was strange too. It seems that there may be something wrong with the dye towards the outer part of the discs??? Whatever the problem, I'll never buy this brand of CD-Rs again.
TDKs just aren't what the used to be. July 28, 2007
Jeffrey Ammon (Los Angeles, CA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
My first set of TDKs were perfect. Not single coaster in a pack of 100. With this recent batch, I have burned 4 coasters in a row from the first four in the pack. I did a little checking and these CDs are made by Ricoh in India, whereas my first batch were made by Taiyo Yuden. I just orded a pack of Taiyo Yuden CD-Rs, because I'm pretty sure that they will work like my first batch of TDKs. I will never buy TDK again, as I can't be sure of the quality from one batch to the next.
 all right by me !!! December 17, 2007
Matthew G. Sherwin
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
TDK makes a very reliable blank CD-R that can handle up to 80 minutes of music or 700 megabytes of data. These blank CD-Rs can record data at very high speeds. The data I record onto these CD-Rs has now lasted for years. I have used these as data discs and discs to record various types of audio files including MP3s. I almost never get a coaster.
The CD-R discs are compact and easy to store. While the discs are still blank, store them in the circular case on the spindle that they came in. After your burn data or music onto them, I would recommend storing them in slim jewel cases instead of paper sleeves. It's just better protection for your CD-Rs that have anything stored on them.
Two warnings:
1) Don't write on the CD-R itself with a Sharpie ink pen. The ink seeps through slowly but surely and this could easily damage your data, music or whatever is stored on the disc. If you label the disc, label it using a post-it note.
2) Don't store these discs, burnt or blank, in a hot place. CD-Rs hate the heat! Heat can cause damage to your discs so keep them in a relatively cool place. The cooler the storage place, the better.
When burning the disc, don't be surprised if you see the data being recorded at speeds of less than 52x. This may be a quirk; I am not sure. However, it only means a minute or two of extra time to burn the disc--it's well worth it and I wouldn't aggravate myself too much over this.
Overall, TDK blank CD-R discs store data reliably over time and I believe that an extra minute to burn the data onto the blank disc is well worth it in the event that it doesn't actually burn at the very highest speed advertised.
prepare to lose your data! March 11, 2007
Todd DeFuedis (Boston, MA)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have about 200 live concerts that I burned onto TDK discs about 3 years ago. None of them are playable now. Going forward, I will only use Mitsui Gold cds.
Solid and reliable April 8, 2007
Richard Clayton (New Jersey)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've had problems with high failure rates with other media vendors, but I've used these TDK 52x discs for three years now with no problems. They're nothing fancy, just a solid and reliable workhorse for bulk data storage.
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