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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: CD-Rs. Go with brand name or generic? |
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It's been a while since I've bought these. How's the quality of generic cdrs these days? Is it worth forking out a little bit more to get brand name cdrs?
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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I reckon a lot of them come out of the same factories. Honestly, it wouldn't really make sense to have 25 factories in a given country making CDs.
Can't give you a definitive answer though sorry |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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I've only used Sony brand CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. Never had a problem with any of them. Heck, they don't cost more than an extra 1,000 per 50 of them, so I figure that's a 1,000 won well spent!
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oxfordstu
Joined: 28 Aug 2004
Location: Bangkok
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't know about CD-Rs, but the best DVD-Rs (that I've found) are HP and SONY. |
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mrsquirrel
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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A lot of the CD's come out of Malaysia.
I was offered unlabeled name brand cd's from Malaysia a few years back. Had to buy a million units though. 100,000 dollars worth. |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| mrsquirrel wrote: |
A lot of the CD's come out of Malaysia.
I was offered unlabeled name brand cd's from Malaysia a few years back. Had to buy a million units though. 100,000 dollars worth. |
You could have stamped 'well being' on them sold them in Korean and retired early |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| See this thread. |
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Gideon
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I always go with brand name.. usually sony or verbatim |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Taiyo Yuden are the only disks I will buy. There is no contest with quality. I have cheap-o CDs that can't even be read now...only a couple of years old, in a dark, cool CD storage case...
Nothing like not being able to look at your photos anymore. I could care less about most software not lasting a couple of years, but photos, music or video?! Man...
Yuden is top shelf. |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:50 am Post subject: |
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I'm with Demophobe.
I release music on cdr, have for years, and using Taiyos totally eliminated failures (switched to TY exclusively 4 years ago).
Not even all that spendy at yongsan. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
Taiyo Yuden are the only disks I will buy. There is no contest with quality. I have cheap-o CDs that can't even be read now...only a couple of years old, in a dark, cool CD storage case...
Nothing like not being able to look at your photos anymore. I could care less about most software not lasting a couple of years, but photos, music or video?! Man...
Yuden is top shelf. |
Yuden? Never heard of them. Where's the company from? |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Google is your friend:
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (太陽誘電) TYO: 6976 is a Japanese materials and electronics company, situated in Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, that helped pioneer recordable CD technology (CD-R) along with Sony and Philips in 1988. Founded 50 years ago, Taiyo Yuden currently operates factories in Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand. The company employs over ten thousand people worldwide and reports annual sales of more than $1 billion. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| faster wrote: |
Google is your friend:
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (太陽誘電) TYO: 6976 is a Japanese materials and electronics company, situated in Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, that helped pioneer recordable CD technology (CD-R) along with Sony and Philips in 1988. Founded 50 years ago, Taiyo Yuden currently operates factories in Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand. The company employs over ten thousand people worldwide and reports annual sales of more than $1 billion. |
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