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Normal Cd-r (Cheap) or Music Cd-r (Expensive)

I want to know if there's much difference between the normal Cd-rs, and the specially made for audio recording (Music Cd-r).


I want to know if they are really better.

If they are really worht the extra money


Thank You.

music cd-r= you pay the RIAA

In my experience, 10 cent CD-Rs are as good as 1$ CD-Rs...........

Sony Cdrs ftw.

I wont buy the cheap ones anymore.. they die quicker.

die?

some of the cheapest cd-rs i've used can't really hold their cue points that well. i've never bought the audio ones though and have no idea why they're so expensive. now i always go for some blank white ones, which aren't the cheapest ones, but not the most expensive ones either. before that i used to use TDK and never ever had any problems with them. if the packaging has "GRADE AAA+" on it, then it's probably good (from my experience at least).

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Originally posted by anth_on_e die?

Yes die. Would you believe that most blank disks expensive or not last five years max? Here's an article about that:

http://computerworld.com/hardwareto...,107607,00.html

Edit: After more research it turns out my above statements are false. Cd's can last 25-100 years if taken well care of. Sorry on my behalf.

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 Yes die. Would you believe that most blank disks expensive or not last five years max? Here's an article about that: http://computerworld.com/hardwareto...,107607,00.html

Tell that to the cheap CD-R's (double speed) that Ive got sitting here that still work fine!

R.

Is it just me or do burnable DVDs die very very quickly.
I had one in my drive from wen i burn it. It didnt leave the drive and when i put it in it was soptles! It stopped working the next day!

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Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy Is it just me or do burnable DVDs die very very quickly. I had one in my drive from wen i burn it. It didnt leave the drive and when i put it in it was soptles! It stopped working the next day!

Depends on how u store them mate, Ive got cheap Princo 4x discs from 2003 that work perfectly.

R.

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 Yes die. Would you believe that most blank disks expensive or not last five years max? Here's an article about that: http://computerworld.com/hardwareto...,107607,00.html

I don't really believe that...

I have a bunch of CD-Rs from around 1998 or 1999 or so that work perfectly.

To answer the posted question, I actually find that the audio cd-rs work WORSE. I believe they're made for the stereo equipment cd-burners...or something, I'm not sure, but I've gotten two 50 packs of them and as a rule, they're worse. I'd get the non-audio ones.

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 Yes die. Would you believe that most blank disks expensive or not last five years max? Here's an article about that: http://computerworld.com/hardwareto...,107607,00.html

Read:

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/1552

Then look at users comments.

R.

This was strange to me as well because my cd-r's also stood the test of time, but I just thought I was lucky that my cd's lasted over 5 years. But actually you guys are right and I was wrong. I did a little more research and to my big relief cd-r's actually last longer than I anticipated. A study done by the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. government have performed extensive tests on lots of recording media such as dvd-r, dvd+r, dvd-dl, dvd-rw, dvd-ram, cd-rom, etc. It turns out "among the manufacturers that have done testing, there is consensus that, under recommended storage conditions, CD-R, DVD-R, and DVD+R discs should have a life expectancy of 100 to 200 years or more; CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM discs should have a life expectancy of 25 years or more. Little information is available for CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs (including audio and video), resulting in an increased level of uncertainty for their life expectancy. Expectations vary from 20 to 100 years for these discs (NIST, page 20)" I have edited my earlier post and cleared up any trouble on my part.

Source:http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/care...ndlingGuide.pdf

...apart from CD-R's used in a club on a CDJ which can last mere hours before someone spills drink on it...

I buy ridata 100 packs of cdrs and i think 2 of them have "died" on me. They worked however for some reason whenever i put them in my cdjs, it reads all the data like title and time and whatnot but no music. The track mapper or w/e on my mk2s also shows that there are volume changes, just a flat low line. Don't know if its because they died or not?

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 Edit: After more research it turns out my above statements are false. Cd's can last 25-100 years if taken well care of. Sorry on my behalf.

and they know this because cd's have been around that long to test

So the conclusion is go for the normal Cd-r (Cheaper), beacuse the Music Cd-r (Expensive), it's not better in quality or anything, just the same, or probably worse as someone mentioned here.


Maybe the music Cd-r it's just a marketing tool to make extra money.

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Originally posted by Pinokio So the conclusion is go for the normal Cd-r (Cheaper), beacuse the Music Cd-r (Expensive), it's not better in quality or anything, just the same, or probably worse as someone mentioned here. Maybe the music Cd-r it's just a marketing tool to make extra money.

Yes.

Go for branded stuff like TDK, Imation and such like

i use microboards CD-Rs. i have found them to be the best quality so far. if you wanna check the "quality" of a CD-R, hold it up to a bright light. the more transparent it is, the worse the quality is. another thing i like about the microboards is that they have no writing on the tops at all, so brandname or 700mb, nothing. completely blank.

memorex black cd-rs FTW

no problems at al lwith these..they supposely last longer then reg cd's and are more durable. not too sure where i heard it, but i did hear it somewhere

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Originally posted by sot memorex black cd-rs FTW no problems at al lwith these..they supposely last longer then reg cd's and are more durable. not too sure where i heard it, but i did hear it somewhere

for my own experience I love memorex, simply vbecause I had a cd, it was filled with dust, scratched, and after 4 years it still sounded good.

I can not get the BLack, beacuse they are not avoiable over here, but the normal memorex should be good also I guess.

i'm not kidding. music cd-r, rolayites are paid.

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Originally posted by Orbital32 i'm not kidding. music cd-r, rolayites are paid.

Royalties to who?

they don't know what I'm going to burn.

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Originally posted by Orbital32 i'm not kidding. music cd-r, rolayites are paid.

in finland royalties are paid from every fucking cd-r and anything where you can store music, even harddrives and flash memories, so that's not the case in finland at least with the audio cd-rs!

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