BASF CD Media Reviews

Newest Review: ... it looks familiar. This is because as of this year BASF have changed their name (to correspond to European Multimedia Technologies - how attractive?), although the company still operates in the same way. This is even explained in the inserts of the individually shrinkwrapped CD's. The CD's come packaged with red covers that are reversible to add your CD content details and the CD's themselves have space for you to mark them with special pens. They don't look very snazzy, but their simplicity saves them from sinking to tackiness; and since this is brand name stuff you can be more assured you won't get dodgy discs unlik... more
Customer BASF CD Media Reviews (2)

by - written on 29/03/02, updated on 29/03/02 (Very useful, 413 readings)
Rating:
I've not had a CD-RW drive for more than a few weeks, and the only media I've used with it (apart from the supplied starter media) has been EMTEC CD's. As I own a 'High Speed' marked drive, I could purchase CD-R's that write upto 24 speed, but at the mo. it seems that since 16 is the de facto speed, that is still the media type you'll find in most shops. If you really are desperate for faster recording compatible media you'll probably have to look online, and that goes the same for CD-RW discs, and even other accessories. And being in a hurry to try some foreign media I quickly bagged a 10 pack of EMTEC CD-R's (1-16 speed ... Read the complete review

by - written on 03/06/01, updated on 03/06/01 (Useful, 383 readings)
Rating:
There are a lot of cheap CDRs on the market today. The trouble with most of these cheap CDRs though is that they are - well rubbish. Some of the cheaper brands such as Traxdata, along with unbranded media actually end up costing you more in the long run because a high proportion of the CDRs will be unusable. So, there has always pretty much been a choice between paying less and taking your chances, or paying more but knowing your CDs will work when it comes to buying CD media. BASF CDs seem to offer the best of both worlds though - they are both cheap and reliable. A box of 10 BASF CDs can now be picked up for as little as £4.99 if you shop ... Read the complete review
Products Similar to BASF CD Media
General comments -
cheapest way of buying blanks
no jewel cases, envelopes etc.
Other CD Media -
Supports the fastest current re-writing speed, looks snazzy and does its job without fail
None
Card-Port -
fast, reliable, looks cool
quirky to begin with










