Cheap, reliable storage (BASF CD Media)

Member Name: MichaelR

Product:	BASF CD Media
Date:	03/06/01 (383 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, Good performance, stable at high speed, Easy to write on

Disadvantages: None that I can see

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 carefully (I bought mine from MVC - who were running a special offer on them... although they do only cost £5.99 at full price)

BASF CDRs are amongst the thickest media that I have used, and this is always a good sign. Higher quality CDRs are generally thicker and less flexible than their lower quality equivalent. The reflective layer forms nicely every time without any streaking of the dye or other such problems associated with cheap media. I have managed to burn these CDs at 8x without any problems, and they also seem to respond well to overburning (managed to burn 700MB to a 650MB BASF CDR on the two occasions that I've tried).

I've so far been through three boxes of these CDRs, and I am yet to throw one away. It would seem therefore that BASF media truly is a high quality product at a low price.

I still prefer Memorex, but I may be buying a few more boxes of BASF CDs in the future...

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