Keeping it on Kodak (Other CD Media)

Member Name: Mad_Vicar

Product:	Other CD Media
Date:	29/08/01 (384 review reads)
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Advantages: Reliable, Cheap, High Quality

Disadvantages: Would like them to cost even less!

Blank CD media - it's all the same isn't it? The idea is to see how many blanks you can get for how little cash, right? 5000 "Grade A" discs on spindle for 25p - must be a good deal?

Think again mes amis. I got a CD-RW about 2 years ago and have both burned and be-buggered a good few discs since then. Many are the brands encountered along the way, and varied are the stories I could tell. How about the 50 Bush CD-Rs for £25? Perhaps every other one was ultimately useful. Or Mr. Data, another one of those brands you never quite trust, not performing terribly well. Or how about those names you remember from the days of 19p blank tapes - Sakura, Golden Shadow also known sometimes Silver Shadow? Poor quality things, when all is said and done.

I have seen, looking around dooyoo, that some of the "quality" brands are not really cutting the mustard as they should be. For example, one opinion I read earlier said that TDK CD-Rs are not too bright.

I think I may have some good news for the bewildered, wannabe CD burner. My local branch of Tesco has been stocking Kodak Ultima Gold and Silver 80 minute discs for some time. These are usually £5.99 for 10 (59p each), but recently they had a "Buy 2, get one free" offer, so I invested in 3 boxes - a grand total of 30. And how have they performed?

Well, I am now down to my last box, and I am definitely going to invest in some more. Not one disc has been thrown away in disgust. No trouble, all nice and easy. I have 2 CD Rewriters, one is a 4x2x1 and the other is a modern super-fast 8 speeder. Favourite burning software is Nero, although good results have been obtained with Easy CD 5. Whether audio, data or archiving those naughty hush-hush MP3 files, the Kodak discs have proved reliable and worthy. Consider them a sound investment, and get burning...

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