Trusted brand doesn't deliver (TDK CD Media)

Member Name: amullett

Product:	TDK CD Media
Date:	06/08/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Respected brand

Disadvantages: Products not always up to scratch

TDK have one of the most respected and well established brands in blank media, be it for DVDs or CDs or whatever.

So when I went to buy my TDK 700mb blanks, I was disappointed than only six of the ten purchased actually worked.

My computer would not recognise them and said they were already used. Of course this was not the case given that I had just bought them!

Another problem I had with TDK is that my old burnt media doesn't work anymore. I read that CDs won't last forever, but these ones were only 7 years old. They were not scratched at all, but some part of the CD had started to decay and was no longer recognisable by the computer.

For such a strong brand as TDK this was shocking. I will continue to buy them in future when they are cheaper than the other brands, but will choose something like Verbatim or other when they are priced the same.

Summary: mer