Philips Audio XQ CD-R's (Philips CD-R 700 MB 16x)

Name: carlmcq

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Product:	Philips CD-R 700 MB 16x
Date:	28.06.05 (171 review reads)
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Advantages: Reliable, Relatively cheap

Disadvantages: None what so ever!

Having decided to make a review on a set of CD-R's I brought, I looked through the 'Philips' range in 'Removeable Media', which was disconcertingly vague, but this product description was nearest to my product...

I recently had to purchase a set of CD-R's to produce some CD's, for legal reasons I should point out!! So I brought a set of the 'XQ' version, along with the 'Q' version produced by Philips.

Made in Germany, the 'blurb' on the packaging states: 'For use with all Digital Audio CD-Recorders. Philips CD-R Q/XQ offer high quality, digital audio performance.'

But do they really offer high quality?? Well, the majority of the CDs were used to burn mp3's, so that would partly rely on the quality of the mp3's more than anything, although after listening to them via the CD, there were absolutely no apparently signs of the quality of the songs having faded after being placed on the CD.

Occasionally, I find that some CD-R's don't work when being written on, possibly because of the speed of my computer drive, but thankfully not one of the Philips CD's failed or aborted when being burnt.

The ease of use obviously relies on the package you use. I personally use Sonic RecordNow! A very reliable, thorough software that can be used to produce CD's, DVD's or data carrying CD's.

Durability can of course depend on what you do to the CD's. But instructions are given inside each CD case as to what you can and can't do to the CD, for example waterproof felt tip pens are fine, but biros are a no go - basically the standard suggestions of all CD's.

A pack of ten of these set me back 7.99 from Tesco's - a relatively good price considering they come in full size cases, not flat cases like so many do these days.

Obviously, for convenience, and for not having to buy so many, CR-RW's would be the only specific thing I would have to change next time to improve this product, but then again, that would obviously result in a high rise of the price, and if you only have a set budget, I would therefore certainly recommend these CD's.

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