what's the worst blanks u have used
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:04 pm
the worst for me was HI-VAL because the label top coating would flake or crinkle like confetti
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aviationwiz wrote:Imation Branded CMC is by far the worst. CMC sucks in general also.
Phillips CMC 40x are good.
Justin42 wrote:I have an old spindle of 50 PNY 12X discs that I bought back when I got my first 12X burner (summer 2000) -- let's just say, despite the fact I have burned hundreds of CDs since, I still have about 25 of those PNY's.. they're the only CDR I've ever seen that manages to 'forget' everything you've burned on them within 5 minutes of finishing the burn. My oooold Ricoh 6200S hated them at 2X, my Plextor 12/10/32S (i.e., the burner that could burn a CD on a soup-can lid hates them at 12X, my LiteOn 48X doesn't seem to like them...
Strangely, they work fairly well in my Sony DRU500A at 24X (!)... no other burner I've used them with has even been able to consistently work well.
Imation CMC's are 2nd in my list... I don't even bother buying free/cheap spindles if they have the CMC-spindle-look to 'em.
(I will say, they're great for fast copies of CDs that you want to make sure your friends go out and buy eventually!
Ian wrote:aviationwiz wrote:Imation Branded CMC is by far the worst. CMC sucks in general also.
Phillips CMC 40x are good.
I think the exact opposite. Of course, it really varies from batch to batch. Nothing like quality control, eh?
Right now the worst discs I have are some Maxell 40x manufactured by Ritek. I really regret buying them.
BillyG wrote:And I cant say enough bad things about CMC disks, the old 4X-16X with cayenne dye were really flaky.
Darth wrote:I have some discs made by CMC.
Suprisingly, these 3 different types of media have the same ATIP even though the quality is obviously worlds apart
This Disc is designed for CD-RW/COMBO Drive Only.
Disc Type, Material = CD-R, Phthalocyanine
ATIP Lead-in = 97m 26s 66f
Norminal Capacity = 702.83MB (79m 59s 74f)
Disc Manufacturer maybe = CMC,Imation
SMART-BURN Speed Limit = 48X
tlotz wrote:Ian: what was wrong with the Maxell 40x Ritek made media?