Taiyo Yuden Makes 700meg CD-R's?????
 

i was looking to buy a cakebox of taiyo yuden 650 meg cd-r's on the web, when i ran into this:

Taiyo Yuden Blue/Silver CD-Recordable media, 1x - 16x certified, 80 min

are these legit? from cd-media world, it says the only high quality manufacturer of 80 min cdr's is tdk. how long ago was that updated? are these for real? thanks

moog

anybody know if taiyo yuden has 80 min cd-r's? their website doesn't even MENTION cd-r's...

I read about CD-R quality at gamecopyworld.com and the testers found out that best CD-Rs are made by these companies:
Mitsui Chemicals:HP, Mitsui, Philips & Sony
Taiyo Yuden Company Limited: Taiyo Yuden, 3M, Sony, Philips, Boeder & Imation
TDK Corporation: 3M, Pioneer, TDK & Yamaha
Kodak Japan Limited: BASF & Kodak
Pioneer Video Corporation: Pioneer
Ricoh Company: KAO & Ricoh

so what do you think...
If you are thinking to buy some CD-Rs so buy from those manufacturers.

hope this helps a bit.............Sonyfreak..........

You can find out where your discs come from with a program called cd-r identifier. Note: not all writers can read this information from a blank disc.

From my experience I would avoid discs manufactured by Ritek: Mirror, discplanet etc. I can scratch them very easily and some won't even work before you put them in your drive. Some even have flaskes where the paint hasn't set properly. I am not one to slag off cd companies - but this is unnaceptable; it's not the first time Iv'e had probs with this brand..

For me the cheap Traxdata silver discs work ok (black surface, 80min, 12x). I get a spool of 50 for £13/$18. Or Verbatim for £4/$5.6 for 10 boxed.

I personally wouldn't use unbranded discs; I had some and I cou;dnt read off them after 2 years(they wern't scratched).

Hope this help ya out.

All the best.

... i dont think the other repliers got the gist of it...
but yeah buy a sample and ##### it out with CDRIdentifier. if its made by Taiyo Yunden Ltd then its genuine