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There is no way of telling who made the CD before you drop it into the CD-R/RW drive of your computer. If the carton of CD's says "Made in Taiwan", then you've got buckley's of finding which company made the CD before you do the computer #####. If, however, the CD's are Made In Mexico or Ireland, then you can bet your life that they are made by Kodak. If they're made in Singapore, they're most probably Mitsubishis, although Taiwan and Japan also help out with Mitsubishis.
These are the companies I'd stay well clear from:
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- Gigastorage Corp. - Made in Taiwan
- Postech Corp. - Made in Taiwan
- 97m 27s 00f [NoName]
- CMC Magnetics - Type 0* - Made in Taiwan
- AMS Technology, Inc. - Made in Taiwan
- Moser Baer India, Inc. - Made in India
- Multi Media Masters & Machinery SA - Made in Taiwan and India
- Ritek Co. [Type 0]** - Made in Taiwan
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* CMC Magnetics Corp. Type 6 Phthalocyanine is on par with Ricoh. Type 0 Cyanine is the one to avoid.
** Ritek Co.'s Cyanine Type 0 is a disaster story. Type 1 Cyanine is neer Taiyo Yuden standard.
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My personal CD-R Favourites:
- CMC Magnetics Corp. - Type 6 - Made in Taiwan
- Ricoh Company Ltd. - Types 5 & 6 - Made in USA, Europe, Japan, and Taiwan
- Ritek Co. - Types 1, 5 & 7 - Made in Taiwan
- Prodisc Technology Inc. - Made in Taiwan
- Kodak Japan Ltd. - Types 5 & 7 - Made in Mexico and Ireland
- Pioneer Video Corp. - Made in Japan and Taiwan
- TDK Corp. - Made in Japan and USA
- Taiyo Yuden Company Ltd. - Made in Japan
- Sony Corp. - Made in Taiwan
- Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Inc. - Made in Japan, USA, and Taiwan
- Mitsubishi Chemicals Inc. - Made in Taiwan, Japan, and Singapore
- SKC Company Ltd. - Made in South Korea
- Seantram Technology Inc. - Made in Taiwan
- Princo Co. - Made in Taiwan
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As you can see, I've got a great big list of CD-R's that have performed excellently for me, and have lasted the distance. The thing is though, everyone is different, and so trial-and-error is the best method to find the media you work best with.
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