I agree with what has been said, however I have to say that I have used Gigastorage CDRs in the past without any problems.

CDR performance is not just a function of the media, it depends on the quality of the writer as well. If you use a Teac or Plextor writer, you should find that any media works with about 95-99% success at the very least. However if you have a Philips, Acer, Ricoh or Yamaha these drives have problems with some cheaper media types and this could be the cause of the problem.

Of course, the media must take it's fair share of the blame. But if a top-quality writer can write to a certain media type without any problems you cannot just make a sweeping statement that that media type is bad.

CMC type 0 Cyanine discs work 100% in my Teac and Plex, but I still think of them as crap. Why? Because to get a *good* burn you need to write at 4x. 8x just will not do. Which was fine when these discs were introduced, but now it is just lame.