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Does anyone have current information realating to the relative quality of the various CD-r media that are available? I want to archive quite a few images and would like to use something that will last as long as is affordably possible. I have heard(Yes, I know. believe only 1/2 of what you see and NONE of what you hear.) that Verbatim's Datalife Plus is among the best, but have not been able to find a recent review(last 6-9 months or so) that deals with this subject.

Thanks.

Zane
 
Verbatim is ok
But i prefer TDK. I think it's the best CD-R Media
Zane Cole said:
Does anyone have current information realating to the relative
quality of the various CD-r media that are available? I want to
archive quite a few images and would like to use something that
will last as long as is affordably possible. I have heard(Yes, I
know. believe only 1/2 of what you see and NONE of what you hear.)
that Verbatim's Datalife Plus is among the best, but have not been
able to find a recent review(last 6-9 months or so) that deals
with this subject.

Thanks.

Zane
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Thanks, Lucy

Unless I am missing something, that article is from early 1999. I suspect that there have been some changes since then.

"""The article was also featured in the Belgium Computer Magazine Issue 89 - February 1999 """

Zane
Lucy said:
Hi...here is a link to a source that I found to be extremely
helpful and should have the answers you are looking for.
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_quality.shtml

Lucy
Olympus C3-2-Z
pbase supporter http://www.pbase.com/lucy
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Zane Cole said:
Does anyone have current information realating to the relative
quality of the various CD-r media that are available? I want to
archive quite a few images and would like to use something that
will last as long as is affordably possible. I have heard(Yes, I
know. believe only 1/2 of what you see and NONE of what you hear.)
that Verbatim's Datalife Plus is among the best, but have not been
able to find a recent review(last 6-9 months or so) that deals
with this subject.

Thanks.
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I like Fuji and TDK. One of the big three (Circuit City, CompUSA or Best Buy) will have them on sale on any given week. I think this week it is Best Buys turn to sell the Fuji cheap. Page 20 of the sale flyer. You end up paying a little more than 8 bucks for 100 blanks.

One thing I will say about Fuji is they have a great rebate system. You basically go online and pre register, print out the special form with a bar code on it and mail that in with your other stuff. This speeds up rebates to a matter of weeks.

Good luck.
Zane Cole said:
Zane
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I have had very good luck with Office Depots house brand.
Zane Cole said:
Does anyone have current information realating to the relative
quality of the various CD-r media that are available? I want to
archive quite a few images and would like to use something that
will last as long as is affordably possible. I have heard(Yes, I
know. believe only 1/2 of what you see and NONE of what you hear.)
that Verbatim's Datalife Plus is among the best, but have not been
able to find a recent review(last 6-9 months or so) that deals
with this subject.

Thanks.

Zane
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Zane Cole said:
Does anyone have current information realating to the relative
quality of the various CD-r media that are available? I want to
archive quite a few images and would like to use something that
will last as long as is affordably possible. I have heard(Yes, I
know. believe only 1/2 of what you see and NONE of what you hear.)
that Verbatim's Datalife Plus is among the best, but have not been
able to find a recent review(last 6-9 months or so) that deals
with this subject.

Thanks.

Zane
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It all depends what you want the CDRs for temporary use any brand will do, the cheaper the better. For archival use and long term storage, I will only trust KODAK gold or MITSUI gold. I used to be a big fan of TDK, but their CD-R started to become unstable and none readable after 3 years (3% failure). I lost a lot of data and regret not using a premium brand.

Chaman
 
Zane Cole said:
Does anyone have current information realating to the relative
quality of the various CD-r media that are available? I want to
archive quite a few images and would like to use something that
will last as long as is affordably possible. I have heard(Yes, I
know. believe only 1/2 of what you see and NONE of what you hear.)
that Verbatim's Datalife Plus is among the best, but have not been
able to find a recent review(last 6-9 months or so) that deals
with this subject.

Thanks.

Zane
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Try looking at this FAQ: http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7 for lots of useful CDR information

Rick
 
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