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athalus   12-22-2002 at 12:52:42 AM

i have a lite-in 48x12x48 cd-rw but it doesn't work w/memorex cd's which is what i use for my tdk in my other machine. it worked fine w/the one that came w/it but that had the "lite-on" brand. can anyone suggest what brand, that i can get at my local comp usa or best buy, that work well?

thanks in advance

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lagger   12-22-2002 at 01:31:55 AM
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I have never found a cd that my 32x litey won't burn but I tend to choose Fuji's for the most part as they are reliable and very nice disks

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ycs46241   12-22-2002 at 05:02:08 AM
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try the compusa brand they work well and are in expensive

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HolyShiznit   12-22-2002 at 10:57:35 AM
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w/memorex cd's which is what i use for my tdk in my other machine


I do the same. It works well. Discs are really cheap, just try a couple of brands, such as Imation/those the others suggested.

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Rob423   12-22-2002 at 02:17:02 PM
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are those Cheap Discs' really all that bad...

I mean best buy had a sale for 50 imation cd-r's for 5$ i got them for my dad for christmas... how bad can the be?

i usually use Verbatim's.. the color ones.. its like 35$ for 50 cd's...

but i'd rather pay cheaper if the other cd's aint gonna be that bad

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ejsmith2   12-22-2002 at 02:38:31 PM
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The Compusa CDRW 80min cdrw are pretty damn good quality for the price you pay. And they will rewrite at 12x.

The Memorex 48x 100-spindle at compusa is halfway decent, for the price. They're using cynaine, so the bottom is that light, light green/blue. The reflectivity isn't completely ass on those, but you're better off using a gold/silver bottom cd for the really important stuff, no matter how slow you have to write it. Currently, Walmart has 24x gold cdr's for $32/100cdr.

I believe TDK's 48x are gold bottomed, but they run .$42 (or above) per cdr. You can, of course, order it off the web, but you'll pay more for the shipping than you would for your local taxbase (CoL + sales tax).

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Rob423   12-22-2002 at 04:10:33 PM
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you guys try the verbatims

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lagger   12-22-2002 at 04:34:24 PM
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I read a few good reports on results with the optimum ones at Staples that sold for 1.94 for 100 disks people getting good burns at 48x etc. ymmv

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athalus   12-24-2002 at 05:03:03 PM
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i just tried some staples brand and it seem to work ok. thanks for the help. merry x-mas!!!

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lhgpoobaa   12-26-2002 at 07:21:55 AM
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EMTEC 700Mb 1-16x green disks work well in my liteon, as do TDK Gold 700Mb ones.

<b><font color=purple>[Rik_]</font color=purple> I wonder how many people have made their own phasechange system?
<font color=blue>[LHGPooBaa]</font color=blue> I get phasechange whenever i eat a hot chillie :lol: </b>

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Anonymous   12-26-2002 at 05:48:17 PM
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Be careful using Imation brand if you like to burn audio cd's for cd players. Imations don't work on some new mp3cd players, (like my RioVolt).

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Sardonis   12-30-2002 at 04:19:40 AM
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anyone know where you can get 24x CD-RW media in the US (midwest area preferrably) I can't find any.

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lhgpoobaa   12-31-2002 at 05:18:21 AM
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The only ones i have seen ANYWHERE are single Verbatim 16x-24x CD-RW media... and they were costly... $6.50AU, around $3.50 US.

<b><font color=purple>[Rik_]</font color=purple> I wonder how many people have made their own phasechange system?
<font color=blue>[LHGPooBaa]</font color=blue> I get phasechange whenever i eat a hot chillie :lol: </b>

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upec   12-31-2002 at 10:58:50 AM
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I also have bad experience with Imation CDR. Some of the CDR disc cannot be read after recording and I lose a lot of data I back up with it.

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upec   12-31-2002 at 11:00:40 AM
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Fuji CDR are very reliable.

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phsstpok   12-31-2002 at 10:30:41 PM
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I don't have a Lite-on but I agree. I can write to Imations (CMC Magnetics) but I can't always read them in anything but the writer. Useless for backup purposes.

Fuji discs (Taiyo Yuden) work great. I've had the same experience with Memorex white label discs (with the spin-cap). These are also Taiyo Yuden manufactured discs and are identical to the Fuji discs.

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slickstaa   01-08-2003 at 05:25:30 AM
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fujis are very nice, most often they are TY's. Don't ask me to spell it out becuase i can't, :smile: but they are about the cream of the crop cd-r wise. They work great with my lite-on 40x12x48.

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