[Good CD-R media in 2022]

5 hours ago, dbminter said:

What you want to look for are Verbatim, but NOT the Life Series.  They're called DataLife Plus.  They might also be listed as AZO dye.  You will only find them online.  You tried Amazon; was that Amazon.com in the US?  I get my Verbatim DataLife Plus/AZO CD-R from Amazon.com in the US.

 

Canada.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00029U1DK/

are the Verbatim I picked up. These coaster about 50% or so of all burns after using half the spindle. They're also so thin that you can see right through them - label and all, which is odd as I hadn't seen that before. I ended up throwing these out as if I can't rely on the disk, what good are they?

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/125007836583

are the TDK I picked up. I was kinda hopeful for these, lol. At least I haven't coastered one yet out of the 4-5 I've tried. Not see-through thankfully.

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Verbatim-94755-DataLifePlus-Printable-Recordable/dp/B0001LS35W/

are what you're talking about? I've seen the AZO dye stuff on DVD-Rs which I have a set of but wasn't sure on the CD-Rs. Will have to burn through these ones I already have and try those next if so.

[Good CD-R media in 2022]

Hello,

I still use CD-R media for backups of retro DOS games on computers too old for DVDs. I've been trying to find media not made by CMC as I get way too many coasters from those. Tried a pack of maxell from Amazon, all CMC. Tried a pack of Verbatim from Amazon, all CMC. Tried a pack of TDK from ebay, all CMC (although these ones are at least not partially transparent like the other two).

Are there any non-CMC disks left?

[WH16NS60 BD-R DL]

14 hours ago, dbminter said:

I have never burned BD-R DL in the WH16NS60, but I have burned several BD-RE DL in it.  I've had no issues with those, but I cannot say what the performance of BD-R DL would be.  The WH16NS40 failed to burn BD-RE DL 90% of the times I tried in ImgBurn except, strangely, when burning on the fly contents instead of ISO's.  Other forum users encountered the same thing.  It's weird and shouldn't make a difference, but it's a fact.

Appreciate the response That is weird with the ISOs, mine seems to fail just about every one regardless of what it is.

I think I'll go for that drive then and just change to BD-REs. Probably better anyways so I can wipe and re-burn the backup instead of doing a whole new disk.

 

[WH16NS60 BD-R DL]

Hello,

I currently have an old WH14NS40 from a very long time ago that fails to burn BD-R DL (VERBAT-IMf-000) disks quite often. It's been through it's paces and I'm looking to replace it. My primary use for the drive is for backups.

I read that the newer WH16NS40 still has the problem but the WH16NS60 seems to be what's usually recommended. What I'm wondering is that if they've fixed the BD-R DL issues or not with it or are there any other drives out now that are better? I primarily burn BD-R DL and BD-R disks (as well as CD-Rs for a few retro machines but that doesn't seem to be a concern), rarely DVDs anymore.

Thanks :)