Good CD-R media (T-Y CD-Rs)

In message <Pine.LNX.4.33.0504241454050.2892-100000 at siconic.com> Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> wrote: Look for the country of manufacture - if it says "Made in Japan" on the packaging, the discs inside are almost certainly Taiyo Yuden. It seems T-Y are the only CD/DVD recordable manufacturer in Japan... In terms of CDRs, if Taiyo Yuden CDRs are the best, then Verbatim's "DatalifePlus" series are a very close second. Make sure you get the DatalifePlus "Super AZO" or "Metal AZO" discs - the ordinary Datalifes are rebranded CMCs. The barcode on the 50-disc spindle packs is "0 23942 43343 9", reorder code 43343. If you've got the right ones, CD-R Identifier or Kprobe will identify them as being manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemical. I've had fairly good luck with RiTEK DVD-Rs with the G04 dye, but I've just bought 50 T-Y DVD+Rs from www.aprmedia.com. They're Fujifilm branded, rated at 8x speed and come in a cakebox with a clear top and a grey base. Barcode is "4 902520 252111" for a pack of 25, "Made in Japan" to the left of the barcode. Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem at philpem.me.uk | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... Unable to locate coffee - operator halted