I'd like to know how well they work myself. I've used the Verbatim "Blue's" for years. When I got my first burner back in '97 I researched what was best for Audio work, and found that they were supposed to be about the best combo of price/performance. In that time the only "coaster's" I've made have been the result of problems with my burners (the first one needs to be periodically greased (no joking), the second had the fan burn out in the external case). I've also been using them in the Pioneer DVD burner I got recently. The other brand I use for basically throwaway disks are Memorex CD-R. Though now that you can get spindles of Verbatim "Blue" disks, I'll probably start using them even for my 'throwaway' disks. I've used both brands without any problem for Data, Music, and VCD. Although when using them for VCD I can't get either brand to play in our good JVC progressive scan DVD player :^( I'd also be interested in knowing how well the Verbatim DVD-R disks are for archival purposes as they're what I'm planning to use for a couple of archival projects I have. Unfortunatly those projects are on hold as my DVD burner is currently broken and I just sent it in to get repaired under warrenty. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |