10x CD-RW media question.

pointreyes · 09-02-2001, 12:28 AM

I'm replacing my Plextor 8/4/32 with the Plextor 12/10/32. The RW speed is the reason. I rarely use R only. I mainly use RW media and with 85Gig of potential recording of images, I decided the 10x was worth it. But it appears to be very hard to locate good silver based RW media. I have become spoiled with Matsui Silver CD-RW but I can only find 4x. I need 10x that is as good as Matsui. I'm not happy with Imation and question Verbatim.

Suggestions and links please? I live approx. one hour from any good computer shops for purchasing and have found I normally can save money through the Internet.

Solomon_abx · 09-02-2001, 02:18 AM

Do you mean Mitsui? I can't seem to locate any Matsui...

pointreyes · 09-02-2001, 08:48 PM

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Originally posted by TaxMan
Do you mean Mitsui? I can't seem to locate any Matsui...

Sorry, I realized in the early morning hours that I mispelled the name. Yes, it is Mitsui.

I found out the Kodak is one of the best.

traveler · 09-03-2001, 01:59 AM

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Originally posted by pointreyes

Sorry, I realized in the early morning hours that I mispelled the name. Yes, it is Mitsui.

I found out the Kodak is one of the best.

I read that somewhere too. I wish I could remember where. Kodak is good and reliable, and Mitsui also, who makes cdrw's for other brands, the only one of which I can remember at the moment is TDK.

pointreyes · 09-03-2001, 03:49 AM

Taiyo Yuden is one of the other great manufacturers of CD-R/W media. It appears that Kodak, Taiyo Yuden, and Mitsui are the three really good ones. TDK used to use one of these three but have stopped and are now starting to look bad. Ritek is another good one. Here's a link you might find of interest: http://www.cd-rw.org/CD-RW_ORG_artic...08_2001_c.html

Also, the concern of TDK are at: http://cd-rw.org/forum/ under the CD-R media; topic: TDK.

traveler · 09-03-2001, 02:03 PM

Thanks for the update, pointreyes.

What is a ASPI manager? I tried to use the identifier to see where my TDK cdr's came from, but it said no ASPI manager was installed on my win98se system.

pointreyes · 09-04-2001, 03:49 PM

http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa571/aspi.htm

http://www.winchan.net/aspi/

traveler · 09-04-2001, 05:24 PM

Thanks pointreyes. Good links with good info.

traveler · 09-11-2001, 05:32 AM

Anyone know a good place to get Kodak CD-RW's? I can't find anyone locally here.

(If we had a vendor forum, I would have asked this question there.)

pointreyes · 09-11-2001, 11:51 PM

http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/

dddibley · 09-12-2001, 05:49 PM

Verbatim (4x-10x RW) was the only one I could find locally.. but work great. 9510i (12x8) picks up on the different RW speeds automatically (when using older 4x RWs)

ddd

09-02-2001, 12:28 AM	#1
pointreyes The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,159	10x CD-RW media question. I'm replacing my Plextor 8/4/32 with the Plextor 12/10/32. The RW speed is the reason. I rarely use R only. I mainly use RW media and with 85Gig of potential recording of images, I decided the 10x was worth it. But it appears to be very hard to locate good silver based RW media. I have become spoiled with Matsui Silver CD-RW but I can only find 4x. I need 10x that is as good as Matsui. I'm not happy with Imation and question Verbatim. Suggestions and links please? I live approx. one hour from any good computer shops for purchasing and have found I normally can save money through the Internet.
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09-02-2001, 02:18 AM	#2
Solomon_abx Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: USA Posts: 1,634	Do you mean Mitsui? I can't seem to locate any Matsui...
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09-03-2001, 03:49 AM	#5
pointreyes The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,159	Taiyo Yuden is one of the other great manufacturers of CD-R/W media. It appears that Kodak, Taiyo Yuden, and Mitsui are the three really good ones. TDK used to use one of these three but have stopped and are now starting to look bad. Ritek is another good one. Here's a link you might find of interest: http://www.cd-rw.org/CD-RW_ORG_artic...08_2001_c.html Also, the concern of TDK are at: http://cd-rw.org/forum/ under the CD-R media; topic: TDK.
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09-03-2001, 02:03 PM	#6
traveler Where to next? Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 18,491	Thanks for the update, pointreyes. What is a ASPI manager? I tried to use the identifier to see where my TDK cdr's came from, but it said no ASPI manager was installed on my win98se system.
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09-04-2001, 03:49 PM	#7
pointreyes The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,159	http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa571/aspi.htm http://www.winchan.net/aspi/
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09-04-2001, 05:24 PM	#8
traveler Where to next? Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 18,491	Thanks pointreyes. Good links with good info.
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09-11-2001, 05:32 AM	#9
traveler Where to next? Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 18,491	Anyone know a good place to get Kodak CD-RW's? I can't find anyone locally here. (If we had a vendor forum, I would have asked this question there.)
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09-11-2001, 11:51 PM	#10
pointreyes The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march. Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 18,159	http://www.american-digital.com/prodsite/ Last edited by pointreyes; 09-12-2001 at 12:26 AM..
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09-12-2001, 05:49 PM	#11
dddibley Time well wasted Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 2,276	Verbatim (4x-10x RW) was the only one I could find locally.. but work great. 9510i (12x8) picks up on the different RW speeds automatically (when using older 4x RWs) ddd
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