Need advice on quality CD-R for archiving Photos

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  1. danr42

    danr42 Member

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    I'm looking for a good quality CD-R that will last to store my digital photos on. I bought some TDK 's The package say Photo Storage for Digital Archiving. That just seems to be a marketing gimmick to me. Here is the ATIP data

    ATIP: 97m 31s 07f
    Disc Manufacturer: Ritek Co.
    Reflective layer: Dye (Short strategy; e.g. Phthalocyanine)
    Media type: CD-Recordable
    Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown
    nominal Capacity: 656.69MB (74m 45s 01f / LBA: 336226)

    Any one know anything about these disks.

    A guy at my local computer store said the Memorex Blacks were really good. Any comments?

    I live in the US and my burner is a Plextor 8/4/32A.

    Thanks
     
    danr42, Jan 29, 2003
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  2. skylinedo

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    I'd stick w/ Ritek or Taiyo Yuden if I wanted to save data for a really long time. Hell, my first Jpop cd was by Ritek and I burnt it 3 years ago. Used it almost everday and still going strong.
     
    skylinedo, Feb 3, 2003
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    Ritek, Taiyo, Mitsubishi (Verbatim) are my favorites atm.
     
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    I use imation and keep loose cds in my school bag ...I forgot about it and with all kinds of scratches (couldn't see no reflection) it worked strong and I use a program to make a VCD slide show that plays on DVD and played on there no problem
     
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    Imation is usually made by CMC Magnetics, which is not among the recommended - your mileage may vary though.
     
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    I'd recommend Ritek, Taiyo and Prodisc. None of them have ever failed me.
     
    chriso123, Feb 24, 2003
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  7. jase

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    I'd go along with what Chris said. In my experience the discs that seem to be good and currently available (in order of preference)...

    Mitsui
    TY
    Kodak
    Mitsubishi
    Ritek
    Nan-Ya (these discs are excellent value for money IMHO, but rare)
    Prodisc
    MBI

    I'm not keen on CMC.
     
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