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The last spindle I got from Sam's (just last week) were Verbatim with silver
recording surface. I burned 30 of them on a project I was working on at 48X
burner, 350 MB each, and had no failures. (I always do a copy of data from
the CD in a different CD-ROM drive to the computer's hard drive to test all
of my "manufactured" CDs.)
"Jane" <JayGeeNO@SPAMMAGEinsightbb.com> wrote in message
news:JayGeeNO-8D8926.12095226102004@netnews.comcast.net...
> In article <dXbfd.79911$cJ3.368@fed1read06>,
> "Bob Davis" <iclicknix@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > "<*((((><{" <<*(((({~~~@ocean.net> wrote in message
> > news:l9lon0hcmqo1dfslbfojkk2gkenhlgjsdl@4ax.com...
> >
> > >I can't find the Imation and Verbatim CD-R blanks that I used to like.
> > > Office Depot offers these instead:
> > >
> > > The Office Depot Brand
> > > Maxell
> > > Memorex
> > > Philips
> > >
> > > Which do you think are the best quality?
> >
> > If you're in the U.S. you should look at your local Sam's Club for
Verbatim.
> > They've carried them for years.
> >
> >
>
> It used to be "back in the good old days", that all the highest grade
> CD-R blanks were made in Japan and the wannabees were made in Taiwan.
>
> The original Verbatims had a dark blue bottomside and were Japanese.
> That gave me a warm fuzzy feeling about the long term safety of my data.
>
> The latest 100 count spindle from Sam's contains a very different item:
> a pale pale blue underside and a "Made In India" manufacturing origin
> await you.
>
> It would be nice if there was an up to date newsgroup or blog tracking
> the best and latest stock qualities at all the big box stores, so those
> who care would not have to buy a spindle, then learn the hard way after
> opening it...