Author Topic: CD Question (Read 10828 times)

kazekagesama · « **on:** August 13, 2007, 10:24:11 AM »

Is there a certain CD I should use when burning games (ie CD-R; CD-RW)? Also, are there certain brands that are recommended? I currently have HP cd-r 52x 700MB/80 min. CDs. Will these work?

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #1 on:** August 13, 2007, 05:33:13 PM »

Those might work, but in the future, buy Maxell or Memorax. Maxell is the best, but Memorax work good too. Those to brands are the most consistant and have the slowest loading times in my experience. You should buy CD-Rs, because CD-RWs are overpriced, and they're kinda pointless.

Jemsic · « **Reply #2 on:** August 13, 2007, 05:41:20 PM »

I second that: only get CD-Rs. They're cheap enough that it doesn't matter if you make a mistake

. I think I just got a 100-pack of Sony's for like, $25.

I always buy Sony discs... they've never failed me. Neither have Memorex (I get those when the store didn't have Sony).

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #3 on:** August 13, 2007, 05:47:15 PM »

The reason why I like Maxell is because they work just as good (IMO) as any other CDs, but you can get 100 for $10 when they're on sale.

chandler_455 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 13, 2007, 05:51:35 PM »

Every brand of cd-r Ive thrown in the 'cast has worked flawlessly

SKullinator · « **Reply #5 on:** August 13, 2007, 08:38:13 PM »

I should mention that CD-RWs dont work on the DC at all. So dont get them 4 DC. There is a way to get the DC to boot CD-RWs by recaliburation the lasor, but when you do that it wont boot regular GD-ROMS and probably not CD-Rs either.

kazekagesama · « **Reply #6 on:** August 14, 2007, 10:15:04 AM »

The HP's worked just fine. I'm havin no problems out of my game.

Elite Evil · « **Reply #7 on:** August 17, 2007, 02:27:21 PM »

Yeah I have had no problems and use crappy Ritek and CMC mag disks.

Memorax use external producers and license them so are never a sure-fire bet as the disks could be anything.

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #8 on:** August 17, 2007, 06:27:17 PM »

Crappy Ritek? lol. Ritek makes the discs for Maxell and Memorax.

Elite Evil · « **Reply #9 on:** August 17, 2007, 09:46:54 PM »

Ritek make the cheapest, nastiest disks there are.

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2007, 02:19:00 AM »

Hmm, well they work great for the Dreamcast

. Ritek DVDs are the best though.

xsonicx · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2007, 02:58:47 AM »

Do you guys have a store called woolworths in the US?

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #12 on:** August 18, 2007, 04:14:51 AM »

Nope.

xsonicx · « **Reply #13 on:** August 18, 2007, 05:19:57 AM »

coz the sell 5 cdrs for aprox. $1.80 is that gd?

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #14 on:** August 18, 2007, 05:22:15 AM »

It's an okay price, I usually get 50 for less than $15, and when there's sales I can get 100 for a little more than $10. But you're in a completely different society so it's not really comparable

. Minimum wage there is much higher than here.

xsonicx · « **Reply #15 on:** August 18, 2007, 05:26:15 AM »

yeah man the uk is 2 expensive

Elite Evil · « **Reply #16 on:** August 18, 2007, 03:37:52 PM »

Quote from: darkNiGHTS on August 18, 2007, 02:19:00 AM

Hmm, well they work great for the Dreamcast . Ritek DVDs are the best though.

No they are not.

They suck ass.

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #17 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:08:51 PM »

Quote from: Elite Evil on August 18, 2007, 03:37:52 PM

No they are not.

They suck ass.

No. They don't.

Have you tried Ritek g04s actually manufactured by ritek?

Elite Evil · « **Reply #18 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:28:09 PM »

No because I have 50 Taiyo Yuden 3 +R disks.

It is hard to tell which are going to last longest, but I suspect in 50 years time I will be happier with my Tajyo Yuden disks than you will with your riteks.

The Ritek CDRs I have look, feel and even smell tacky and shit. (And they are RiDATA - RiTEKs own distribution for Europe).

darkNiGHTS · « **Reply #19 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:42:03 PM »

Well, Ritek's are the only one's that work consistently on my GameCube and DVD player. I'll have to try these Taiyo Yuden disks though.

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