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Summary: The truth is somewhere between these two reviews...
Review: Actually, Audiophile in Texas, you too did not do your homework. In fact, the word "music" on the label has nothing to do with the thickness of the CD. Yes, if they are billing it as a music CD, it may be more durable...or it may not. It depends on the brand. As for your scientific study of holding the two CDs side-by-side, try this with a TDK data CD and one of these Memorex "Music" CDs...hey, they are the same size! So Memorex can stick the word music on the label and TKD can leave it off and they are the same thickness? Who'd have thought such a thing was possible?OK, sorry about the sarcasm, but Audiophile jumped to scold someone else for doing the exact thing he/she then proceeded to do. BUT, Audiophile's point is a good one...thin cheap CDs make for bad music CDs! First time you set it on the car seat and it falls to the floor, you've scratched the surface and there goes that CD. So then we go back to Electronics Fan's point of finding a brand name you like and going with it. And in the end, buy a couple brands and test them out for yourself. Do we have to do all the work for you?
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Summary: Not much of a difference
Review: I always figured that "music" CD-R's and "data" CD-R's were the same physically, except that companies had to pay royalty fees to recording assocications for sales of music CD-R's. The idea is that people with stand alone burners hooked up to their stereos and not a computer, can't use the excuse of "I also use my CD Writer to store my data files." I agree ... that brands matter, buying a no name brand usually means buying a flimsy, easily scatched or cracked disc. But if I'm just burning a few badly recorded MP3's that I downloaded off the 'net to listen in my car, I don't care much about the length of the disc's life. It's not like I'll want to listen to an old disc of Britney five years from now ( *ahem* not that I would listen to her in the first place). ...
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Summary: The cds I bought
Review: I bought a 50 pack of memorex 700mb 80 min. cds and i would say that we have tryed to record on about 20 cds and only about 10 have worked. I get errors that the cd isnt recordable or the calabration area is full. And I thought it was my software so I bought a new program, and it still does it. I had my burner checked and they said that it was fine, so it has to be your discs. I wont by theme again if I am going to have this problem every time. So if you know why this is happening please write back to my E-mail address. Thanks Jay
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Summary: Very poor with stand alone CD recorder
Review: I have a Mazantz 631 professional CD recorder embedded in my A/V system. I purchased a 30 pack of these Merorex "white label" 700MB disks. The first 5 out of the box would not record: OPC error. They cost $0.66 a piece. In this case, you get what you pay for.
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Summary: Very poor with stand alone CD recorder
Review: I have a Mazantz 631 professional CD recorder embedded in my A/V system. I purchased a 30 pack of these Merorex "white label" 700MB disks. The first 5 out of the box would not record: OPC error. They cost $0.66 a piece. In this case, you get what you pay for.
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Summary: Very poor with stand alone CD recorder
Review: I have a Mazantz 631 professional CD recorder embedded in my A/V system. I purchased a 30 pack of these Merorex "white label" 700MB disks. The first 5 out of the box would not record: OPC error. They cost $0.66 a piece. In this case, you get what you pay for.
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Summary: I'm pleased
Review: I've used these discs in the past, and have been happy with them. Occasionally, you will get one that doesn't work right. But, out of 30, that's not bad.
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Summary: There is a DIFFERENCE!
Review: Someone didn't do their homework. The CD's marked MUSIC actually have a thicker more durable layer of plastic protecting the CD recording layer. Music CDs are normally put through more abuse than DATA cds. Just put the two CD side by side and you will see what I mean. I very happy since I switched over to the MUSIC one's. Peace ... :)
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Summary: There is a DIFFERENCE!
Review: Someone didn't do their homework. The CD's marked MUSIC actually have a thicker more durable layer of plastic protecting the CD recording layer. Music CDs are normally put through more abuse than DATA cds. Just put the two CD side by side and you will see what I mean. I very happy since I switched over to the MUSIC one's. Peace ... :)
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Summary: The big secret - no difference between a data and music CD-R
Review: The big secret is...there is no difference between a data CD-R and a music CD-R. They call these Music CD-R's just for marketing, but they are the same as data CD-R's. (The only difference is that music CDs are sometimes more expensive!) Althought you are recording music...to the computer, it is still just data. (Unless you're looking for discs for a stand-alone stereo component CD-recorder -- these actually do use different discs.) But if you are making music CDs on your computer, any CD-R will do. HOWEVER, having said all of that, I personally believe that the difference that does matter is the brand. I've made music CDs with CompUSA generic brands and Imation CDs and several other brands. While you can never be totally sure what causes a CD to work or not work, it seems that cheap brands are more likely to have problems. As prices drop on these rewriteable discs, you can actually afford to buy name-brand CDs. I've had good luck with these Memorex CDs and they seem to be more reliable than other brands. (While the discs are labeled for 16x recording, I've found that recording at 16x is more likely to give me errors than 8x.) So don't pay extra for "Music" on the label, but do pay a little extra for a good brand.
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