Posted by mcp6453 on 12/09/05 23:40

Bob wrote:
> On , root <NoEMail@home.org> wrote:
>
>
>>If you are just starting to write your own disks, buy a small quantity
>>of disks and see how they go. If you are successful you can buy a
>>larger quantity of blanks.
>
>
> Better yet, just buy Taiyo Yuden brand discs and get on with it.
>
> You might want to buy small quantities of each of the major TY discs,
> 8x +R (YUDEN000 T02), 8x -R (TYG02) and 16x -R (TYG03). The 16x +R
> (YUDEN000 T03) is sold in Europe but for some strange reason I cannot
> find it in the US.
>
> If you want to go as cheap as possible, there are some 4x TYs still
> available, but 20 min burn times is getting a bit much.
>
> The price is now low enough (SuperMediaStore.com and Rima.com) that
> there is no excuse for fooling with any other brand disc.

SuperMediaStore has a good deal on the NEC drive, but they don't have
small quantites of the TY disks, that I could find. Do any of the major
retailers, like BestBuy, CompuUSA, Circuit City, or TigerDirect (retail)
carry TY disks? Mail order is such a hassle.

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