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The failures normally occurred near the end of the burn, which corresponds to the outer edge of the disk. After using a 100-pack of these with no problems, I did not hesitate to buy another. As a result I will not purchase this brand again, since it appears that they do not have good process control from one lot to another. Sadly my experience with the second lot was very poor. I estimate that about 15% failed to burn. Keep in mind that Amazon's return policy is not designed for items that you use up over time. Thirty days after purchase you are on your own.
Every now and then you will get a disk that won't work but the vast majority of the disks work great
Since I settled on memorex blank media three years ago, it is the ONLY brand I purchase. No coasters, no duds, always good copy. Other brands, while possibly less cost wind up wasting my time (the only comodity that counts and can only be spent once).
I have been using this product for years and have found it to very reliable and will continue to use them.
But when it gets to the end of it's days (burnt one too many CDs). So I've probably been through a lot of brands in my time. but sometimes it's a hardware malfunction. In fact, I would hate to have to buy any other brand. as long as your CDR drive is working properly. which is what your CDR drive simply DOES after burning so many CDs. If you go with no-brand cheap CDs, you're going to get yourself a lot of coasters.That being said, while these may or may not be more expensive than other brands, they have proven over many years of use to be as reliable as any of them.I would greatly suspect that those posting reviews here of only a couple stars, are having hardware issues.
it begins to die, and you get an increasing number of coasters, no mater what brand you buy. Yes, I'm sure that every company experiences the occasional "bad batch" (I don't recall this ever happening to me but once, and I don't recall the brand it was. I got into using computers back when the very concept of data on a CD was new to the public. I probably have CDs from 2000 sitting around. And until my CD burner started dying recently, I haven't had any real problems with this brand. I've had nothing but problems with cheaper ones.BOTTOM LINE: According to my experience, this seems to be a very quality product. And that has nothing to do with Memorex. The CD writer I've had for only about 2 years now (it's a poor quality one), is dying.
Rule of thumb is, of course, usually you get what you pay for. you're GOING to get coasters. And sometimes I think my burner rejects a random disk once in a while just to make sure I didn't go anywhere, but that's just me. lol (Actually it's because my burner is dying).As for myself, I back up data on these things that I DEFINITELY do not want to be loosing. No matter what brand you're going with. "You get what you pay for" also applies to hardware.
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