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The failures normally occurred near the end of the burn, which corresponds to the outer edge of the disk. Keep in mind that Amazon's return policy is not designed for items that you use up over time. 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. Thirty days after purchase you are on your own. Sadly my experience with the second lot was very poor. I estimate that about 15% failed to burn.
Every now and then you will get a disk that won't work but the vast majority of the disks work great
Other brands, while possibly less cost wind up wasting my time (the only comodity that counts and can only be spent once). Since I settled on memorex blank media three years ago, it is the ONLY brand I purchase. No coasters, no duds, always good copy.
I have been using this product for years and have found it to very reliable and will continue to use them.
No matter what brand you're going with. it begins to die, and you get an increasing number of coasters, no mater what brand you buy. "You get what you pay for" also applies to hardware. And until my CD burner started dying recently, I haven't had any real problems with this brand.
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. And that has nothing to do with Memorex. I got into using computers back when the very concept of data on a CD was new to the public. So I've probably been through a lot of brands in my time. 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 probably have CDs from 2000 sitting around.
The CD writer I've had for only about 2 years now (it's a poor quality one), is dying. In fact, I would hate to have to buy any other brand. as long as your CDR drive is working properly. you're GOING to get coasters. but sometimes it's a hardware malfunction. But when it gets to the end of it's days (burnt one too many CDs). Rule of thumb is, of course, usually you get what you pay for.
I've had nothing but problems with cheaper ones.BOTTOM LINE: According to my experience, this seems to be a very quality product. 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. which is what your CDR drive simply DOES after burning so many CDs. 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.
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