Product Description

AmazonBasics products are quality electronics accessories offered at a great value.

Product Details

• Brand: AmazonBasics
• Model: -
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 7.50" w x 8.00" l, 2.92 pounds

Features

• Ships in Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging
• One spindle containing 100 700 MB capacity, 52x write-speed CD-R recordable compact disks
• Records up to 80 minutes of audio (up to 150 mp3s), 350 photos, or 700 MB of data
• 52X transfer speed means you can burn a full disk in 90 seconds
• Distributed by Amazon.com; backed by one-year AmazonBasics warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
This spindle of 100 AmazonBasics 52X CD-Rs provides a natural storage solution for music, photos, and archiving important data. Each disk offers a capacity of 700 MB. These CD-Rs support fast write speeds up to 52X and provide an audio recording time of 80 minutes.

The AmazonBasics 52X CD-Rs offers a capacity of 700 MB, fast write speeds up to 52X, and an audio recording time of 80 minutes.

Recommended Uses: Creating audio CDs for playback on a CD player. Sharing photos with friends and family. Backing up and archiving up to 700 MB of data. Technical Specifications: Capacity: 700 MB Format: CD-R Recording Speed: 52x Recording Time: 80 minutes Warranty: AmazonBasics 1-Year Limited Warranty [PDF] Documentation: Helpful Hints [PDF]

CD-R: Quality Media Storage
CD-R is a Write-Once format with a storage lifetime that's intended for sharing music, organizing your media library, or archiving important business or personal data.

UCD-Rs are compatible with most standard CD readers, which means that after you burn your favorite tunes to a CD-R, you can play them back on most home or car stereos.

With 700MB of space on each disk, you can store up to 80 minutes of standard audio, 150 songs in mp3 format, or up to 350 photos (this number varies widely depending on file format and size).

52X Write Speed: Quick and Convenient
AmazonBasics CD-R disks enable fast write speeds up to 52X for quick, clean data transfer. 52X transfer speed translates to 7.8 MB/s which means that you can burn a full disk in a minute and a half. Plus, quality construction minimizes errors and improves performance.

AmazonBasics: Quality Products at Low Prices
AmazonBasics is a collection of consumer electronic "basics" created by combining quality and low prices for an overall focus on value.

Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging
This AmazonBasics product features Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging that is recyclable. It comes without excess packaging materials such as hard plastic clamshell casings, plastic bindings, or wire ties. The packaging is designed to be opened without the use of a box cutter or knife, and it will protect your product just as well as traditional packaging. Products with Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging can frequently be shipped in their own boxes, without an additional shipping box, saving on resources and reducing waste. In addition, the packaging materials that we do use are easily and frequently recycled, composted, or reused by our customers, and all the inks and dyes are biodegradable.

Warranty and Helpful Hints
These disks are backed by an AmazonBasics 1-year limited warranty. To view the full AmazonBasics warranty, click here. If you are having trouble with these disks, click here for the AmazonBasics CD/DVD Helpful Hints Guide [PDF].

What's in the Box
Spindle of 100 52X CD-R disks and warranty card.

Customer Reviews

Amazon's Blank CDRs are rebranded Plasmons
I was hoping for Taiyo Yudens, but unfortunately, Amazon's CD-Rs are rebranded Plasmons, according to Nero InfoTool. They're not the worst CDR brand out there, about lower middle of the pack. Plasmons are also rebranded by other manufacturers and sold as the following; Samsung 48X, MediaMac 52X, Davio 52X, Dynex 52X, etc.. Didn't get any coasters during a few of my test burns. However, if you're looking to archive important data, then you might want to use a higher quality brand.

The price is ok; Newegg sells a 50-pack of Verbatim CDRs for $16.99 with free shipping. Obviously Verbatims are much higher quality, and so I've deducted 1 star from the rating. For Plasmon branded CDRs, I'd rather pay 25-30% less, say in the neighborhood of $10-12 (based on Amazon's asking price of $15.10).

Fine for non-critical uses--3.5 stars
I tested these CD-R's on an iMac running OS X 10.5.8 with an external LaCie DVD/CD burner containing TSST guts. The burner is connected to the iMac via FireWire.

I did not encounter any problems using the CD-R's. My burner was able to write to them at high speeds. The burnt discs were readable by other devices without any hassles. A minor quibble, though, is that the discs themselves seem to be more flexible and lighter in weight than the CD-R's I normally use (Verbatim and TDK). Another, more personal, quibble is that the discs have a glossy finish on the label side. I prefer a matte finish because the CD marker pens I use don't work terribly well on slick surfaces.

For this product, the Frustration-Free Packaging isn't a big deal. The discs come on the usual spindle with a plastic, lockable cover. The only real packaging difference is that the spindle is shipped in a special box that doesn't require air packs or foam peanuts to protect the spindle while it is in transit. That's environmentally nice but the spindle itself isn't any easier or harder to open than others.

Bottom line: a good choice for "everyday" disc burning. However, I won't be using these CD-R's for archival or mission-critical purposes until they establish more of a track record. 3.5 stars.

Typical End User Has Good Experience
I'll preface this by stating that I'm not a super-tech-saavy user. I won't be able to wow you with a bunch of technical facts and figures. I can tell you, however, how this product worked for me, your typical end-user.

First, I'll comment on the "frustration-free packaging". It's about as simple as CD-ROM packing comes, but isn't remarkably different from 50- or 100-packs from other manufacturers. A nice, sturdy shell surrounds the CDs positioned on a center spindle. If you want each of your discs to have individual cases, you'll have to buy them separately. This actually saves a great deal of space and makes the overall packing very compact. The shell is, mercifully, easy to open.

As for the discs themselves, they're about as plain-Jane as they come. I only use them for making audio discs, NOT for data storage. As far as accuracy of storage, I did note one disc that had some "spotty" audio quality, which was disappointing. When re-ripped, the next disc was just fine. Honestly, I'm unsure if the problem was the CD-ROM or my hardware. In any case, I figured you should know.

Overall, I'm quite pleased with this product. The price-point is nice, while not extraordinary. One star was removed for the "spotty" disc, but I would definately buy this set again if I need CD-ROMs in bulk.