Product Description

After recording, Maxell CD-R discs may be read by any speed CD-ROM drive or audio CD player that conforms to Yellow Book standards. All Maxell CD-R discs comply with Orange Book Part II standards in their unrecorded form and Yellow Book standards after recording.

Product Details

• Brand: Maxell
• Model: 648200
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 100
• Dimensions: 5.20" h x 5.30" w x 6.30" l, .0 pounds

Features

• Up to 80 minutes of music recording or 700 MB data storage
• Certified up for drives with up to 40x recording capability
• Designed for one-time recording with computer-based CD-R recorders
• No copyright protection technology
• Ideal for archiving data, digital music files, or digital picture files

From the Manufacturer
For over 30 years, the Maxell name has been synonymous with quality storage technology. Practically everyone has a shelf or a drawer loaded with Maxell cassette tapes--and you've probably found the ones that haven't been exposed to children, dogs, or sunlight still play beautifully. In the same way, you'll be glad years from now that you bought Maxell CD-R discs. Each disc in this 100-pack features a 700 MB/80-minute capacity.

Features:

• Discs designed for use in computer-based CD-R recorders
• Certified recording speed is 40X
• 80 minute length (700 MB)
• Package of 100

Customer Reviews

These are reliably good!
I have used several different brands of cd-r's for burning "backup" copies of music CDs and saving data files, and I have not found any that were consistently as good as these. Other brands I have used had a higher number of faulty discs in the package - some as high as 10%!

Also, don't be scared by the size of this pack! 100 discs might seem like overkill, but believe me once you start to use them you will find that 100 go pretty quickly!

Bottom line, these Maxells are good quality at an excellent price.

Excellent CD-Rs, maybe even the best
These Maxell CD-Rs are great.

First, I've only had one burn failure, which was mainly my fault because it had scratches all over it. The CDs are very reliable, and they have a hard time scratching.

The data works like new, unlike some of the other brands (especially Memorex) who's data comes out reading very slow and choppy. But Maxell is perfect, making extra copies of games run perfectly, and without poor graphics and gameplay.

Music doesn't sound distorted (like Imatation), and it sounds just as good as the MP3 on your computer.

I only have one negative, which is kind of a funny negative. They, for some reason, smell AWFUL! Yes, these discs smell really bad, and don't ask me why because I wouldn't know.

I've had a lot of companys of CD-Rs, but Maxell has some of the best, and I highly recommend them. Go through a lot of CD-Rs in a 20 pack? Buy this! You can't go wrong!

Not the worst, Not the best either
First, let me state that I had 100% perfect burns with each disc, and I burned all 100. However, that's not attributable to the quality of the discs themselves, just that my CD-RW was compatible with the discs. So why did I not give 5 stars?

The disks are not all that durable, which is fine if you are making incremental backups of data that you won't be keeping for extended periods of time. For LONG TERM storage though, I would not trust these. The film/dye they use has already shown some wear after only 1 month of delicate handling. Holes have started to appear in the dye causing read errors, chips have started showing around the edges (I keep them in hard plastic cases, no idea how they chipped).

One thing I wish all CD-R distributors would publish on the outside of their packaging, is the actual manufacturer of the discs. For instance, Maxell does not make these discs, RITEK does. Had only I known that before, I would not have purchased them (google "Ritek CDR quality" to discover why - they are not the most well regarded manufacturer).

My opinion? Kodak makes the best LONG TERM archival discs you can buy. You pay much more for Kodak disks, but if you really need safe storage for your photos or documents, it's worth the extra money for the peace of mind (and no, I don't work for kodak).