Well, for starters, these CD-Rs are very visually appealing! The top layer does a good job of impersonating an old 45' vinyl album, and the bottom layer is a very
deep blue. That aside, I don't think I would personally use these discs, they appear erratic in performance, and as nice as they look (and they *DO*) I'm not willing
to trade appearance for burn quality.
Technically Speaking:
Technically speaking, these discs are generally usable, but you have to burn them at 8x or 4x to achieve these results. This is one of the rare media types
where the burn quality really does improve the slower you burn them! At 12x these discs become even more unstable, and I hate to think of what these discs would be like
had I been able to burn them at 16x like they are certified!
Something I think is important to mention is that these discs use the Metal Azo dye type (as mentioned in the Introduction to these discs), and this dye type is known to have
some compatibility issues with some drives. I would say from these results that my LiteON drive does not agree with these discs, and I would suspect most older drives would
yield similar results. This does mean however, that there are likely to be some drives that can burn this media very well, most likely newer drives more calibrated to this
dye type.
The Score:
I give this media 2.5/10 They failed to burn at their certified speed,
and they tested poorly at the next available speed! However the dye type is fairly new compared to other dye types (Cyanine, and Phthalocyanine),
and may not be supported by all burners, and therefore the quality of the discs may improve when burned on a newer, or different brand CD-Writer.
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