200 Kodak CD-R's

[randomlinh]

At Buy.com

It's $140 - coupons however you want to apply it...

It's a warm deal, they're kodaks and free shipping (clearance)

 

[tomcat]

Wow I thought you had meant to put $14 and miss-typed it. At $140 this isnt a very good deal, 50 packs usually go for $5-$10 so a 200 pack should be no more than $30 to be worth it..

 

[Steve0]

Maybe deals on blank CDRs shouldn't even be posted. If someone posts a price on "quality" discs (Kodak, Mitsui, TY), within minutes someone else will reply the price is too high. If someone posts a deal on "generic" discs (CompUSA, Ritek, et al), sooner or later someone else will reply that they're sh*t.

You do get what you pay for.

Steve

 

[tomcat]

I believe the saying is "You get what you pay for, except at AnandTech"

But seriously, I am yet to see the difference with higher quality cdrs.. Less coasters? Unlikely, I hardly have any.. longer survival time? Perhaps, but I think that in 5 years we will probably archive all our data onto different, much higher capacity disks, simmilar to how floppies have become obsolete now. In the meantime we need cheap media.

 

[fr]

Kodak CD-Rs are the best I've used so this is actually a pretty good deal. I paid ~$2 ea. for jeweled ones about a year ago.

 

[CrazyJake]

CDR's are getting cheaper by the month...I think it would be ridiculous to spend that much on them. Two weeks ago I spent 20 bucks on 80 TDK CDR's in their jewel cases from outpost.com...Outpost also has very cheap 50pk spindles that are well worth it, even if they are Kingstons. I've bought 3 spindles in the last year. Yes I get a few coasters, but if I spend 15 cents a cdr on those compared to the $2.00 you spend on yours...which is the better deal? You just can't go wrong with cheap cdrs...

 

[setaanbomb]

Kodak are nice, but you can get Verbatim CDRs for much less.

BTW, criticizing deal posts is only informing the poster that is not a deal...by their terms.

 

[Tarobap]

Yeah, I think you can get good quality brandname CDRs for a little cheaper. But if Kodak floats your boat . . . who are we to sink it . . . buy away!

 

[Coca-cola Bear]

I don't know about you guys but, this is a decent deal. There are differences in CDR's. Forgot which website did it but, they tested a bunch of CDR's higher grade CD's tend to age better. As in retain there information. A lot of Kodak CDs have been rated to have archival lives of over 100 years. This is the stuff I would put like your family albums on. I've personally have had CDR's die on me sitting on the shelf. Mainly backups of stuff I don't use any more but, they are usually the cheap garbage CDR's. Yes I use them for stuff I really don't care about.

 

[cremefilled]

I'm with tomcat--we will be using different media in the near future. Within maybe 4 years, terabyte hard drives will be commonplace. Within 10-15 years, TB drives will be woefully out of date. CDR's just have to last long enough to be archived in the near future--not for 100 years.

 

[fragarific]

I don't think you can get any better than the Kodak disks

 

[virtuamike]

Difference not only in how long they last but also what devices can read them. Used to be that PSX couldn't read the generic gold and green CDRs, but if you burned a game with Kodak or TDK it was guaranteed to work. Then again PSX is notorious for having bad laser, but this also applies to home CD players, car CD changers, and Discman. Depending on how good or bad the device was, media type actually mattered.

 

[darkfyre]

I've personally never had any compatability issues with the crap cd-rs that i've bought (usually either decent/good factory cyanine or no-name factory pthalocyanines).

i'm concerned with longevity, in spite of the fact that i might be switching media formats within a few years, but I want to be able to archive my stuff at least 20 years... cause i dont want to go through the process of copying stuff from old media to new media all the time.. i have better things to do. for example, nearly 95% of the stuff i had on floppies from years ago are still on floppies. you think i'm concerned about their longevity now? you bet. i'm gonna transfer them to cd eventually, but for the time being i just hope they last.

another thing is durability. oftentimes with the cheap generic cd-rs you get either a cheap laqcuer/topcoat, or no laqcuer/topcoat at all (these are the ones where both sides of the cd looks almost the same). The problem with this is that if you tend to be hard on your cds, the topcoat can tear and flake, and when that happens, your cd becomes unreadable. discs like kodak have a strong protective lacquer that is in addition to its reflective layer, and they hold up much better under adverse conditions. case in point, I leave unprotected audio cds out on my dashboard so i can grab em easily, and the cds without protective coatings start to flake VERY easily. but it doesnt happen with better cd-rs.

yes, you get what you pay for, and $140 for 200 Kodaks is a very good deal.

 

[billandopus]

Don't forget that the 200pk Kodaks for 140 are before coupon.

Add another 10 bucks worth of stuff and you can bring it down to 120 or so. That's not bad for top quality media. I'm probably not going to use 200 of 'em but they're a good deal for someone.

To add my 2 cents worth - I feel that decent media is warranted in certain situations. If i'm trying to burn a copy of Oracle 9i and assorted progs and apps then i'm going to make sure that i'm using top quality media.

Even though i'm running Plextor hardware and decent software - I don't want to run into the possibility of the media failing - whether in holding the information or whether it's a readibility issue. I've heard anecdotal reports from people saying that they've used crappy media and found out that their disc failed to read months later. Crappy media may hold on for a year or more but will then begin to fail compared to decent media.

Granted, most Anandtechers use their media for music, games and other things. Most probably aren't too worried about the issue of permanence - just burn and throw them away later on.

But there are certain things that may call for Kodaks and their ilk ... it depends on you.

However, for everything else i'm buying some of those CompUSA TDK's!

 

[HEUGE]

This deal I think is for the Kodak Ultima 80 media. The only catch with the 80 minute media is that these are the silver mixed with gold, not the Gold Ultima. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

Kodak is the world leader in "thin layer" technology, and that makes them the best CDR producer in the world IMHO (although Taiyo Yuden is also darn good). I would assume that the Ultima 80 minutes have the same quality dyes, but they use a mix of silver to keep the price down. For work, I care about my data getting to offsite projects and customers, so I am willing to spend the extra couple of cents per disk to get that little extra "comfort" of knowing that it's the best media and I won't need to fedex another package cross country to make up for a bad disk. Shop for yourself, if you "really" need that 80 minute disk.

I have been very happy with the Kodak Gold Ultima media. I went through 200 of these last year with no coasters and no data loss. I just ordered another 100 for the office from Buy.com. My only catch is that I ordered a different buy.com sku #10254192, which was a 20 pack Gold Ultima with Jewel cases, with the difference that it was Gold Ultima media (all gold all the time).

http://www.us.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10254192&loc=101
$15.38 X 5 = 76.90, so $153.80 for 200
Get a coupon, and that can drop it even further. If you don't care about the 80 minute media, I would have to recommend the Gold Ultima packs as a far better deal.

I really love Kodak media, and I am not just saying that because I am originally from Rochester, NY... but it doesn't hurt.

 

[billandopus]

New Kodak deal from buy.com check new thread.

 

[KeyzerSoze]

Wow, these are a bit pricey. I've gone thru 3 spindles of 50cds that I got from Outpost.com. They are 80min Kingstons and work perfectly. Its only 13.95/spindle w/free overnight shipping. Use a plexxy 12/10/32 and you'll make perfect cds everytime! Kodaks are great too, but not for that price.:Q

 

[cremefilled]

Uhh...what? Lay off the Jack Daniels before typing...

 

[fragarific]

great deal if missed by anyone

 

[stonythug]

Hey all, I just wanted to let you know that the Kodak Ultima Gold 20 pks with cases that Huege mentioned as an alternative to the 200 spindle have dropped in price to $12.25 per 20 pack. Buy 10 of these for 122.50 and you have 200 Ultima Gold CDRs(better than the Ultima 80 min that are mixed with silver) with cases. Pretty phat deal if you ask me. Better CDRs and you get cases, just beware these are 74 min and not the 80 min. I haven't received them yet, but I ordered 12 20packs with something else small to get me over that $150 so I could use my $30 off coupon. If you're a new customer it might be better to use the free shipping coupon rather than the $30 off cause I think my shipping was a little more than $30. I've heard these cds are top quality which is what makes this a good deal. If you want the cheapo ones, then get them, just don't reply telling me that you can get 5000 cheap @ss cds for $10 and that this is not a hot deal.

 

[Ranger X]

Does anyone know who manufactures these CDRs? I get the feeling that they don't make it themselves.

 

[randomlinh]

kodak makes their own stuff.

 

[billandopus]

I was going to mention about the 20pk Ultima Golds. That's a pretty good deal.

There's also a 200 pk of the Ultima Golds with InfoGuard coating for about 98-99 bucks. Anyone see that one? No jewels but it looks like a lower per unit cost. Something to consider.

And yeah, Kodak AFAIK still makes their own stuff. Either in Japan, Mexico or Ireland (of all the places i've seen on the labels).