Wholesale prices for CD-recordable discs will spike this summer, a new report asserts, though the effects should be short-lived. The wholesale price of CD-R discs is expected to as much as triple this ...

First-tier optical disc manufacturers Ritek, CMC Magnetics and Prodisc Technology all plan to begin volume production of 40× speed CD-R discs in March. In contrast, second-tier competitors have ...

Following the issue regarding the LRG D: The Game Collector’s Edition 3DO CD-R discs coming to light, LRG sent out an email and began posting on social media about the pressed discs situation. In ...

CMC Magnetics, a Taiwan-based optical storage disc manufacturer, yesterday announced that it has raised its quote for CD-R discs to US$0.19 per unit, up US$0.01 from last month. The market anticipates ...

TDK Corp. said Friday it is halting production of CD-R discs, videocassette tapes and floppy disks in the United States in the wake of slack demand, leading to a cut in its workforce to 250 from 580 ...

Q: Is there a difference between blank CD-R discs advertised for data, and music? A: Basically there is no difference. The extra cost for the CD-Rs marketed for music rather than data comes from the ...

I believe those are just standard Mitsu chemical discs, they make them all in Taiwan. If they're Datalife Plus discs, they're fine. Just dont burn them much above 24x ...

My strategy for disposing of obsolete backup media could use some help. I have about 3GB of data in my home office that gets backed up weekly, including about 200 MB of sensitive data that I would ...