How Do You Buy Blank Cds?
Blank CDs cost anywhere from 10 cents to more than $1 apiece. The kind you buy depends on your equipment and what you want to do. Step 1 Check your computer manual to see if your CD burner is a CD-R (recordable) or a CD-RW (rewritable). Recordable discs can be used only once, but rewritable discs can be used over and over. Step 2 Keep in mind that blank CD-Rs will work in a CD-RW burner, but CD-RWs won’t work in a CD-R burner. Step 3 Buy blank CDs with gold-tone on the bottom to record archival material, such as family photographs or financial records. Step 4 Get less-expensive green-toned CDs if you’re making everyday copies of documents, photos, and music. Step 5 Buy CD-Rs (not CD-RWs) if you’re recording music to be played on a portable or car stereo. Choose blank CDs labeled “Music,” “Digital Audio” or “DA” if your CD burner is part of your system.
