In particular, “Are green CD-R discs better than gold or blue ones?
http://www.mscience.com/faq52.html. BLER measurements for a variety of recorders and media is in a big table on http://www.digido.com/meadows.html. See also “Is There a CD-R Media Problem?” by Katherine Cochrane, originally published in the Feb ’96 issue of CD-ROM Professional. Subject: [7-4-1] What’s the best brand of media? (2003/07/08) As noted in (7-4), there is no guarantee that brand X will be the absolute best in recorder Y. However, some brands are recommended more often than others. It does pay to be brand-conscious. Brands most often recommended: Mitsui, Kodak, Taiyo Yuden, and TDK. Sometimes Pioneer and Ricoh. It appears that HP, Philips, Sony, Yamaha, and Fuji use these manufacturers for most of their disks. (Kodak no longer manufactures media.) Brands that are often trashed: Maxell, Verbatim, Memorex, Ritek, Hotan, Princo, Gigastorage, Lead Data, Fornet, CMC Magnetics. Many “no-name” bulk CD-Rs are one of these brands. Sometimes a particular line of discs from a particular
