Home > Consumer Reviews > Memorex 700MB/80-Minute 40x CD-R Media (Silver, 50-Pack Spindle)

The "silver" or white CDs with the blue packaging do not work for music. That's why they are so cheap. Only one of my CD players could read these burned discs at all and for the short time that the player played the disc, it was garbled and full of static. I made a lot of coasters trying to get one right and tried many different recording speeds and settings. All produced the same result. And since other CD-Rs have worked, I know it is not my computer system or my players. (Note if you go to Memorex's web site, they have discs labeled specifically for music and these are not them!)

I was very disappointed with these discs. Only about 1 in 5 would work at all in my one burner. Although most of them will work to some extent in my newer burner, many of the discs have visible flaws near the edge and will fail if written to their capacity. I've learned that it is worth it to purchase only blanks made in the US or Japan.

I've purchased a lot of disks made by a variety of manufacturers over the past few years and I've never had so many bad disks in a batch. I had expected Memorex to have decent quality, but at least 10 of my spindle of 50 were faulty. Even if they are inexpensive, they are not worth the hassle.

I was under the impression that 40X means that they can be written at 40X spped. My Drive (which is a 40X LiteOn) will only write them at 12X and Nero says it's only a 12X disc? Is this false advertising on Memorex's part??? Any ideas??

Good price though..but I like the Staples Gold better(Store brand of a sony I think) and they write at 40x ..

Fast shipment and nice price. Product has been good.