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I was totally psyched to burn CDs on these Black CDRs. I already picked up a box of ten and they worked great. The problems began when I got a 50 disk spindle--so far I burned about 40 and of those I now have 10 very cool looking coasters. I never had such a fail rate before, and I do a lot of burning. I used to use the Kodak Gold, and I was hoping these Memorex Black disks would replace those old favorites...Still, maybe my spindle was a clinker--also, on a couple of the CDs I sucessfully burned, there were skips and strange sounds when I played back on my stereo--I don't mind the occasional flukey CD, but when burning a lot (I run a CDR label) I need consistency and these lovely looking Black CDRs have me wondering. Still, they ARE way cool looking...

I'm a freelance photographer and I use the Memorex Black CD-r exclusively for archiving my stock photo library. I have never had a dud in the 50-pack spindle, I have burned cds using either a Dell Notebook or Apacer CP-200 Disc Steno. I have had no problems reading these CD's on any other computer: Dell, IBM, HP, Compaq. Maybe some people experienced problems when they first came out (2000/2001) but the ones manufactured now in 2004 are the best. I wouldn't rely on any other CD for archiving pictures.

I bought these babies for when they where a little cheaper and haven't looked backed since, mainly using them for backing up my data as I reinstalled windows, burned anime down as my 20 GB drive filled up and I am happy to say that not one of the cds was a dud, i once thought i had one due to burning 702MB with nero and a data error came in the data verification process, put i checked personally the data and all was well ahh well indeed: Anyways this endless pile of blanks has finally come to an end an so i'm back for another round, keep em comming memorex, ill keep em burning

Have yet to see a problem with these CDs, though I'm halfway through the spindle. I don't know if there's any difference between the black or more traditional silver back, but it's different! A very good value!

Just wanted to clear up a little 'misinformation' ;-)

pahamrick, it is lighter colors that reflect more light, hence their bright appearance. black actually absorbs the most light, from sunlight to the light from the laser in your cd player. since I have not used the black cd's, I have no comment as to their performance, I only suggest that it is not the reflectivity of the color that makes them read better. maybe it is their non-reflective properties that give them better performance.