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If you receive a pack of these Fuji CDR that has "Made in Japan" on the wrapper - then you have Taiyo-Yuden CDR. But beware--if it says "Made in Taiwan"--you're getting junk. Be sure to check for this before you buy (if possible) or before you remove the wrapper.

Fuji recently changed manufacturers - judging by the change in packaging in the local stores.

There are really only 4 high-quality CDR makes I trust with my life:

1. Taiyo-Yuden
2. Verbatim (Datalife PLUS products only including "Vinyl CDR")
3. Ricoh (products made in Japan)
4. TDK

It is noteworthy that I have had absolutely no problems with the Imation brand, but I cannot highly recommend them, because they are manufactured by CMC, who makes notoriously cheap discs often marketed under other brands such as Memorex and K-Hypermedia.

That's not to say that many people have had luck burning to the cheaper media -- but I wouldn't want to be the one who tries to read the disk somewhere 6 months to several years down the line only to come up with a read error! This has happened to me before and I won't be fooled again...

Once again, the superior performance and quality of Taiyo Yuden.

If you're wondering what Taiyo Yuden is, it's the manufacturer of the FujiFilm CD-R brand. I consider them to be the #1 manufacturer because of the supremely low C1 error rates, and compatability with all sorts of players.

All Memorex discs are made in low quality factories, which 80-85% of the time produce coasters in half of the spindle.

Some low quality factories include: CMC Magnetics, Lead Data, RiTEK, Prodisc, Princo

Most brands such as Memorex, Sony, Imation, Verbatim, they are all made in these factories.

Maxell 50 Pack CD-R Audio is Taiyo Yuden, I buy them at Sam's Club for 12.88, which is cheap considering the quality of the media. They also like my LITE-ON 52X external, FujiFilm's are the exact same thing, so I suggest you buy them.

...these things surpass any memorex brand SO much it isn't even worth discussing. Fuji is already a great leader in film, why not press on with digital media? I've used 50 packs, but the 30 pack should be no different. I remember using these for trading live shows of bands (The Smashing Pumpkins, in general). It gives me such nostalgia, and I only bought Fuji because many traders recommended them, and stores often had mail in rebates for them so you could get them for basically nothing.

The point of this review is, these are quite frankly the best darn CD-Rs that I have ever used. And I mean I've gone through every brand in the book...Imation, Memorex, PNY, Sony, TDK, Durabrand, Teon (yuk), Philips, Maxell, No-name brands...EVERYTHING. Believe me, I've definately had enough time to try out almost every CD-R (a full summer of trading, with over 1000 CDs of live material), and I still stand strong that these Fuji's are the best that there are. If you want any recommendations besides Fuji though, Memorex is also a good brand, as well as TDK (a leader in digital recording technology), and Imation is sometimes good as well, but they have quality control issues that once in awhile you get a few lemons out of a pack.

Bottom Line : For a trusting and reliable brand of media, GET FUJI-FILM!!!

I just received my order for Amazon's spindle of 30 Fujifilm CD-R's and they were the lesser quality "Made In Taiwan" ones. Just wanted to pass this along in case you were expecting Taiyo Yuden.

I have used about 100 of the Made in Japan 48x Fuji disks for audio backups with no issues whatsoever. Running CDspeed by Nero, I get very low C1 erros, never any C2. The TDK numbers actually come out a bit lower, but I trust these more because they are made by Taiyo Yuden. The TDKs are now all made by Ritek which I have had problems with in the past, but chances are they are made to TDK standards and are likely fine. Regardless, I will probably never use anything else other than Fuji.