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Bought a 100 pack 3-4months ago and loved them, they ...seemed to work well. Then recently no matter what speed I would burn them at, what computer I would burn them on, or where they were being played they played like ....

In audio CD players they would skip or hiss, in my MP3 player they would often make a poping noise and then cause the player to error out and stop playing. On computers they would work, but would take 5 to 10x longer to read than an Identical copy written on other media.

At first I blamed by burner or my players, but then upon closer inspection I noticed that midway though the spindal the batch tracking number (on the inner circle of the CDs) had started to be printed in a different font... guessing this was when the bad batch started also.

True they are 1/2 the price of better media, but for me I'd rather pay twice as much, have the same number of CDs work, and have confidence that when I burn a CD it will work.

I love KHypermedia CDRs. I burn a lot of CDs to give out to my classes. I have used this brand in my computer CD burner and in my freestanding CD burner and they burn fabulously in either unit. The color also remains on the top of the CD (I've been having problems lately with other brands peeling apart). These are a great brand and this is a good price!

For one thing, these CD-Rs are better than Imation. They're just as thin, but Imation cracks if they are stacked up in a pile.

These CD-R's are 99% error-free. Some errors might occur if you are over-burning more than the capacity or if your software has an error.

The only problem is that the silver might peel off and it's not a good idea to put CD covers because CD-Rom drives would have a hard time reading them. With a CD cover:
1. After 40 minutes, my DVD-drive fails to read the CD.

2. My CD-RW drive won't read the CD after 50 minutes.
3. In a laptop drive, the CD makes flapping noises.
4. In a CD player, the players does not read it after 5 minutes.

If you want more durable CDs, buy at local stores. At least that way, it would be easier to return them.