• Discs are formatted for CD-R burners
• Each CD-R can hold up to 700 MB or 80 Minutes of recording video
• Record at speeds up to 48x
• These 50 CD-R discs come on a spindle for storage
• Write once CD-R

• nv:Capacity^700MB|Write Speed^52x|Quantity^50 Discs

TDK CD-R80HSCB-50 is quite a long product designation, but very precise when broken down. "CD-R" means "CD-Recordable," the blank media used for data copying in situations where it's okay that the disc is not eraseable. You'd buy "CD-RW" discs if you wanted to reuse them several times. "80" means the disc can hold up to 80 minutes audio at full CD quality, or 700MB of data. "HS" stands for "High Speed," and these discs are indeed certified for drives operating at up to 48X -- the fastest speed currently available. "CB" indicates "Cake Box," a slangy term for the spindle and lid arrangement in which this package of 50 blank discs is sold--which does, in fact, resemble a small cake box.

This hefty 50-pack of TDK data CD-Rs is designed for use exclusively with computer-based CD burners. You can store up to 700 MB of any kind of data--audio, video, text, programs, data, graphics, etc. When using the discs for music, you'll be able to store up to 80 minutes per disc. These discs are write-once, meaning that once you've recorded something, you may not erase it later. This makes them perfect for everything from one-off music compilations to long-term archival storage.

Burned Probley thousands of cds. all brands never have a problem. surprisingly enough this pack of tdk has had about 50 junk disk out of 100 so far. Never had problem with TDK Before.

I've used TDK cd-r for years and I've never had any problems. I recommend this brand for being reliable and affordable.

I have about 200 live concerts that I burned onto TDK discs about 3 years ago. None of them are playable now. Going forward, I will only use Mitsui Gold cds.

I use these discs for data (but not consistently for audio), and I've never had a problem with one yet. No errors in the burning process, no read problems.

The few times I used them for music (WMA or MP3 files), again no problems, and no complaints.

Has anyone else experienced the following ?: Used the first twenty or so in a stack of 100 without any problems, then have run into (so far) a run of at least 30 defective discs after the remainder sat unused for a few months. After various attempts to narrow down the problem, I tracked it down to the blank CD-Rs. I had exactly the same problem occur with another brand, which was replaced with these TDKs. Is there some unwritten shelf life for blank CD-Rs or am I just unlucky?