There are lots of different makes of blanks on the market. In contrast to disks or the silver CDs you can buy, there is hardly a CD Writer can write on all CD-Rs without any problems. Further down you will find a list of CD-Writers which have problems with certain CD-Rs. This list should not be seen as definitive as due to new Firmware versions a CD Writer may have no problems with certain blanks anymore. Some CD Writer have more problems with NoName blanks.
What is remarkable is that some 4x blanks are no longer suitable to be written with 1x. There will probably be similar problems for blanks which can be written with 8x.
We have also noticed that sometimes writing on the blank works without any problems (without an error message) but reading these CDs can cause problems which depend on which CD Writer was used to write. The effects are noticable as crackles.
Afterthought on NoName blanks: Numerous users say that writing on such CDs and reading off of these CDs works without any problems. Often correct - but: the lifespan of such blanks is relatively short as a general rule. After some time however in many cases, it is often no longer possible to read off of such blanks.
problematic CD-R/RW |
unproblematic blanks | |
Caravell CDR-N820S |
until firmware 1.10: Mitsubishi, Kodak, Fujifilm, Maxwell |
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HP 8100, HP 8110 |
Arita (silver/blue), Neotoc (dark-blue), Mitsumi (gold), Lead Data 80min (silverblue or dark-blue) |
Philips (gold/green), TDK (silver/dark-blue), Samsung, Verbatim, Hi-Val (silver/blue), Maxell CD-R74, Memorex (gold/green), Ricoh (gold/gold) |
Mitsumi 2600TE |
ISI |
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Mitsumi 2801TE |
Verbatim Datalife Plus, Ricoh, Kodak Gold, BASF (blue/green) 80 minute blanks (up to fw 1.09) |
Lenco (gold), Philips Silver Premium |
Panasonic 7502 |
Taiyo Yuden, TDK, Kodak, Mitsui | |
Philips CDD2600 |
Maxell, KAO, Ricoh |
TDK, 3M, HP, Memorex |
Philips CDD3600 |
Princo, BTC CD-Rs (diffcult to read) |
BASF, Maxell |
Philips CDD3610 |
Koch (green), Koch (silver), Princo, KAO (some) |
Verbatim (blue), Mitsubishi (blue), Kodak, HISpace (silver) |
PlexWriter |
Kodak (gold), Maxell, SABA (difficult to read), SunStar (silver/blue) fw<1.06 |
Verbatim, SunStar (silver/blue) fw>=1.06, |
Plextor PX-R820T |
Mitsui |
Kodak silver, BASF Ceramic Guard |
Ricoh MP6200 |
Arita (blue), Koch (green), Boeder (green), Princo; According to Ricoh Hotline: Maxell, Sony, Verbatim |
Verbatim (blue), Mitsubishi (blue), Boeder (Cyan), 3M (Cyan), Sony Shiny (Cyan); according to Ricoh Hotline: Ricoh, KAO, Kodak, Taiyo Yuden, TDK |
Sony 928 |
Koch (green), BASF/EMTEC Magnetics (gold/green), FUJI (green/silver), Memorex, Imatian (white/cyan), Maxell (gold), Pioneer CDM-V74S |
Sony |
TEAC CD-R50S |
Ricoh |
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TEAC CD-R55S |
TDK, SunStar (silver/blue), FUJI, Ricoh (silver) fw <1.0l, Taiyo Yuden fw <1.0h |
Ricoh (silver) fw>=1.0l, TEAC recommend the following blanks: Mitsui Tohatsu, TDK, Verbatim, Kodak |
TEAC CD-R56S, TEAC CD-R58S |
NetWork with firmware 1.0j: Leoptics 80min Silver, Exact 80min Silver, |
TEAC currently recommends the following makes of blank: Mitsui Tohatsu, TDK, Verbatim, Kodak |
Yamaha |
would be a long list - through firmware updates it should be possible to solve most problems. (1.0q: Lead Data 80min) |
At the moment Yamaha recommends the following makes of blank: CD-R: Yamaha, TDK, Ricoh, Memorex, Mitsui-gold, Mitsubishi, Sony, Imation and Pioneer; CD-RW: Yamaha, TDK, Ricoh, Mitsubishi and Verbatim |