Memorex CD-RW Media 16X-24X 80MIN Ultra Speed with Slim Jewel Cases - 5 pack

by Memorex

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 1 x 5 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000086TIP
• Item model number: 32023426
• Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #53 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Blank Media > CD-RW Discs
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 26, 2008

Product Description

Memorex 24x CD-RW Media 32023426 CD Media

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars At LAST an 80 minute ULTRA SPEED CD-R/W! UGH!!!!!, March 2, 2005

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Josef H. Buerger III (Houston, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex CD-RW Media 16X-24X 80MIN Ultra Speed with Slim Jewel Cases - 5 pack (Electronics)

I have a PLEXTOR 48/24/48A CD burner that I got 2 years ago. It works flawlessly. I have been using VERBATIM 650 MB CD-R/Ws and was really exited when someone finally introduced a 700 MB ULTRA SPEED disk. ULTRA speed disks record nearly 2-1/2 times faster than HIGH SPEED disks on my PLEXTOR and the small increase in space would have allowed me to use [1] disk instead of [2] in many of my backup applications. As soon as the new disks arrived, I began to substitute them for the smaller 650 MB ones. Fortunately I kept making the backups on the smaller ones [as a SAFEGUARD] because the MEMOREX CD-R/Ws were NOT reliable. The data written to them became corrupted in some cases. Initially, I wasn't sure why so I contacted PLEXTOR [they were familar with the MEMOREX reliability problem] and told me that these disks were NOT recommended by them. They suggested that I either continue using the VERBATIM 650 MB ULTRA SPEED CD-R/Ws or 700 MB HIGH SPEED ones. As I understand the problem, the technology to make a reliable, higher capacity ULTRA speed disk [larger than 650 MB] HAS NOT been developed yet!!!!!!

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, August 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Memorex CD-RW Media 16X-24X 80MIN Ultra Speed with Slim Jewel Cases - 5 pack (Electronics)

These discs allow to be written at 16x only despite the claim of 16x to 24x "ultra speed". The CD writting software identified the manufacturer as INFODISK.

I purchased the disc pack to make VCDs. The discs proved unreliable for VideoCD. VCDs did not play on the same CD-RW drive (under WinXP), or in my consumer DVD player (where other brands work.) The VCDs played on Mac OSX using DLC (freeware VCD player) but the video was choppy and the player became unstable.

I am forced to give this Memorex product one star because zero is not an option.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hopeless, January 23, 2007

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Picturesque Music (In the sky) - See all my reviews

I have had a pack of these for a while and they are just terrible. I use a nice NEC DVD burner which is considered by burning pundits (they exist!) to be a really good drive. It's given me no problems ever, except with these disks. After the first burn they work fine but any subsequent burn they are tempermental at best and often do not work at all. Although I can quick-erase (or do a longer erase) and then burn a compilation, the data verification fails most of the time. Ignoring that, and trying to use the CD anyway, results in inconsistent, but generally bad results. For instance, my DVD player (which has had no problems with other media) can kind of run these disks but other CD drives cannot.

All in all a major disappointment. My burner can do CD-RW at 24X but even burning these at 16X on a fresh disk results in similar results. They are essentially very expensive one-time use CD-Rs.