CD media for rough use

greenhorn · 16th July 2008, 23:29

Had almost decided to buy an ipod to hook up to my car CD player, then did a cost benefit analysis and figured that CD's were cheaper.
bought one of those "cd books" which carry 80 cd's now to the part of getting 80CD's originally used some Moser baers ( not the pro version), some of which have started skipping very fast.

what media (easiest to get are moserbaer pro and Sony) would be best to stand the rough handling in a car ?

muneemmk · 16th July 2008, 23:38

TDK is quite good stay away from sony if u don't want coasters. Moser is better bet than sony

reignofchaos · 17th July 2008, 01:10

Just get whatever you like and then create a new copy of the CD once the old one goes bad :P.

abhinav.gupta88 · 17th July 2008, 01:40

Moser baers these days just not good.
Try Writex , they are nice!

zoom_vroom · 17th July 2008, 08:58

Maxell and TDk are a bit costly compared to Moser baer.
I personally hook up my USB drive for songs, and if you don't have that option then all you can do is to keep the CD's back in the CD pack once you have used them to prevent scratches.
Also, always keep a CD in your CD player to prevent dust from gathering on the CD player's lens.

nithi · 17th July 2008, 09:24

If you are referring to Audio CDs and If your player supports USB,
Just rip all the Audio CDs to mp3 and store them in a Thumb Drive.
Plugin the Thumb Drive in the USB port and play the song you want.

1. Thumb Drive size is very small and you can carry 100s of songs in a small Thumb Drive.
2. Since they have Flash Memory, [no moving parts] they last longer.
3. You can store 80 CDs songs in one 8GB Thumb Drive [assuming size of 1 song is < 10MB and 1 cd has 10 songs].
4. You can also use Thumb Drive for other purposes.

My 2 Cents.
Regards!

16th July 2008, 23:29	#1
greenhorn BANNED Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: KL-01 Posts: 7,878 Thanked: 4,910 Times View My Garage	CD media for rough use Had almost decided to buy an ipod to hook up to my car CD player, then did a cost benefit analysis and figured that CD's were cheaper. bought one of those "cd books" which carry 80 cd's now to the part of getting 80CD's originally used some Moser baers ( not the pro version), some of which have started skipping very fast. what media (easiest to get are moserbaer pro and Sony) would be best to stand the rough handling in a car ?
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16th July 2008, 23:38	#2
muneemmk BHPian Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cochin Posts: 832 Thanked: 99 Times View My Garage	TDK is quite good stay away from sony if u don't want coasters. Moser is better bet than sony
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17th July 2008, 01:10	#3
reignofchaos Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,558 Thanked: 2,527 Times View My Garage	Just get whatever you like and then create a new copy of the CD once the old one goes bad :P.
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17th July 2008, 01:40	#4
abhinav.gupta88 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Delhi , India Posts: 4,090 Thanked: 341 Times View My Garage	Moser baers these days just not good. Try Writex , they are nice!
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17th July 2008, 08:58	#5
zoom_vroom BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Faridabad Posts: 261 Thanked: 52 Times	Maxell and TDk are a bit costly compared to Moser baer. I personally hook up my USB drive for songs, and if you don't have that option then all you can do is to keep the CD's back in the CD pack once you have used them to prevent scratches. Also, always keep a CD in your CD player to prevent dust from gathering on the CD player's lens.
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17th July 2008, 09:24	#6
nithi BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 104 Thanked: 35 Times	If you are referring to Audio CDs and If your player supports USB, Just rip all the Audio CDs to mp3 and store them in a Thumb Drive. Plugin the Thumb Drive in the USB port and play the song you want. 1. Thumb Drive size is very small and you can carry 100s of songs in a small Thumb Drive. 2. Since they have Flash Memory, [no moving parts] they last longer. 3. You can store 80 CDs songs in one 8GB Thumb Drive [assuming size of 1 song is < 10MB and 1 cd has 10 songs]. 4. You can also use Thumb Drive for other purposes. My 2 Cents. Regards!
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