blank media

Baz · Oct 14, 2008, 19:48:09

where do you buy your blank CDs from. Are they good/bad quality.

Normally I just go to the fairs but need some soon-ish but not worth going to fairs just for that.

Sebby · Oct 14, 2008, 20:59:27

Play.com are quite cheap. I often see deals posted on HotUKDeals.

Simon · Oct 14, 2008, 23:36:38

Yup, Play.com for me too. Last time I ordered, they were doing 3 for 2 on 100 x Maxell CD-Rs at £14.99 per spindle.

Inactive · Oct 14, 2008, 23:42:51

Also worth checking Amazon out, avoid their " marketplace sellers " tho'.

Amazon have free P&P on sales over £14.97.

Simon · Oct 14, 2008, 23:48:08

Quote from: Inactive on Oct 14, 2008, 23:42:51
Also worth checking Amazon out, avoid their " marketplace sellers " tho'.

Amazon have free P&P on sales over £14.97.

Never had a problem with Amazon Market Place, but you don't get the free delivery with them.

Play are free P&P on everything, btw.

Inactive · Oct 15, 2008, 00:06:53

Quote from: Simon on Oct 14, 2008, 23:48:08
Never had a problem with Amazon Market Place, but you don't get the free delivery with them.

Play are free P&P on everything, btw.

I avoid Market Place sellers for that very reason Simon, as well as they are a bit of a mixed bunch.

Yes to Play being free delivery Simon, but they are not always the cheapest.

drummer · Oct 15, 2008, 02:11:33

I get mine from a computer fair which is held every Saturday and the most reliable blank media I've used are Infiniti whites and Rivision whites.

Red and yellow blanks have had the highest rates of failure for me, so I now avoid those and use Rivision blue when Rivision or Infiniti whites aren't available.

Apparently, the colour indicates which pressing plant it has come from and some plants are, I gather, better than others.

To answer the question, play.com seem to have the cheapest branded media but their Play Trade associates take longer to deliver.

vitriol · Oct 15, 2008, 09:34:12

Bigpockets.co.uk are pretty good for media, for DVD's I always try to buy Ritek branded discs, they just seem to work better for me. Anyway have a browse, they're pretty competitive, not sure on delivery prices though, good for printer inks too.

I used to get all of my media at the local computer fairs too Baz, which fairs do you go to? The main ones I used to go to

Nissan
Gateshead Stadium
Middlesbrough Riverside Stadium

Rik · Oct 15, 2008, 09:36:30

I used to recommend SVP, but I hear mixed stories these days sadly.

Inactive · Oct 15, 2008, 10:26:44

Quote from: Rik on Oct 15, 2008, 09:36:30
I used to recommend SVP, but I hear mixed stories these days sadly.

Indeed a sad day Rik, they now belong to the same outfit as Bigpockets and a few others.

Glenn · Oct 15, 2008, 11:40:11

Sainsburys have good deals on DVD's every few weeks

JB · Oct 15, 2008, 12:37:48

Quote from: Inactive on Oct 15, 2008, 10:26:44
they now belong to the same outfit as Bigpockets and a few others.

Didn't know that.

Inactive · Oct 15, 2008, 12:41:34

Indeed JB, bad news, SVP was one of my favourite suppliers.

Rik · Oct 15, 2008, 12:42:27

Luckily, I have about 12 months stock.

Inactive · Oct 15, 2008, 12:48:22

Ditto Rik.. in fact I don't use them quite so much these days.

Rik · Oct 15, 2008, 12:53:12

Same here, In, USB hard drives have become so cheap, not to mention flash drives.

Sebby · Oct 15, 2008, 13:09:20

I also hardly use blank CDs these days.

Baz · Oct 15, 2008, 14:37:54

thanks every one will look at some of those ideas.

@ Vitriol...........yeah I go to Nissan mostly. have been to Gateshead and also Darlington footy ground which was poor really. Went to one at The Northumbria Center a lot but its not on now.