You can use the Verbatim no problem, However for production masters I use either Taiyo Yuden (own branded) or HHB. But the Verbatim would work fine.
Just a note, I send at least 2 copies of a master to production just in case one copy ends up with a fault.
Alan.
I think what the OP is saying is that if he sends a disc with a fault, the company will use it anyway, and blame him. The fact that they want to charge 80 Euros to make the 'master disc' - which they will then just rip the files from - tells me he should shop around.
I've not been too particular about what brand or type of disk I've used. I've not paid it any attention, and just sent what I had at hand. I've not had one case of a disk failure, so either the CD gods have been smiling on me, or it is not a critical part of the process, or the process is robust enough to accept varying qualities of disks.
What bullshit. They shouldnt need a cd at all.
Lastly, the Verbatim CD's in the picture are intended for home audio CD writers which need discs with special lead-in information recorded on them to make sure that you've paid the extra royalty to the record labels. Standard Verbatim data CD-R's will probably be OK although not as good as the real Taiyo Yuden discs. Verbatim also used to make high grade discs although I'm not sure if they are still available. Another possibility would be to order some HHB discs - they're usually good although I don't know where they currently source their discs.
i havent even burnt a CD for 3yrs maybe?
Marias, "Taio Yudin" (I think they were bought by JVC.) would be a better choice for off the shelf cdr. Amazon carry's them. Dust them off good , and use the slowest burn speed you can ..