How Do You Choose Which Recordable CD To Buy?
In order to put the CD burner in your computer to good use, you’ll need to pick up some recordable CDs. A simple trip to the electronics store will quickly reveal that there are many different brands and seemingly countless different types of recordable discs. The question then becomes, which packet of recordable CDs do you actually buy? The answer to that question will depend on exactly what you want to do with your recordable CD once you’re done making it. Purchase a package of CD-RW discs if you want to use and reuse the same disc over and over again. The “RW” in CD-RW stands for “rewritable,” which means that once you burn data to a disc you can later erase that data and use it again. It is not a good idea to buy CD-RW discs if you want to make music CDs to play in your car or stereo, as a lot of older equipment cannot read CD-RW discs. Select a package of CD-R discs if you are okay with only being able to use a specific disc one time. These discs are more for permanent storage (as
