@bdb wrote:
You can use re-writable CDs so you don’t end up with a bunch of unneeded CDs, but CD-RWs are much slower.
Ultraspeed (24x) or Ultraspeed+ (32x) CD-RWs aren’t much slower than CD-Rs. Considering the pretty much fixed time for writing the lead-in & lead-out and the fact that CD-Rs reach their maximum speed only on the outer third of the disc, the time difference for burning a whole disc is maybe 50%; plus the 20-30 seconds needed to quick-erase the RWs before each burn. While this is indeed slower than burning CD-R’s, if you have a UltraRW-capable burner, using RWs may be a good proposition to avoid waste both physical and financial.
FWIW, I have some Verbatim 24x RWs which I’ve been using for data exchange for 5 years or so, those never produced a single CRC error, and helped me save quite a few € over the years.
