Much has been said about the CD-RW and CD-R with regards to which one would be better to use. The answer would vary and would also depend on their intended use. In the current decade, there is still a wide proliferation of CD players/drives and burners among computer desktops. Although DVD drives has started to gain preference over them, many users are still content in using CD drives/players. That is why the demand for CD blank computer media is still high. In any case, most of the problems that have been encountered with regards to using CD-RW and CD-R is related to compatibility issues with CD drives and players. CD-R has manifested itself to be compatible with most players and drives out there while CD-RW will encounter some compatibility problems with those. Fortunately, new models of CD drives and players are now compatible with CD-RWs making this issue starting to fade out and be a thing of the past. In addition, since CD-RW is an erasable and rewritable media, it can literally be used many times over as compared to a CD-R which can only be used once. But then again, the price factor would now come into play. A CD-RW cost much more than a CD-R and may not be suitable for many budgets especially when buying by the numbers. Although they are co-equal in terms of data storage capacity, their price difference is usually the main factor in many purchase decisions.