In a message dated 11/24/2002 10:48:09 PM Central Standard Time,
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> wrote:
> > Hey Everyone
> > Not sure if this was covered in the last discussion of how long CD's will
>
> > last or their over all quality. Here is an interesting article on quality
> of
> > CD's. Not sure if it is based in any fact though.
> > http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_quality.shtml
> >
> > I don't know about you, but I was confused about the quality of CD's.
>
> When I compare test against test from various sources it gets even more
> unclear. Not a lot of agreement.
>
> One brand I've never had fail (fuji) gets bad marks. Another that I lost
> quite a few unrecorded blanks due to coating deterioration (sony) gets
> good marks. On the sony ones, those that I recorded on have not
> deteriorated, only the ones not used. Figure that one. Once I've burned
> a CD-R I've yet to have one fail.
>
> I still use both brands. I also use 80 minute CD-R, which, more and more
> are all I find around. And they called those illegal.
>
> I'm pretty sure there are some poorly made CD-R's. Or probably more
> correctly some poorly made batches of CD-R's. The high popularity and
> cheap price for the disk will make for lots of corner cutting.
>
> I stick with brand names, and burn carefully. I don't use high speed
> burning, normally either 4x or 6x. And make multiple copies.
>
> The stuff I really want to protect is also on optical disks. CD-R are
> sometimes called optical disks, but there are real archival quality
> optical disks. They more closely resemble minidiscs in that they are in
> a protective shell. And their ratings are much higher than CD-R. You
> really want to protect it get a real optical drive.
>
> The unfortunate thing is that optical disks cost more. So, in time the
> cheapskate users will drive them off the market. Zip disks already did a
> lot of damage. Then there will be no trustworthy archival disks. We are
> about due for another big lesson, about like the lesson that was taught
> when things put on computer tape were considered archival. By the time
> they learned better a lot of data was gone.
>
> Walt
>
>
I have used Imation CD-R, 80 Min / 700 MB for years and haven't had any
troubles. Just my two cents.
Stan Tekiela
Author / Naturalist
Wildlife Photographer
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