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Subject: Re: CD's in the freezer
From: Dave Morrison <>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:26:09 -0500
Unfortunately, Kodak got out of the CD-R business several years back. I
don't know if they made their own or simply rebadged others, but I
bought up all I could find when I heard they were stopping production.
I use my Kodak Golds for archiving and Japanese-made Fuji's for
day-to-day use.

dave

On Feb 8, 2005, at 9:09 AM,  wrote:

>
>> Would it be would be useful to know which companies are practicing
>> quality control in making phthalocyanine dye, silver/gold metal
>> products?  Mitsui possibly? Anyone know the scoop here? Rob D.
>
> I found this on the net - for what it's worth.
> http://www.silverace.com/dottyspotty/issue12.html
> They say:
> Top Quality Name-Brands, in order of preference:
>      A. Mitsui Gold CD-R & Kodak Gold Ultima - Phthalocyanine dye +
> Gold.
>      B. Kodak Gold Silver+Gold - Phthalocyanine dye + Silver & Gold.
>      C. Mitsui Silver, Ricoh Platinum - Phthalocyanine dye + Silver.
>      D. Mitsubishi/Verbatim - Azo + Silver.
>      E. Taiyo Yuden - Cyanine + Silver.
>
> -John Hartog



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