Rob-
Thanks for the links. 99% of the info I'm finding amounts to either mfr's p=
ress releases mis-identified as "reviews", or user reviews which amount to =
"yeah, I bought one a week ago and it works great, but it's noisy". Can't s=
eem to locate any real burn error tests. Am I missing something? Does anybo=
dy do that anymore?
Pd
--- In Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> Hi Danny & Paul--
> ~4 years ago I found several web sites with tests of burners with
> several criteria measured. There were significant differences between
> burners.
>
> If you are thinking of buying a drive for making archive copies, I'd
> definitely do some research
> http://www.cdrlabs.com/
> http://www.cdrinfo.com
>
> Like Danny, I've been using T-Y silver premium discs (~.25 cents ea.)
> for the last 4 years. There are very, very few mis-burns. No verified
> disk has failed to mount and read at later date. I opted for the
> Pioneer 107D which tested out well and matched another drive I
> already owned. I think some test better. Plextor are also highly
> regarded.
>
> Please let us know what you find some recent production models that
> have tested-out well! Rob D.
>
>
>
>
> =3D =3D =3D
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>
>
> At 6:50 PM +0000 4/29/11, Danny wrote:
> >
> >
> >I do not purport to be an expert in burner engineering, but I
> >believe that if we're referring to the burning of data files, the
> >difference in burner is not very meaningful to the final outcome. I
> >would be more concerned with the media itself for archival
> >longevity. I use Taiyo Yuden media which has served me well and
> >seems to come up with very low error rates when used with any number
> >of burners, but I am sure there are other good media brands out
> >there as well.
> >
> >--- In
> ><naturerecordists%40yahoogroups.com>=
com,
> >"Paul Dickinson" <pauld@> wrote:
> >>
> >> I know this issue has been covered here before, but the previously
> >>preferred model (Pioneer DVR-A04) has long been discontinued.
> >>
> >> Is there a current model of DVD burner that is recommended or
> >>preferred for archival backup?
> >>
> >
> >
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