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Post by crazyman on May 21, 2003 14:36:56 GMT -8
I can get a good deal on these in 48x,has anyone had any experience with this brand? or know who really makes them for Jensen? and also,what are opinions on "Imation" cdr's?
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Post by ed1 on May 21, 2003 17:04:33 GMT -8
I've never used Jensen but I know people with Plextar 36x and higher burners that have had trouble with Imation. My cdrw is so slow (12X) that it really doesn't matter on mine, but I'm kind of partial to Sony.
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Post by loren on May 21, 2003 18:26:01 GMT -8
i agree with ed1.
these off-brands are a little tweaky at higher record rates.
I am running a Sony "CRX175E2" 24x/10x/40x R/RW burner
I personally use 80minTDK's for my stuff I want done right the first time! Not to mention the fact that each comes with its own jewel case!
For all the rest, I have my spindle-type bargain Maxell 74min 8X discs for!
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Post by Donna on May 21, 2003 21:00:40 GMT -8
If I buy cheap ones I burn slow, if I pay more I burn faster, I'd rather burn slow, then spend alot of money.
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Post by Rob on May 22, 2003 23:13:01 GMT -8
Imation is the only blank CD's Ive ever had trouble with, burning slow or fast. For me, they seem to do fine with data, but when I burn music CD's, they dont work in some CD players, or changing of the tracks and getting it to recognize them is sometimes a hard task.
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Post by goldsmith on May 23, 2003 7:43:26 GMT -8
I have a cyberdrv cw 078d cd-r/rw
Ive been using 'memorex' r and rw disks, with no problems (so far)
This thread has me wondering, if there is a website that does rating of the media available.
If nothing else, just the full spec's and limitations of the various brands.
Even though one brand works for me, doesn't mean it will work for others.
I've never used 'imation' cd's, but I have used thier floppies. I had a higher failure rate with them, than other brands I tried. It usually showed up, when using them after they had laid around for a while.
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Post by ed1 on May 23, 2003 8:33:19 GMT -8
I think even if their was a page that rated cdr & cdrw medium it would be meaningless because of the variability of the multitude to players out there. Where I might be happy with Sony cdr's using a Lite-On cdrw a person with a TDK might find that Maxells work best. Also the speed at which you burn will make a vast difference. For my purposes I burn music at 12X. data at 8x and all cdrw disks I burn at 4x. From experience I've found that these settings work the best for me using Sony cdr's and Fuji cdrw's.
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Post by goldsmith on May 23, 2003 9:04:42 GMT -8
I agree.
What I'd like to see, though, is a comparison of say, physical characteristics;
Thickness of metallic coating, type of plastic used in the media, how the coating holds up over time, etc.
Some disks have a higher overall failure rate than others in regards of 'cracking', bursting, corrosion of the coating, with corruption of data, etc.
The imation floppies I mentioned, for instance, seemed to lose thier magnetic integrity, thereby rendering the disk 'useless', and I was unable to even format them completely. They always ended up with kilobytes of 'bad' areas.
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Post by ed1 on May 23, 2003 13:04:59 GMT -8
I've seen a site listing which coating lasts the longest, just have to find it again.
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Post by goldsmith on May 23, 2003 18:24:38 GMT -8
I recall seeing somewhere, that most start to degrade after about a year.
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Post by ed1 on May 23, 2003 19:25:26 GMT -8
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Post by crazyman on May 23, 2003 19:54:42 GMT -8
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Post by ed1 on May 23, 2003 20:17:44 GMT -8
That's one of them Dan, and there is another that gives the approximate data lifespan when used for archiving records.
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Post by goldsmith on May 23, 2003 21:14:08 GMT -8
Thank's for the links, guys. I'm off to read them!
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Post by goldsmith on May 23, 2003 22:18:36 GMT -8
Well, That's some informative reading material.
The main info I retained was;
Buy quality disks Gold reflective layer if possible Dont label em Store them in jewel cases, away from temperature changes
My memorex disks are low rated:(
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