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| From | Ryan Williams <ryan@jimmyether.com> |
| Subject | Re: cd storage (was ipod) |
| Date | Wed, 9 Jul 2003 06:35:28 -0400 |
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> They also make the majority of Memorex's, AT&T's as well as much of
> TDK's
> CD-R's too. They will work OK but I have had trouble burning them over
> 32x
> speed and I wouldnt trust them to keep music or data for a long long
> time.
Regardless of the specs the CD-R manufacturers publish about high speed
burns, burning any faster than 8x is going to create higher error rates.
The issue isn't that the newer media can't handle the speed, but that
most computers have a difficult time supplying the data consistently at
such high rates. Oddly enough, studies at NASA have shown that burning
at slow speeds, like 1x and 2x, also produce higher than average error
rates with the new media. My general rule is to burn at 8x on newer
computers and 4x on older (pre 2000) ones.
And the error rates of which I speak won't necessarily be so bad to keep
a disc from playing, or even make it skip (all discs have errors). But
it will degrade the audio quality slightly.
> My favorites are Fujifilm - which are made in Japan by Taiyo Uden (one
> of the
> first and most respected CD-R manufacturers) and are available at most
> big
> stores. Best Buy has a good rebate deal on them every couple of months.
> Mistumi CD-R's are very hard to find in my area.
Buy on-line. I've found the silver Taiyo Yudens as cheap as $28 for a
spindle of 100 and the Mitsui just a bit more than that. The gold
Misui's are about twice that, but well worth it for archival purposes
IMO.
Ryan
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