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| 39226 | 2002-03-14 20:41:00 | THANKS to all those who responded to my question about cheap CD's, posted a few days ago. Here is a SUMMARY: There was a strong consensus that cheap CD's are OK! Transonic from the Warehouse, also Melody and Dick Smith cheapies: all are fine. Apparently the branded CD's (e.g. Imation, Sony, Verbatim) are made by the same companies as the cheapies; however this is not substantiated and there is no proof of cheapies being equivalent to the expensive CDs. No one reported on research or technical testing of various CDs (such as by Consumers Institute). One person reported that the more expensive CDs gave errors whereas the cheapie Transonics were 100% OK. SPPED was an issue: some cheapies may only go up to 12x and new CD writers are now 24x; the new Transonics are actually 24x as marked on each CD but the boxes still say 12x (or 16x?). MY OWN CONCLUSION: I will try Transonic, Melody and Dick Smith brands - find the best buy for a pack of 10 or 25+ and esure that they go to 24x speed. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR REPLIES. |
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| 39227 | 2002-03-14 21:41:00 | CDR Identifier (www.gum.de/cdrid/) will show you who actually made your disk. They are all made by only a few manufacturers. |
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| 39228 | 2002-03-14 21:42:00 | I think cheap CD's are a bit like cheap hardware. It may actually be made by a name brand, but the name brand will keep the best of the stuff and sell off the inferior quality stock. Or some times the name brands get other companies to manufacture the CDs for them. JM |
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| 39229 | 2002-03-14 22:51:00 | At the end of the day. No not all Blank CD-R are the same. They may get the to the end and write the cd but they are indeed all different in their cababilities in writing speed, durance, long life, resistance to a scrach or sunlight etc. Check out www.cdmediaworld.com for further info. Jess |
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| 39230 | 2002-03-15 02:38:00 | To 'b m' -- thanks for the URL. I have downloaded the program, but the project has been discontinued so TAKE NOTE READERS: download the CDR Identifier now before it is too late. Here is what they say on the site (excerpts): '...We have decided to discontinue development of this application.Therefore we have decided to put the CDR Identifier, a project I had started just for fun, to rest permanently. ...and so we decided to put the very last version online again. If you decide to download it, please keep in mind that we are not supporting it anymore... | Guest (0) | ||
| 39231 | 2002-03-15 02:39:00 | To 'b m' -- thanks for the URL. I have downloaded the program, but the project has been discontinued so TAKE NOTE READERS: download the CDR Identifier now before it is too late. Here is what they say on the site (excerpts): '...We have decided to discontinue development of this application.Therefore we have decided to put the CDR Identifier, a project I had started just for fun, to rest permanently. ...and so we decided to put the very last version online again. If you decide to download it, please keep in mind that we are not supporting it anymore... | Guest (0) | ||
| 39232 | 2002-03-15 02:44:00 | To Jess: Thanks for the URL but I find it not of use as it does not list the actual manufacturer, maximum speed, and nothing about errors/etc. The last column is labelled 'Check' and some have asteriks: do you know what this column is supposed to mean? Thanks. | Guest (0) | ||
| 39233 | 2002-03-15 07:48:00 | If they made it opensource it can live on. | Guest (0) | ||
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