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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 Yes die. Would you believe that most blank disks expensive or not last five years max? Here's an article about that: http://computerworld.com/hardwareto...,107607,00.html

Read:

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/1552

Then look at users comments.

R.

This was strange to me as well because my cd-r's also stood the test of time, but I just thought I was lucky that my cd's lasted over 5 years. But actually you guys are right and I was wrong. I did a little more research and to my big relief cd-r's actually last longer than I anticipated. A study done by the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. government have performed extensive tests on lots of recording media such as dvd-r, dvd+r, dvd-dl, dvd-rw, dvd-ram, cd-rom, etc. It turns out "among the manufacturers that have done testing, there is consensus that, under recommended storage conditions, CD-R, DVD-R, and DVD+R discs should have a life expectancy of 100 to 200 years or more; CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM discs should have a life expectancy of 25 years or more. Little information is available for CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs (including audio and video), resulting in an increased level of uncertainty for their life expectancy. Expectations vary from 20 to 100 years for these discs (NIST, page 20)" I have edited my earlier post and cleared up any trouble on my part.

Source:http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/care...ndlingGuide.pdf

Last edited by stevieboy32808 on Jan-17-2006 at 19:33

...apart from CD-R's used in a club on a CDJ which can last mere hours before someone spills drink on it...

I buy ridata 100 packs of cdrs and i think 2 of them have "died" on me. They worked however for some reason whenever i put them in my cdjs, it reads all the data like title and time and whatnot but no music. The track mapper or w/e on my mk2s also shows that there are volume changes, just a flat low line. Don't know if its because they died or not?

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 Edit: After more research it turns out my above statements are false. Cd's can last 25-100 years if taken well care of. Sorry on my behalf.

and they know this because cd's have been around that long to test

Last edited by D-res on Jan-17-2006 at 21:37

So the conclusion is go for the normal Cd-r (Cheaper), beacuse the Music Cd-r (Expensive), it's not better in quality or anything, just the same, or probably worse as someone mentioned here.


Maybe the music Cd-r it's just a marketing tool to make extra money.

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Originally posted by Pinokio So the conclusion is go for the normal Cd-r (Cheaper), beacuse the Music Cd-r (Expensive), it's not better in quality or anything, just the same, or probably worse as someone mentioned here. Maybe the music Cd-r it's just a marketing tool to make extra money.

Yes.

Go for branded stuff like TDK, Imation and such like

i use microboards CD-Rs. i have found them to be the best quality so far. if you wanna check the "quality" of a CD-R, hold it up to a bright light. the more transparent it is, the worse the quality is. another thing i like about the microboards is that they have no writing on the tops at all, so brandname or 700mb, nothing. completely blank.

memorex black cd-rs FTW

no problems at al lwith these..they supposely last longer then reg cd's and are more durable. not too sure where i heard it, but i did hear it somewhere

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Originally posted by sot memorex black cd-rs FTW no problems at al lwith these..they supposely last longer then reg cd's and are more durable. not too sure where i heard it, but i did hear it somewhere

for my own experience I love memorex, simply vbecause I had a cd, it was filled with dust, scratched, and after 4 years it still sounded good.

I can not get the BLack, beacuse they are not avoiable over here, but the normal memorex should be good also I guess.

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Perasma Vs BT - Swing 2 Gravity (Pepa Live Mash-up)
I Trance You!

i'm not kidding. music cd-r, rolayites are paid.

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Originally posted by Orbital32 i'm not kidding. music cd-r, rolayites are paid.

Royalties to who?

they don't know what I'm going to burn.

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Pepa - Visual Thoughts (March 2007 Promo)
Pepa - Trippin' Again

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Perasma Vs BT - Swing 2 Gravity (Pepa Live Mash-up)
I Trance You!