>All that said, it is frustrating to see what is widely regarded as one of
>the most archival media available - made by a huge company with a long history
>in materials science and information storage - bite the dust in mass
>availability because it costs a few more cents than the el-cheapo stuff.
One of the major heartburns I have with CD-R media is that
it's quite difficult to tell the good from the bad. It's nearly
impossible to tell just by looking at the packaging what combination
of dye and reflective layer you're getting. Even the newer 'gold'
disks don't all measure up the same. I tend to buy them in very
small amounts so that I don't get burned too badly if they turn out
to be lemons. CompUSA used to sell some nice dark blue dye disks
under their name but then I made the mistake of buying one of their
bulk packs which turned out to use the light green dye and were
really crappy. I'd gladly pay the additional money if I had a
concise guide as to just which were the high quality media.
Jeff
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Received on Mon Jul 23 2001 - 19:53:58 BST