>Any idea about the quality of Verbatim's "Azo" dye? Obviously they hype
>it as being far better than other media, but I didn't know if anyone
>knows any "truth" about it.
>
>I have been moving to those because that is what I have been buying for
>my VCD recorder. I settled on them because they were the only ones I
>could get to work reliably in my VCD recorder when I first got it. It
>turned out to be a defective recorder (cooling fan was broken, so the
>unit overheated within minutes), and now just about any 74 minute CD-Rs
>work in it... but I have stuck with the Verbatim despite the slightly
>higher price... simply because I was impressed that they managed to work
>consistantly even in a broken recorder.
I'd like to know how well they work myself. I've used the Verbatim
"Blue's" for years. When I got my first burner back in '97 I researched
what was best for Audio work, and found that they were supposed to be about
the best combo of price/performance. In that time the only "coaster's"
I've made have been the result of problems with my burners (the first one
needs to be periodically greased (no joking), the second had the fan burn
out in the external case). I've also been using them in the Pioneer DVD
burner I got recently.
The other brand I use for basically throwaway disks are Memorex CD-R.
Though now that you can get spindles of Verbatim "Blue" disks, I'll
probably start using them even for my 'throwaway' disks.
I've used both brands without any problem for Data, Music, and VCD.
Although when using them for VCD I can't get either brand to play in our
good JVC progressive scan DVD player :^(
I'd also be interested in knowing how well the Verbatim DVD-R disks are for
archival purposes as they're what I'm planning to use for a couple of
archival projects I have. Unfortunatly those projects are on hold as my
DVD burner is currently broken and I just sent it in to get repaired under
warrenty.
Zane
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Received on Mon Nov 11 2002 - 01:04:00 GMT