Brian wrote: > Yaron speaketh: > > Anyone here get some of those PNY-labelled CD-Rs when they were like $5 > > for a spindle of 50? And if so... are you getting EXTREMELY large amounts > > of failed burns on them? > > So fat I've tried like 15 and only 5 have worked! > > John Miller added: > > I bought a spindle and had about a 50% success rate with them. > > What speed are you burning at? I've got the PNY's at home and burned at > 4x I have yet to burn a coaster. I haven't tried fitting 700 MB on yet, > so I maybe it has problems I haven't encountered yet. > > The flaky reflective stuff is the reason I don't store anything important > on them. I got what I paid for... a disposable CDR. They work great for > burning linux ISOs and stuff for short term use. Generally I don't like > to keep ISOs around for two long because I'd rather have a disc with the > latest packages and patches so I don't have to dig after installing. The > discs I really like (and I can't always find) are the paper-covered > discs.. I feel MUCH safer storing stuff on them because the reflective > stuff won't chip off, you have to intentionally peel the sticker off. > > -Brian > I bought 50 of them at Best Buy a couple of months ago and have gone through around 30 of them without making a coaster. Many of them were burned at 8x, but lately the dummy burn reported problems so I burned them at 4x. Many of them have been close to 700mb. Maybe I got a good batch or am just getting lucky. Kurt > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list