On Wed 16 May 2007 14:53:04 NZST +1200, Robert Fisher wrote: > > any recommendations as to where to purchase good quality cd-rw's and > > dvd's for a good price?
There are no good-quality CD/DVD blanks on the market, only medium quality and rubbish. This is due to consumers going shopping with this list of priorities: 1. how much is it? 2. how much is it? 3. " ... 8. does it work? ... 99. how long does it keep my data safe? > We used to buy cheapos but, although my sons had no trouble with them on > Windows/Nero, k3b was fussy with them and speed was slow with several > failures. The burning isn't done by k3b, that at best assembles the data to burn. Main suspect is the burner drive being incompatible with some media brands, not whether it's Lose/Lin, although closed-source burning software like Nero contains a lot of code to fix problems with crappy drives. CDs are less problematic than DVDs, things have stabilised more (and development has stopped a while ago). As the burn success also depends on your burner model, I suggest to try a pile of brands and then stick with one, and to stick with big brand names and to forget about no-name. > Since switching to DSE as my blank supplier I have had no problems. I hate to think what you had before that, but they sell some bigger brands too - however where you buy those from is irrelevant. Well as some added spice, brand-blanks have been counterfeited... Further to $SUBJECT, erasable CD/DVD media is notoriously unreliable. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
