17 Apr
2005
17 Apr
'05
10:55 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Smith" <eric at brouhaha.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: SCSI CD drive capable of reading CD-R
Phil wrote:
So just how reilable/accurate IS the ATIP data?
This guy thinks it's rubbish.
http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq02.html#S2-33
DaveB, NZ
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Watch out though - the "Datalife" CDRs
are cheap crap - rebranded
CMC
Magnetics floor-scrapings.
Floor scrapings are the only kind CMC Magnetics makes. TDK CD-Rs
used
to be Taiyo-Yuden, which is the best. I routinely bought them at
Costco.
One day I had a spindle of which nearly 50% of the discs were bad,
and
checking the ATIP data, they were CMC Magnetics. I've never bought
TDK CD-R media since. I can only guess that some bean counter at
TDK
refused to pay for T-Y when CMCM is so much cheaper. Possibly TDK
has
switched to something else by now, but I'll never find out
first-hand.
Eric