I've gotta agree here, idm and Chris ( hello , Chris!)
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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:08:55 -0500 (CDT)
From: denial@ix.netcom.com (kiya "yup yup yup" babzani)
Subject: Re: (idm) CD-R
AND i agree with john, in saying that i would never
pay more than 2.75 on a blank cd-r. and im not giving into the
bullshit of buying only sony or tdk or some other brand name because
they supposedly skip less or you a less chance of having some sort of
error while recording onto the disc, because i've burned maybe about
almost 300 discs so far with my burner and have had only three errors
where i had to throw away the blank cd-r and start the session over
again, AND the three times it happened it was with brand name cd-rs,
two times with maxell and once with sony. my guess is it has nothing to
do with the brand.
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I used to sell media: tapes, CDRs, et al. The name brands were returned more
frequently than the generics. Also, keep in mind that many (no not all )
of the large
name brand media manufacturers but their raw materials from the same
source(s). A lot of
flaws in media can spread to Sony, TDK, Maxell all during the same week, month,
season, what have you. I was told this information from a media
manufacturer who
sold raw media materials to the major brands who simply put their name and
their
casings on the same raw materials that their competitors buy.
No, this is not a universal situation.
And, YES, if you shop around and do some testings, you can find a great and
reliable
generic brand.
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