[ARSCLIST] Media, was DiscWelder Bronze first blush

[Lou Judson <loujudson@xxxxxxx>]

With quality media such as T-Y around 25c each, why would anyone use 
generic garbage? I do not understand... Even Costco carries TDK, the 
minimum I would use even in a pinch!

The one and only stalels generic pack I got was returned after 10 in a 
row failed...
On Mar 28, 2006, at 5:07 AM, Tom Fine wrote:

> I noticed one of the big downfalls of using DVD media -- even recent 
> drives are somewhat picky about what discs they'll reliably burn. 
> Plextor burns a wide range but it would not take generic 8x CD-R with 
> an inkjet-print coating on top, I suspect because the discs were 
> obviously thicker than silver-top and may not fit the drive properly, 
> but it also might be that Plextor's laser doesn't like that shade of 
> purple dye. In any case, I generally don't have this problem with CDRW 
> drives, except my Plextor Pro won't burn the dirt-cheapo Staples and 
> OfficeMax CDR's (probably as a measure to save the user from himself 
> ;) ).