[Gllug] Writable CD/DVD media

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 17:23, John Winters wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-06-14 at 14:26, Chris Bell wrote:
> > Hello,
> >    There are many brands of blank media available, and the latest are
> > generally capable of higher write speeds, but is there any real difference
> > in data retension in use? Is there any general advantage in using slower
> > media (apart perhaps from price)?
> 
> Speaking as one who has burnt a lot of CDs in his time (!) I would
> recommend only one brand - Taiyo Yuden.  Not a high street name, but
> definitely the most reliable.

Finding them definitively has always been the hard part. There's an
interesting article about archival properties of various CD-R media at
http://www.photo.net/mjohnston/column53/ - well worth a read if you
intend on doing any serious archiving.

Mike.

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