Re: CD-Rs playing with distortion

[AngryJ5 <AngryJohnny@fuse.net>]

At 01:01 PM 2003-12-07, Jason Neely wrote:

> > Brands most often recommended:
> Mitsui, Kodak, Taiyo Yuden,
>
> Essentially, the brands accepted in the trading world are JAPANESE
> manufactured blanks, not taiwanese.  Some companies, like Fuji, have
> their blanks made in both countries now.  Japanese blank media can
> be identified by a "frosted" inner ring, as opposed to a clear
> inner ring.

The best way to tell if its made in Japan is to look on the
spindle/packaging for 'made in ____' 
if there is not one, then you can probably assume its made in Taiwan or
India or somewhere cheaper than Japan...you get what you pay for. 
There are also many sites that attempt to keep track of where discs are
manufactured according to brand, and also which brands work best with
different models of CD-RW drives, its pretty subjective though, and a lot
of opinions based on little scientific fact

There are a few different types of dye (4 or 5), and supposedly some much
better durability than others,  only time will tell that.  The
other important factor is physical durability, which you yourself can
usually vary by how well you treat your cds, when youre not using a cd
put it back in the jewel case or binder or sleeve, or however you store
them, hopefully not in a stack or scattered across the floor ;-]

as far as cd players go, I havent had many problems with them not playing
my discs, if my discs are scratched that bad no player is any better than
another, but i imagine that the cheaper the player, the less quality it
has.

Thanks
 AngryJ5