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Article #189Re: CDR Media Code Identifier [Was: Verbatim CDR media]
From: Noel Pearson
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:11
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:11
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I have a Lite-On IDE drive, it works o.k. with that but I did have to update my ASPI layer. "Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bqi7so$1ujkjs$1@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de... > In article <3fcc76d6$0$14031$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, > "Noel Pearson" <noelpear@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >In reference to an earlier post regarding the quality of the latest Verbatim > >CD's I must agree that they are of extremely poor quality. They carry the > >brand name "Verbatim Datalife" (not Datalife Plus). > >I have never had trouble with previous Verbatim disks so I ran a little > >utility called CDR Media Code Identifier > > G'day Noel, > What sort of CD drive were you using? I see from the note at > <http://www.mscience.com/free.html#CDRID> > that cdrid163 claims to work with SCSI-3 compliant recorders. > Only SCSI? > > >which displays the manufacturing > >company and the dyes used on the disk. Guess what! these new ones are made > >by CMC Magnetics Corp using completely different dyes to the Datalife Plus > >which are made by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corp. > >I used 2 disks out of a box of 10 and decided not to use anymore so I cut my > >losses and bought a 10 pack of TDK dig-it > >disks...........................you know what is coming don't you? Yes, the > >TDK dig-it disks are identical to the Verbatim Datalife, same manufacturer, > >same dye etc. I now have 18 drink coasters. > >Too many cheap and nasty disks on the market because people won't pay a > >little more for quality. > > > Cheers, Phred. > > -- > ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100a73,e25a32301ce7a94f X-Google-Attributes: gid100a73,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-12-02 14:05:47 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator-sterling!in.nntp.be!newsfeed01.tsnz.net!news.xtra.co.nz!news1.optus.net.au!optus!newsfeeder.syd.optusnet.com.au!news.optusnet.com.au!not-for-mail From: "Noel Pearson" <noelpear@optusnet.com.au> Newsgroups: aus.computers.cdrom References: <3fcc76d6$0$14031$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <bqi7so$1ujkjs$1@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de> Subject: Re: CDR Media Code Identifier [Was: Verbatim CDR media] Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:41:46 +1030 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 44 Message-ID: <3fcd0c91$0$13968$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.29.0.146 X-Trace: 1070402706 13968 211.29.0.146