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Re: CDR Media Code Identifier [Was: Verbatim CDR media]

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From: Noel Pearson
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
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> 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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