R.I.P., The thread for dead CD-Rs |
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R.I.P., The thread for dead CD-Rs |
 Jan 18 2004, 08:32
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Group: Members Posts: 1234 Joined: 5-October 01 Member No.: 220  |
CD-RW.org the best known place for discussing CD-R media brands has had very few users in the CD-R(W) media forum lately so I thought it would be a good idea to start a new, more accurate thread for dead CD-R media at HA whether it's a success will depend on the users.
If you have more than one brand feel free to post them all. Use CDR Identifier or Nero Info Tool to identify the real CD-R manufacturer also specify the CD-R manufacturer on the case, box or spindle, drive used to burn, speed, color of the CD-R & burn date would also be useful CD-R quality can be measured using,
(!) Tops are reported to peel with time This list may change depending on future findings DVD-R Armour is a solution for those who find DVD media too delicate (scratches easily), newer DVD-R Armour discs also provide extra UV protection. The OSTA.org (Optical Storage Technology Association) site has some very useful information & can answer many of your CD-R questions. This post has been edited by westgroveg: Jan 29 2005, 08:43 |
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Jan 18 2004, 08:39
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 Group: Members Posts: 271 Joined: 19-August 02 From: Maryland Member No.: 3109 |
I have ~2 year old Memorex (CMC) discs that have unrecoverable C2 errors around the end of the disc.
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Jan 18 2004, 09:53
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 Group: Members (Donating) Posts: 1336 Joined: 18-November 01 From: Celaya, Guanajuato Member No.: 478 |
I once did a --rather limited-- experiment, just for fun.
I recorded a CMC CD-R with music with my LiteOn 24102B. I left if outdoors, recorded-side up and everyday I would try to extract/play it. It worked for 17 days, no sh*t Maybe it was just luck, but I have stopped worrying about CD-Rs becoming useless. I have been burning since 1998 and even the earliest CDs I have (except for some very-bad-I-don't-know-who-made-'em-old-super-green-cyanine-on-gold's) still work. So I have survived without problems what we could call "Pio2001's curse" 
-------------------- I'm the one in the picture, sitting on a giant cabbage in Mexico, circa 1978.
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Jan 18 2004, 10:00
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 Group: Members Posts: 1311 Joined: 4-June 02 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 2213 |
/me is uploading some Plextools Pro scans now ...
-------------------- The name was Plex The Ripper, not Jack The Ripper
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Jan 18 2004, 10:15
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Group: Members Posts: 1311 Joined: 4-June 02 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 2213 |
El-Cheapo deep-blue AZO CD-R disc (650 MB), dated 19. January 2000
Burned with Yamaha CRW-6416S ID: Multi Media Masters & Machinery, sold under the brand of "Network" ATIP: 97m 28s 21f  Tasty scan IMHO ... Another scan of a disc with the same ATIP/ID, but sold by Traxdata (Traxdata Silver), burned with the CRW-6416S as well ...  More scans to follow ... This post has been edited by JeanLuc: Jan 18 2004, 10:23 -------------------- The name was Plex The Ripper, not Jack The Ripper
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Jan 18 2004, 10:40
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Group: Members Posts: 1311 Joined: 4-June 02 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 2213 |
Hehe ...
Lead Data - AZO 97m26s50f - burned 10.10.1998 on a TEAC SCSI 4X CDR writer  Plextools refused to scan the whole disc ... and look at the scale ... 
-------------------- The name was Plex The Ripper, not Jack The Ripper
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Jan 18 2004, 10:58
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 LAME developer Group: Developer Posts: 2950 Joined: 1-October 01 From: Nanterre, France Member No.: 138 |
Fujfilm, but those ones were quite old (about 7 years old)
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Jan 18 2004, 11:08
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 Group: Members Posts: 3621 Joined: 14-May 03 From: Bad Herrenalb Member No.: 6613 |
QUOTE (Gabriel @ Jan 18 2004, 10:58 AM) Fujfilm, but those ones were quite old (about 7 years old)  Taiyo Yuden!
-------------------- http://listening-tests.hydrogenaudio.org/sebastian/
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Jan 18 2004, 12:24
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I won't buy Princo ever again, they are all dying. Burnt with Yamaha 4260 some years ago.
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Jan 18 2004, 12:52
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Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 6-October 03 Member No.: 9180 |
GIGA-master. Burnt five of them. Not one of them works now!
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Jan 18 2004, 14:40
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 Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 19-May 03 From: Earth Member No.: 6705 |
years ago i burned a lot of PLATINUM CD-Rs. today all of them are either partially or completely unreadable. when i try to look up the manufacturer info with the nero tools, all fields are blank, so i can't say who made this pieces of shit.
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Jan 18 2004, 14:56
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i have some CD's that are so crappy that they don't even have any ATIP information or if they do it's unreadable!
 The brand on the box is JTecedit: they don't even have one scratch and were stored safely! This post has been edited by ssjkakaroto: Jan 18 2004, 14:58 -------------------- Allegari nihil et allegatum non probare, paria sunt.
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Jan 18 2004, 15:46
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nan-ya
the caoting peeled off |
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Jan 18 2004, 16:12
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 Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 20-February 03 From: India Member No.: 5080 |
I've been using CD-R's for about five years now - have discs by HP, Kodak and Sony. None have failed so far.
I've however seen an Amkette disk which belonged to one of my friends fail... it had no scratches on it's surface. |
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Jan 18 2004, 19:28
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QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Jan 18 2004, 02:08 AM) QUOTE (Gabriel @ Jan 18 2004, 10:58 AM) Fujfilm, but those ones were quite old (about 7 years old) Taiyo Yuden! Fujifilm CD-R's are (or were) also manufactured by Ritek, TDK, and last but not least, FUJI Photo Film Co., Ltd. |
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Jan 18 2004, 20:08
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Group: Members Posts: 3621 Joined: 14-May 03 From: Bad Herrenalb Member No.: 6613 |
QUOTE (odious malefactor @ Jan 18 2004, 07:28 PM) QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Jan 18 2004, 02:08 AM) QUOTE (Gabriel @ Jan 18 2004, 10:58 AM) Fujfilm, but those ones were quite old (about 7 years old) Taiyo Yuden! Fujifilm CD-R's are (or were) also manufactured by Ritek, TDK, and last but not least, FUJI Photo Film Co., Ltd. Oh, I see... I thought they were all manufactured by TY. 
-------------------- http://listening-tests.hydrogenaudio.org/sebastian/
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Jan 18 2004, 20:36
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FujiFilm discs labeled MADE IN JAPAN are manufactured by Taiyo Yuden; if they are labeled MADE IN TAIWAN the manufacturer varies. But I've never had a FujiFilm or Taiyo Yuden disc fail.
The only "brand names" that have consistently died - from my own experience - are Memorex and Maxell. Both are reputedly much, much more reliable now... but they left such a bad impression that I am loathe to use/accept either of those brands for any reason, whatsoever. - M. |
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Jan 18 2004, 21:15
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Group: Members Posts: 1311 Joined: 4-June 02 From: Cologne, Germany Member No.: 2213 |
I've lost tons of early Ritek and CMC discs (labeled Bestmedia, Platinum, early Tevion in Germany).
Not a single TY or MCC failed on me, though - I still got those wonderful and good-looking deep-blue Verbatim Metal AZO's (up to 12x) in my Audio CD collection ... they play fine and, apart from few scratches, no C2 errors are reported when they are scanned with either Plextools and/or K-Probe. -------------------- The name was Plex The Ripper, not Jack The Ripper
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Jan 18 2004, 22:02
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Group: Members Posts: 374 Joined: 29-September 01 From: Toronto Member No.: 30 |
QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Jan 18 2004, 05:08 AM) QUOTE (Gabriel @ Jan 18 2004, 10:58 AM) Fujfilm, but those ones were quite old (about 7 years old) Taiyo Yuden! i don't think taiyo yuden were making fujifilm media at the time (i could be wrong, though). i have fuji media from around the same time and they are made by either fuji or TDK and both are made in japan. i have some sony taiyo yuden from like 6 years ago which don't have c2 errors. thus far i have ran into one defective fujifilm cd-r. it had small "holes" in the dye and if you hold the disc up you can see right through them. as with other media, i've had mixed results with maxell. i have old maxells that are now almost totally unreadable and have a high c2 error rate, and i also have more recent maxell media which have no c2 errors. -------------------- Be healthy, be kind, grow rich and prosper
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Jan 18 2004, 22:12
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 Group: Members Posts: 339 Joined: 20-February 02 From: Kyoto, Japan Member No.: 1362 |
IIRC, Fujifilm had made their own CD-Rs. (cyanine, green colored)
Anyway, I lost 2 Mr. Data(CMC) discs. -------------------- Folding@Home Hydrogenaudio.org Team ID# 32639
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Jan 19 2004, 06:51
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Group: Members Posts: 374 Joined: 29-September 01 From: Toronto Member No.: 30 |
QUOTE (harashin @ Jan 18 2004, 04:12 PM) IIRC, Fujifilm had made their own CD-Rs. (cyanine, green colored) the TDK fujifilm are slightly more blue-ish. the fuji-made fujifilm is dark green while the TY ones are brighter green. fujifilm still make their own media today me thinks, but it's mainly distributed in europe. my local supermarket sells only TY fujifilm but my university bookshop sell made in germany fujifilm that are made by fuji. -------------------- Be healthy, be kind, grow rich and prosper
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Jan 19 2004, 08:55
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LAME developer Group: Developer Posts: 2950 Joined: 1-October 01 From: Nanterre, France Member No.: 138 |
My dead Fujifilm cds are dark green made by Matsushita.
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Jan 19 2004, 10:07
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Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 18-May 03 Member No.: 6691 |
9 Dead CMCs [sold as Memorex].
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Jan 19 2004, 10:14
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Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 15-December 01 From: Denmark Member No.: 655 |
1 dead pioner CD..it got fluid inside..wierd
QUOTE 9 Dead CMCs [sold as Memorex]. damn i just bougth a bunch of Memorex -- edit -- anybody know about these BAS/EMTEC CD-R's ? ATIP: 97m 17s 06f Disc Manufacturer: Moser Baer India Ltd. Reflective layer: Dye (Short strategy; e.g. Phthalocyanine) Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown nominal Capacity: 702.83MB (79m 59s 74f / LBA: 359849) -- edit -- just wnated to add more info on my dead pioner cd-r ATIP: 97m 27s 31f Disc Manufacturer: Pioneer Video Corp. Reflective layer: Dye (Long strategy; e.g. Cyanine, Azo etc.) Recording Speeds: min. unknown - max. unknown nominal Capacity: 657.42MB (74m 50s 01f / LBA: 336601) the reflective layer (greenis color) turned to fluid on a 0.5x1cm area. if i touch the etiket side i coudl se from below the grenn fluid making movements. the cd-r are a backup of my win98se Danish so its a couple of years old This post has been edited by sven_Bent: Jan 20 2004, 09:07 -------------------- Sven Bent - Denmark
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Jan 20 2004, 16:52
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Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 8-February 03 Member No.: 4904 |
Hi,
I lost some cheap Memorx and Prostore (Multi Media Masters & Machinary SA) CDs. But the oldest Disk in my Collection is still alive, and in good shape. :-) Verbatim Datalive Plus burned 1995 on Philips CDD 2000  Ciao ZYron |
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