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CD-Recordable discs unreadable in less than two years (from ) The Dutch PC-Active magazine has done an extensive CD-R quality test. For the test the magazine has taken a look at the readability of discs, thirty different CD-R brands, that were recorded twenty months ago. The results were quite shocking as a lot of the discs simply couldn't be read anymore. Roughly translated from Dutch: The tests showed that a number of CD-Rs had become completely unreadable while others could only be read back partially. Data that was recorded 20 months ago had become unreadable. These included discs of well known and lesser known manufacturers. It is presumed that CD-Rs are good for at least 10 years. Some manufacturers even claim that their CD-Rs will last up to a century. From our tests it's concluded however that there is a lot of junk on the market. We came across CD-Rs that should never have been released to the market. It's completely unacceptable that CD-Rs become unusable in less than two years. Original Article in Dutch . --- [about the attached picture] On the image you can see the exact same CD-R. On the left you see the outcome of our tests done in 2001. On the right you see the same CD-R in 2003. The colours indicate the severeness of the errors in the following order; white, green, yellow and red whereas white indicates that the disc can be read well and red indicates that it cannot be read. -- discuss |
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Er....blimey....! |
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Intrsting! Do the article drop any names of cd-r brands one should avoid? |
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I only had my old acid tracks on CD-r (including the 'kill your parents' one) and they read fine after more 2 years of non-usage. |
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Just burn new ones, innit! Even if you had to burn one every year, it would take 28 years to finally cost the same as an album. Over here, anyway. |
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nope... |
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Thats bullshit I have CDRS that are more then 3-4 even 5 years old. I think you just have to burn them slow and KEEP THEM IN THEIR CASES. Remember when CDRs were like 12 bucks each ? hahaha |
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When you purchase an album you're paying for the music [on the cd] - the cd [itself] is just a way of getting the music home to you. |
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damn? it's not bullshit... you didn't read the article? it doesn't say ALL CD-Rs last less than two years, it saids some of the ones they tested did. and that's upsetting, if the manufacturer claim they will last longer. |
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I once bought a CD-R for I think $12 bucks.... but I didn't burn it until years later and by then they were like $3 or so... bah... it was a friend of mine who told me he could burn some stuff for me (I asked him), but he never did... the little bastard. |
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it's clearly true, you see it when you buy lots of cdr's (then you maybe buying cheap ones) did you know that a croissant number of electronic equipment manufacturers make their products so that they'll be dead in 7-10 years... talk about fidelity, i have a korg ms-20 24 years old, still has all the original pieces, you can't cheaply buy long lasting gear like that now |
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I've got Pico CD-Rs (er something like that). They don't even have a label on them. |
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my old computer case was made from the same type of steel as a shotgun barrel, my shelves dropped on it and didn't even dent cd-rs aren't as good as they say- i usually burn 2 copies of important stuff and make a zip file on drive. i'm that paranoid |
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I want an MS 20 : (((((((((((((((( !!!!!!! |
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yes there are some cdr brands that are absolute crap. for instance, staples cdrs are complete horseshit. they won't even play on some readers. however, i do believe how long your cdr's last also depends on how you maintain them. i keep mine stowed away, so no problem here. but i'll probably just turn all 100something cd of music i've made into mp3s on my comp someday... |
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