News of Recordable Media Discussion

Is it normal to be able to see the permanent black marker (sharpie) through to the recorded side of a CD-R when you hold it up to a light?:strange: Just wondering if this might be the reason the CD-R has gone bad so quick. Thank you.

Hi all,

Been away from this site for a while (life gets busy).
I see many of the old characters are still here.

I just got an Asus 12X external Blu-Ray writer (I will be limited to 8X writing since my laptop, albeit a really nice and newer unit, does not have a USB 3.0 port and also does not come with an ExpressCard slot so I can't even upgrade to USB 3.0).

I went ...

Has not been confirmed yet, but I would not be surprised if its true. Not that it would have much of an impact on those of us in the US and Canada as most of the Verbatim branded discs are already made in Taiwan or India.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/economy/bu ... 1201230048

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. will cease production of Blu-ray Discs and DVDs, according to sources.

Mitsubishi Chemical's retreat comes against ...

Hi:

Looking for a source for CD/DVD reference media with which to test and qualify devices and platforms. Trying to identify device profiles by eliminating one source of variation (the media).

-- Roy Zider

Anyone know where to buy some 100GB BDXL media? Looks like TDK, Sharp and Panasonic make the discs but of course they're not available in the US.

Hi,

I'm a recording artist trying to create a CD album of my current works and have only this last hurdle to overcome:

Should I create an Audio CD, so it works in everybody's CD players?
Trouble with this is that i've tried to add the CD Text to it and even though i've tried it through itunes and nero 7 SE, i can't get it to add the track info. Its just the usual ...

Hi all ... Up till now I was using Optical Quantum BD-25 discs (Disc ID: PHILIP-R04-000), and they played back fine on both my PC and PS3 ... I had burnt home made AVCHD/Bluray content on them ... Now recently I purchased some BD-25's of another brand known as 'Hi-disc' (Disc ID: INFOME-R30-000) ... I know it might sound cheap but the seller whom is selling these on eBay says they're very good ... Have ...

Hello!

After about 5 years it´s time for me to cheack my older burned media to be sure it´s still ok :-?

The question is: What drive is better for that?

Actually, the drivse with scan-function I have atm is Benq DW-1640 and Liteon SOHR 5238S

What u think it´s better for that?

BTW, I have to scan data-CD-R and SVCD/VCD

My supply of Taiyo Yuden CDRs is running out and I'm thinking of buying more, but being that TY has a plant i Fukushima, I'm not so sure I want to buy CDRs that might come from there because of the radiation levels that have been reported.

What would be a good alternative to Tayio Yuden?

http://www.hughsnews.ca/taiyo-yuden-dis ... ts-0019876

...in Nero? Anyone know why these discs would only burn at a maximum speed of 32X in Nero on my Pioneer burner in my sig?