Posted by Rick Merrill on 11/15/83 11:51

Mike wrote:

> If the dye is CMC Magnetics then you can forget about having a playable disc
> in a year. That dye is total junk. A lot of companies are using CMC like
> TDK, Memorex and Philips. If you see an advertisement with a real low price
> for DVD media, more than likely it uses CMC Magnetics junk dye.
>
>

junk ::= migration, sensitivity to uv/ir, slow burn from some lasers.

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