Posted by Bill Vermillion on 01/10/01 11:34

In article <ldkpp1dnojpoobqj8l329q6drj90utnc54@4ax.com>,
Zygon Curry <zctgsGuessYouAllKnowWhatToRemovE@clara.co.uk> wrote:
>On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:38:08 GMT, "Large Farva" <none@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>
>>I use Pioneer drives which I've probably burned over 2000 DVD's on each one.
>>It sounds like you're buying crappy drives and crappy media.
>

>Pioneer tend to recommend TDK media, and that what I always use and
>have never had a problem. Even if Pioneer had never recommended them
>TDK would still have been my first choice since I've found them to be
>the most reliable maker of writeable media, from VHS tapes, floppies,
>and CD/DVDs.

TDK made their own media for all the above. For DVDs it's farmed
out to others. Most of the TDK's I've used are made by Ricoh, but
I've some from others.

Their CD media has some interesting specs on their site with
aging tests putting those at over 70 year useable life.

You never know who makes the DVDs until you start using them and
then read the ID codes - which most software burning programs will
do. I had some Maxell DVDs that had two different manufactueres
in the same shrink wrapped stack inside the shrink-wrapped outer
case.

Bill
Bill

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