Posted by Bob on 12/30/05 14:48

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 05:33:55 GMT, Wei Xian Sheng <WXS@NotEmail.com>
wrote:

>>It used to be that if a company was based in Japan, they always
>>shipped high quality optical media. Unfortunately that's no longer
>>true as of the past few months. Only TY can be trusted until it
>>violates our trust.

>Lately, most brands including name brands have been contracting to CMC
>Magnetics in Taiwan. And, CMC Magnetics makes crap. A relative gave
>me a 50 disc spindle of HP branded discs. Pure crap -- yep, CMC Mag.

>I tried Ritek. Burns good. Plays good. Aha, I thought. But, after
>5 of 6 months most of the Ritek's are no longer playable in a
>standalone. And, not just mine either. They sorta' play, but will
>stall, stutter, and sometimes just plain lockup.

>I personally won't buy or use ( - even considering a gifts) anything
>BUT Taiyo Yuden. I started using them about 6 months ago and have
>never looked back!

Damn Straight!

Yet another poster shows that there are signs of intelligent life on
Usenet.


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