OT; old CDs and DVDs

Char Jackson
Sat, 12 May 2018
17:58:14 GMT in alt.windows7.general, wrote:

On Sat, 12 May 2018 02:16:14 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Ant wrote:


Were http://www.cdmediaworld.com and
http://www.digitalfaq.com/reviews/dvd-media.htm the ones?

One of them was called cdfreaks, but they changed the site name.
It has reviews and a forum.

https://www.myce.com/review/Plextor-...der-68/writing
-dvdr_rw-5/

This is another that comes to mind.

http://www.cdrlabs.com/forums/

One thing you'll notice, is they don't seem to care about
their original topics all that much, as burning of optical
media has dropped in popularity. It's also one of the reasons
that my single remaining computer store is stocking "crap"
for media. The Ritek is gone.

It's almost surprising that they stock any optical media at all. I
can't imagine there's much of a market for it these days.

There's still some. I still use dvd-r media for the most part, but,
will still make use of an actual cd-r when it's called for. For
example, not everyone owns a stereo system that can read a data disc
full of mp3s and decode them for playback. Some people actually still
own (and see no reason to ditch unless it dies) actual audio cd only
players. And, for these people, a cd-r is the perfect media. [g]

I also use the writable media for making read only iso/non iso copies
of various things too. I try to keep atleast 100 of each on hand at
any given time. There's one place that isn't too far a drive that
still stocks writable media for a fair price. I've known the owner
and the people who work there for years.

For the purposes of integrity, If I'm working an infected machine in
a live state, I'm purposely using tools provided via a read only
source. It's an old habit and probably not necessary with todays crop
of malware since it's not really worm/virus like in nature, but...I
still catch myself taking those precautions. Pretty obvious I don't
trust the very machines I love so much isn't it? [g] I don't trust
them, because, like many others, I know how they work. rofl.


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