If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
How long does CD-R's last
Den wrote:
Just seen this on the register; http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/32593.html Is their any guidelines on the lifetime of CD-R's branded and unbranded. Den I believe that the Media Science website may have something but CD-R's haven't been around long enough for really good data to exist. I recently checked the error rates on some of my old discs (around 8 years old) and, while they aren't as low as newer discs, they aren't too bad. The older drives tended to record with higher error rates (a BLER of less than 10 was considered good in 1995) than good modern drives (which give BLER's of less than 1). Cheers. James. |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 13:58:05 +0100, James Perrett
wrote: Den wrote: Just seen this on the register; http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/32593.html Is their any guidelines on the lifetime of CD-R's branded and unbranded. Den I believe that the Media Science website may have something but CD-R's haven't been around long enough for really good data to exist. I recently checked the error rates on some of my old discs (around 8 years old) and, while they aren't as low as newer discs, they aren't too bad. The older drives tended to record with higher error rates (a BLER of less than 10 was considered good in 1995) than good modern drives (which give BLER's of less than 1). Cheers. James. Do tell, how does one check the block error rate of a CD? Software to do this? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"default" wrote in message ... Do tell, how does one check the block error rate of a CD? Software to do this? There is an awful lot of info on the net, like this one; http://www.cdpage.com/dstuff/BobDana296.html#1 This is mentioned in article though I have not tried it. http://www.prolor.dk/download.php Den |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Den wrote:
"default" wrote in message ... Do tell, how does one check the block error rate of a CD? Software to do this? There is an awful lot of info on the net, like this one; http://www.cdpage.com/dstuff/BobDana296.html#1 This is mentioned in article though I have not tried it. http://www.prolor.dk/download.php Den While the software mentioned in these links will check for high level errors, I was talking about lower level errors which can only be checked using hardware that can report them. Fortunately this hardware has decreased in cost rapidly over the last year. I used a Plextor Premium (http://www.plextor.be/English/products/premium.html) drive with the supplied Plextools software to check my error rates. Cheers. James. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
While the software mentioned in these links will check for high level
errors, I was talking about lower level errors which can only be checked using hardware that can report them. Fortunately this hardware has decreased in cost rapidly over the last year. I used a Plextor Premium (http://www.plextor.be/English/products/premium.html) drive with the supplied Plextools software to check my error rates. Cheers. James. Thanks. Plextor was a little out of what I was willing to spend, last time I checked. But you did give me more ideas for search terms - I have a couple of Lite On drives. Regards -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
default wrote:
While the software mentioned in these links will check for high level errors, I was talking about lower level errors which can only be checked using hardware that can report them. Fortunately this hardware has decreased in cost rapidly over the last year. I used a Plextor Premium (http://www.plextor.be/English/products/premium.html) drive with the supplied Plextools software to check my error rates. Cheers. James. Thanks. Plextor was a little out of what I was willing to spend, last time I checked. But you did give me more ideas for search terms - I have a couple of Lite On drives. There are low level error checking utilities for many of the LiteOn drives - check the various CD-R websites. Cheers. James. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
I notice I can no longer read data off of some of my CDR's. Mitsui's,
Memorex's and some other brands. They're about 5 years old now. I was wondering. DVDR's are made with the data layer sandwiched between 2 layers of polycarbonate while CDR's are stored on top of 1 layer of polycarbonate. Would sandwiching between layers of plastic make it last longer? Why don't they make CD's like this? On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 23:50:50 +0100, "Den" wrote: Just seen this on the register; http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/32593.html Is their any guidelines on the lifetime of CD-R's branded and unbranded. Den |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
|
#9
|
|||
|
|||
wrote
Would sandwiching between layers of plastic make it last longer? Perhaps if physical damamge were a large factor the polycoarbonate sandwich would help. If the discs were mishandled and subjected to a lot of flexing, I can see the DVDs suffering more. Like most other things, it depends. Rick. -+--- http://www.alienshore.com/seeking/ |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
You might find this interesting:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/8194 wrote in message ... I notice I can no longer read data off of some of my CDR's. Mitsui's, Memorex's and some other brands. They're about 5 years old now. I was wondering. DVDR's are made with the data layer sandwiched between 2 layers of polycarbonate while CDR's are stored on top of 1 layer of polycarbonate. Would sandwiching between layers of plastic make it last longer? Why don't they make CD's like this? On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 23:50:50 +0100, "Den" wrote: Just seen this on the register; http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/32593.html Is their any guidelines on the lifetime of CD-R's branded and unbranded. Den |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
System Beeps - Five Beeps (One long, two short, high pitch, low pitch) | Huw E | General | 3 | January 30th 04 03:49 AM |
System Beeps - Five Beeps (One long, two short, high pitch, low pitch) | Huw E | General | 0 | January 28th 04 10:58 PM |
Get the Serial Number with Visual Basic | Michael Wittmann | General | 15 | November 15th 03 06:03 PM |
The solution for my long file names problem. | John Corliss | Cdr | 21 | August 2nd 03 08:12 AM |
Burning long filenames with linux | walt moffett | Cdr | 1 | July 19th 03 10:33 AM |