Re: DVDs are worse than CDs

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In alt.comp.periphs.cdr Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <Spamassassin@irrt.de> wrote:
> Dear Ant(Dude):

> I am pleasantly surprised that this thread got more than its original 
> post, as these newsgroups are inactive! Thanks ever so much for replying!

> Ant kindly wrote:
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> |"Even my many of my old 650 MB CD and CDRWs still work!"|
> |--------------------------------------------------------|

> Good! Do all of them still work? What brands of discs and burners are
> they? Are they all gold CDs?

Most of them. Not gold. One of the 650 MB is a Sony brand.


> I tend to avoid rewritable discs. Maybe I do not need to be so cautious.

I like reuse my medias. I want to get rid of them so I use them to wear them. Eventually, they don't work.


> Ant kindly wrote:
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> |"Also,                                    |
> |do many back ups on many storage devices."|
> |------------------------------------------|

> Good advice!

> However, I wrote:
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> #"E.g. Mike Swaine recommends to back up frequently, but backing up#
> #frequently can destroy a backing-up LASER!"                       #
> ####################################################################

> Does using a LASER really destroy it?

No idea. I do know drives do wear out. I had an internal Plextor IDE CD 
burner that only lasted a year right after its warranty expired. I 
rarely used it to burn, but used to read my discs a lot. :(
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DVDs are worse than CDs Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <Spamassassin@irrt.De> - 2025-11-08 17:44 +0100
  Re: DVDs are worse than CDs ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-11-09 02:18 +0000
    Re: DVDs are worse than CDs Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <Spamassassin@irrt.De> - 2025-11-09 13:41 +0100
      Re: DVDs are worse than CDs ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-11-10 01:16 +0000
        Re: DVDs are worse than CDs Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <Spamassassin@irrt.De> - 2025-11-10 02:33 +0100
    Re: DVDs are worse than CDs Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-01-08 13:54 +0100
  Re: DVDs are worse than CDs Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <thanks-to@Taf.com> - 2026-01-09 23:48 +0100

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