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*cd pirate* · 08-10-2002

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Originally posted by icey

You have always hated Kodak - there may be bad batches, or it seems people burning too fast or using crap/faulty writers with the media, but that's about it. Kodak and Mitsui are quality (the best quality?) you are likely to see - followed by TY (TY - Mitsui roughly equal for some).

I have 300+ Kodak 74min gold white-top - all perfect after many years, Mitsui gold white-top 74/80 min all fine . . . all going back 3-4 years maybe. I recently purchased over many months 800 Mitsui SG Ultra II 80min cd's - I have burnt 500 of them this year (movie + archive scan backups that I wish to store and get rid of tapes, dv, etc).

One batch of 100 gave me about 3% yellow sector in cdspeed tests - 20% and 90% in - a batch problem maybe. I always use scandisk / cdquality for testing and I never accept any yellow sectors or slowdowns (even the last sector is always grn). I have a plextor 241040a. So, on balance, I think Kodak / Mitsui are superb. Tdk / Verbatum, Princo, E-Proformance, and a few others give many yellow sectors or slowdowns in comparison - for half the price of the Mitsui's - for treasured archive stuff, I will pay the extra.

If your cd's start to come apart - simple, send them back to Koadk and get your money back - Kodak / Mitsui have a lifetime guarentee on media I believe. CDPirate - always saying Kodak are crap because you hate them is not balanced - you may of had problems, and the last of the Ultima's may be poor - but dissing the whole lifetime of Kodak is out of line and nonsense - Kodak gold are the best cd full stop - as many mods and users here have stated many times - which you always diss. My company (and many other broadcasters) only use Kodak or Mitsui gold (gold/silver) cdr's for arching for their audio libraries / video clips, etc, for themselves and for paying clients. I wonder why this is? Must be because they are crap compared to Verbatum / TDK / CMC, etc - dont think so, maybe it's due to their 100yr stated life (which we beleive compared to the cheaper brands) and because over many years they prove superb - after all, they cost alot more - and no one spends more money for nothing.

Ice'y

yes i hate kodak GOLD . they burn fine but get wrecked too easily. who cares if they last 100 years, its useless if they die from getting the recording layer scratched. the only reason lots of people use them is because it says gold on it and people get the stupid idea in their heads that it is good. if they work for you then thats good but Im not gonna pay $20 for 10 cdrs that wont last the distance.