Very Computer

Anyone have problems with this media?  I see alot of stuff about gold
and green but virtually nothing about blue (not even at the faq page).

Steve

I've had really good luck with these blue disks.  They also seem very
durable.

Josh

Quote:>Anyone have problems with this media?  I see alot of stuff about gold
>and green but virtually nothing about blue (not even at the faq page).

>Steve

I use these all the time for audio disks. You can pay too much for them
if you don't hunt down bargains on the net. They seem to offer a greater
scratch-resistance, especially with the protective paint coating, but in
my experience some audio players cough on them, making a grating,
scratchy sound on playback. This is using a Pinnacle RCD 1000 for
burning.

Quote:> Anyone have problems with this media?  I see alot of stuff about gold
> and green but virtually nothing about blue (not even at the faq page).

T.Scheidegger

Later,
Andre

Thanks for the input!  I've burned 3 cd's now all on blue and not one
coaster.  I think I'll stick with the blue!
Steve

By the way, Best Buy arrests its customers when they try to write down
prices for comparative shopping. There was an article in the Washington
Post today (Feb. 28) about this:

http://www.americast.com/NEWS/HP/wpost/

Some guy got arrested for not putting his notepad away when asked to
stop jotting down prices. The criminal case was thrown out, and now he's
suing Best Buy. See the above link for more information.

Okay, one more quick question.
I paid $34.99US at Best Buy for 5 disks.  Is that too much for media?

On Thu, 27 Feb 1997 09:25:15 +0100, Thomas Scheidegger

        For a big chain, that's a pretty good deal.  If you mail order, you
can probably do better.  It all depends on how desperate you are.  I paid $27
for 3 Sony greens yesterday because I needed a them right away.  I've seen
alot of mail order places selling them for an average of $5.50 - $6 a piece.

I've only had my burner for a few weeks (Yamaha cdr-102) and I've ONLY
used Verbatim Blue.  I've had zero problems and see no need to go creating
any...

I've not had one problem with audio discs I've made.  I've played my first
disc on:
10+ year old JVC single deck
6+ year old Sony 10 disc deck
Newer JVC and Blaupunkt car decks
Atari JagCD
3 year old JVC minisystem

I'm curious as to what brand players were horking on your discs??
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Quote:>> I've not had one problem with audio discs I've made.  I've played my first
>> disc on:
>> 10+ year old JVC single deck
>> 6+ year old Sony 10 disc deck
>> Newer JVC and Blaupunkt car decks
>> Atari JagCD
>> 3 year old JVC minisystem

>> I'm curious as to what brand players were horking on your discs??

>I wish I could tell you, but the players that all had problems all
>belonged to internet friends for whom I made audio disks. The Verbatim
>disks all work fine on the four players that I own--a TEAC, a Panasonic
>boom box, a Sharp boombox, and a Sony Diskman. I personally like the
>Verbatim disks a lot--it's just that some people have reported crackly
>sounds on playback (two people, actually).

Can you 100% say that you listened to those particular discs BEFORE you
sent them out and did NOT get the noise?
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Quote:> Can you 100% say that you listened to those
> particular discs BEFORE you
> sent them out and did NOT get the noise?
> --

My hypothesis is that some players don't track
well with the disks
because of the different kind of reflective
surface or maybe the way the
prearranged tracks are laid out particular to
the Verbatim disks. Dunno.

It might also me some sort of interaction with
the disk and my burner,
although I haven't had this problem with any
other type of disk.

Here's the note:

Quote:> I really enjoyed the music on this disc. I
> have noticed a new thing though
> and it is this; there is a farily pronounced
> regular static scratchy sound
> that runs throught out the disc except on
the
> spoken 1st track/introduction.
> Now, this is on my (fairly old) portable
> player. It does pretty much ruin
> the recording as it is fairly pronouced.
Well,
> I just played it on my newer
> system for the 1st time and the sound is not
> there. Now I'm curious, is the
> sound due to my older player not liking the
> Verbatim disc which I haven't
> played before or what? I have no idea. I'd
> like it see how the next
> Verbatium disc plays to see what the story
is
> before
> we change anything. Actually, I was relieved
> and pleased that I could listen
> to the disc on my newer system. It really
> sounded quite nice and that's why
> I'm curious as to why
> I get the sound on my portable. I'm still
> looking forward to the rest. I hope
> you don't consider all of this complaing
> because it's not. I guess if the
> sound is
> there on the next Verbatim disc then perhaps
> we could switch back to the TDK
> or sony? Anyway, let me know what you think.