Lifespan for a CD burner

[ugh]

Hi,

I was wondering if there's any limit to how many CDs I can burn with a CD burner. Is there such thing?

 

[jaybert]

i personally have burnt about 600-700 w/ my sony 10/4/32 in about a year. The burner is making funny noises + vibrating now but it still burns. 🙂

 

[ugh]

Umm... Just bought a Sony 8/4/32... Hopefully it doesn't break down soon 😉 600-700 isn't a lot is it?

 

[Biggs]

Check out the product's specs and look for MTBF(Mean Time Before Failure) which usually is listed in no. of hours.

 

[billyjak]

It usually states about 10,000 burns before you should have problems.
I think an upgrade will come before you reach that number.

 

[Adul]

Plextor 4x at work that has burned over 500 cd and is over 4years old. 😀

At home my plextor 8x20 has burned 200+ cds and is less then a year old.

 

[SnoopCat]

my panasonic 4x8 is 3 yrs old and has done about 1000 burns (not just me, i let others borrow it too), that comes out to be 13.89 straight days of burning.

 

[ugh]

Cool... I guess I don't really have to worry how many I can burn 😉 Hm... That's strange, I can't find the MTBF nor any stats in the User's Guide...

 

[Biggs]

What brand, model and make is it? Try searching the brand's web site for the specs.

 

[SleepyGuy]

wholly sh!t! you guyz burn enough CDs!!! My Ricoh 6x4x20 is still clunking along with around 200+ burns under it's belt... been through 3 systems! peace out.

 

[Oyeve]

At work, one of my production burners, a Philips 2600, has burned on average, 20 discs a day for the past 4 years. So I guess it has burned about 4000-5000 disc and still going. The funny thing is, this particular model is known universally as the WORST burner ever made, yet I never had problems with it. On my workstation I use an HP 9300 and made about 500 discs in 4 months and never had a coaster.

 

[inqztive]

I bought a SAF 12x4x32x scsi cd burner last year. anyone have any experience with it? I bought it for $150 when the best buy deal was going on last summer.

 

[MGMorden]

My drive is 2 years old but probably has just over 100 burns. I just don't have enough crap to backup (or Linux cd's to make) to do too many.

 

[Blundar]

My yamaha 4260ti crapped out after about 11 months and 1100 CDs
(it also had problems with overheating that I repeatedly ignored)

My Ricoh 7060S I bough from my roommate - about a year old and 1000 CDs burned, still going strong.

The Que USB drive at work is not even a year old, had several hundred CDs burned and sucks real bad, but then again, it always sucked real bad.

hope that helps

 

[MWink]

It is the age more than the number of CDs burned. I have yet to have a CD-RW last a year. They have a very short lifespan. Quality drives should last longer.

 

[emjem]

I had a Memorex that lasted for about 20 burns. And customer service is suck.