<< cd's are cd's >>
Ding dong you're wrong.
Man, is the earth still flat?
<< there's no way to tell where or how well they were made >>
Where did you come up with that one? Yes, there is!
1 - either by general concensus or by cumulative anecdotal experiences (of which, ironically, I wouldn't put much faith in considering the forum we're in - many inexperienced and uneducated people here making blanket statements of personal experiences transcending the end-all-be-all of cdr media without doing a shred of research - whether personal or industry-wide)
2 - general concensus re: manufacturer or OEM factory. If you get any cdr analysis program like cdridentifier or cdrdiagnostics et al, then you can find out with some certainty the factory that the particular cdr in question was made.
If the results scream RITEK, CMC MAGNETICS OR GIGASTORAGE among others then you can make certain assumptions on their "quality" just like you can somewhat assume that Mercedes Benz, BWM, Lexus ... make great cars. A car is not a car right? A cdr is not a cdr. Let's put this to rest once and for all. BTW, anyone remember or even heard that Ritek's rights to produce cdr media has been either totally revoked or seriously come unto review a couple of months ago. Mostly because of their terrible track record for quality? I posted it and got almost zero response. Anyone see the irony here?
Okay, i'm gonna say this again. Listen up
[rant on]
Just because a particular piece of media burned for you does not allow you to make generalized claims for that particular media in question. It may have worked for your particular setup. If your setup is good then it will probably be more forgiving of bad media. The proper way to address this is to say "XXX media burned well for me in the past. It has shown no dataloss over time and has transcended every reader it has come across" That is not to say that another person will not have problems with that particular cdr, of which happens all the time. You always here "X media sucked!" and then here next in the thread "X media is great!"
Some media manufacturers are better than others. Over time and experience this has come to pass as true unequivocably. Just like better car manufacturers will overall have better cars and higher driver satisfaction. That is not to say that a cheaper priced car from a less regarded manufacturer is not allowed to be decent ... however, the assumption still stands.
There is no "best color" per se. It all depends. So, using some argument that X color is better than X color is pure BS. It all depends. A good manufacturer of something X color will have good results over a crap manufacturer of X-better color. Got it?
Another example: Kodak Pthalocyanine type 5 dye cdrs are awesome. CMC Magnetics Pthalocyanine type 8-9 are problematic. Just because they are PC does not make them equal. The difference in quality cdr engineering and production of Kodak is what sets it apart from CMC Mag.
[rant off]
In any case, i'm not trying to slam anyone in particular ... but let's be more educated about this topic just like anything else that comes up in AT. Wouldn't it burn your chaps if you still saw people running around saying that "the Earth is flat" and "64megs of RAM is good enough for PhotoShop 6"?
Thank you.
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