Hi Roy (of 1:270/615),
On , in a message to All you wrote:

 RJT> How fussy do I need to be with regard to worrying about what sort of
 RJT> blanks I buy for this burner I just got?  Are there differences?  I
 RJT> notice on the package of CD-R blanks I got that it says "Multi Speed
 RJT> 40X",  while the burner is rated 48X,  does that matter?  Likewise,
 RJT> the CD-RWs I got say "1X-4X Compatible" on the package,  but the
 RJT> burner says it'll do those at 12X.  Do I need to worry about slowing
 RJT> it down?  Or is this just a matter of the burner's technology having
 RJT> gone way beyond what the people doing the packaging have kept up
 RJT> with?

Avoid the ultra-cheap brands which typically have green-dye recording
surfaces.  I would recommend that you stick with the maximum
"rated" recording speed of the disc.  Don't try to push it beyond
that.  And don't keep the system busy with other applications fighting for
slices of CPU time when you're burning a disc.

I find that KODAK discs are the best value for the money.  They don't even
bother with the green-dye version.  Their product is either the
"silver" or "gold".

Hop over to http://www.cdmediaworld.com for all the info about cd-rw
hardware, sofware, discs, manufacturing secrets, product details, ratings,
latest news,  etc..




...August

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