* Crossposted from: Doing your own repairs in electronics

"Jerry G." bravely wrote to "All" (26 Aug 03  19:41:07)
 --- on the heady topic of "Re: CD-R reliability"

Jerry, I just heard on the news today of a Dutch study which showed that
CD-R's were deteriorating at an alarming rate and show many errors after
2 years only. So there may be nothing wrong with Anon's player at all.
This looks like a serious problem if this study story is true!


 JG> From: "Jerry G." 

 JG> Try cleaning the laser lens on your player.  It is possible that it
 JG> may have a very thin film of dust on it.  Also as you use a player
 JG> there is some head wear.  This is more critical for these CD videos.

 JG> The CD disks should not fade over time, unless they are exposed to sun
 JG> light or UV light for long periods of time.


 JG> "Anonymous"  wrote in message
 JG> news:4YCFTF9437859.8037962963{at}anon.post...
 JG> I dont know if this is off topic on this newsgroup but I have problems
 JG> with some of my CD-Rs which are 1 or 2 year old. The movies on them
 JG> begins to show signs of data lost. When the movies are played, large
 JG> image blocks sometimes appear. I know for sure the originals do not
 JG> have them. The CD_Rs are Maxell, Fuji films and Sony. I am quite sure
 JG> it is not the CD recorder because I always watch the recorded movies
 JG> right after the recording to make sure they are in good quality. I
 JG> store the CDs in a cool place without any UV.

 JG> Anyone else has the same problem? Is there a brand of CD-Rs with
 JG> guarantee longevity, like 60 years or so?

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