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echo: crossfire
to: ROSS CASSELL
from: TOM WALKER
date: 2008-11-24 08:30:00
subject: The price of oil... and g

RC> BK>  In many contexts she may be correct, but we were talking about
RC> BK>  recording TV programs. In that context she was incorrect. Just
RC> BK>  plain wrong.

RC>Not many people bother to use DVD+/-RW's to record movies with especially wi
RC>the standalone recorders.

RC>[A]
RC>Given the fact that RW disks have a finite number of times that they can be
RC>rewritten and that they all are not guaranteed to make it as far as the max
RC>number they are said to be capable of being rewritten to, it would be a pity
RC>have that failure happen during a recording session.

Which I had happen to me in the days I was using CD-RW disks for backups
and file transfers mulktipule times. I did NOT find RW disks to be very
reliable.
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