CDRs Dead?

[GrahamS]

due to how they are burnt, they mostly dont last more than 5 years and often less. you get the odd disc that does tho. personally i believe they strain the laser so dont use them

My late father believed that his TV reception was worse at peak times because there were more people watching, which diluted the signal......

[alphaGT]

A friend wanted to archive some videos of his band’s performances from VHS tapes. I found these DVDR’s made by Mobile Fidelity. They clAimed they would last 300 years! I can’t back that up, but apparently he has had no failures that i know of. They were rather expensive at $10 each.

Russell

[cuddles]

Well, a result! I've borrowed my mate's Marantz player and I can report that it seems to play the CDr's I've tried so far all the way through. I'll try a couple more tonight but it seems that the discs aint dead yet It looks like I'll be getting a new CD player soon.

[Sherwood]

Well, a result! I've borrowed my mate's Marantz player and I can report that it seems to play the CDr's I've tried so far all the way through. I'll try a couple more tonight but it seems that the discs aint dead yet It looks like I'll be getting a new CD player soon.

Even though they play now they are "slowly dying". Why not rip them to FLAC whilst they are still readable. A 1tb disc in inexpensive and will store almost 3,000 albums on flac format.

Geoff

[cuddles]

Yeah - looks like the way forward. I should do it while there's life left in them!
Thanks for all the replies guys.

[Edward]

Even though they play now they are "slowly dying". Why not rip them to FLAC whilst they are still readable. A 1tb disc in inexpensive and will store almost 3,000 albums on flac format.

Geoff

+1

Also worth ripping all the home DVDs to MP4 (or whatever) Very simple process.

[Yomanze]

Well, a result! I've borrowed my mate's Marantz player and I can report that it seems to play the CDr's I've tried so far all the way through. I'll try a couple more tonight but it seems that the discs aint dead yet It looks like I'll be getting a new CD player soon.

...ah this is inspiring me to get a 'swingarm' project on the go, I just love a player that you can plonk anything into and it plays.

[Tim]

Yes, get those CDRs ripped to FLAC or something lossless toot sweet, EAC is a good ripper for error correction.

[Stratmangler]

EAC is a good ripper for error correction.

EAC does not error correct.

[Tim]

What does it do then Chris - had some awful discs that others won't rip, but it will?

Should I have said Error Recovery then?