Subj : Re: I still have some spindles I never used
To   : August Abolins
From : Nelgin
Date : Sun Jan 03 2021 18:02:34

August wrote:
> Hello Bob!
> 
> ** On Sunday 03.01.21 - 10:10, Bob Roberts wrote to Warpslide:
> 
>  BR> Buying CDRs in bulk from strange internet sites that got
>  BR> them direct from Tokyo where the best ones were made.
>  BR> Verbatium blue bottoms were my prize.  Then spindles started
>  BR> showing up at best buy.  "50 CDRWs for $16! But they are
>  BR> cheap ones.  I'll get them anyways for dumb stuff, but I'll
>  BR> keep my Verbatium blue bottoms for important things."
>  BR> Buying big stacks of jewel cases and snapping them together.
>  BR>  I still have some spindles I never used.  I bet they are
>  BR>  long rotted.  I probably have a thousand CDRs in stacks
>  BR>  that are all useless now.
> 
> I've read that the writeable DVDs were more prone to "rot" than  
> CD-Rs.
> 
> My CD-R collections from the early 2000s still play quite well  
> [as long as I didn't try to maximize the 80min capacity close to  
> 79:59]  ;)   Later, I learned about the blue ones too, and stuck  
> to those.
> 
> When I encountered CD-RWs I thought I had the ultimate solution  
> for making my MP3 or audio discs.  But most of those simply  
> refused to burn after a handful erasures.

I got a bluray burner with the idea that I can back my Windows system up from
time to time. Then I realized the cost of the disks (50 pack of 25GB Bdr discs
at $51.99) would equal about 1.25tb of space. I can get a 12TB external USB
drive for $200. Burning discs just isn't time and cost efficient.

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