Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Differences in DVD-R Quality
From: Jim Laurel <jplaurel@nwlink.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 22:39:04 -0800
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How you care for your optical media is just as important as its  
quality.  Here is an interesting document from the National Institute  
of Standards and Technology on the subject:

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs — A Guide for Librarians and  
Archivists:
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/ 
CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf

- --Jim

On Mar 13, 2004, at 9:51 PM, Matthew Powell wrote:

> On Mar 13, 2004, at 11:35 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> I too investigated this a little when I bought a DVD drive over
>> Christmas, but I could not find anything definite on various web sites
>> or by asking people. With CDs there is pretty much a consensus that  
>> the
>> gold ones, like Kodak's, are the best; but with DVDs there is no such
>> consensus. So I stick with major brands like Sony or Philips and hope
>> for the best.
>>
>> Nathan
>
> TDK sells one that's "armour-plated" (their term/product name), that's  
> supposed to be near-impossible to scratch.
>
> I've never been able to find them at a store to try, though.
>
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In reply to: Message from GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> ([Leica] OT Differences in DVD-R Quality)
Message from Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] OT Differences in DVD-R Quality)
Message from "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> (Re: [Leica] OT Differences in DVD-R Quality)
Message from Nathan Wajsman <n.wajsman@chello.nl> (Re: [Leica] OT Differences in DVD-R Quality)
Message from Matthew Powell <mlpowell@sbcglobal.net> (Re: [Leica] OT Differences in DVD-R Quality)