CD Duplication using Linux

[ted leslie]

Even if they are the same electronics (and keep in mind the GL/sony to Plextor experiment
was 3+ years ago)
The mounting of internats, and transfer of heat to the outer case would be a huge impact
regardless of what internals you use.

That reminds me too,
in distributing 1000's of cd/dvd over the year, for our customers linux/boot(cd/dvd) uses,
we always bought the most expensive cd/dvd's at future shop (etc) for use,
not going with the cheapest stuff.
We found still , say with a maxell pro, that the odd person reader at the other end had a problem
reading from one , we'd send out another, same issue, burn it on a TDK and it would be fine.

So now we just use  Taiyo Yuden 4.7GB DVD's (pro grade) [see tigerdircet.ca], and so far they appear faultless.
Of course they are 1$ ea. in qty of 100, which is still a good bit more then 
other brands at qty 100. some times more then double.
The extra cost is a bargin, when compared with the tech support involved with a bum cd/dvd.

-tl

On Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:37:22 -0500 (EST)
"D. Hugh Redelmeier" <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> | From: ted leslie <tleslie-RBVUpeUoHUc at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | The only word of wisdom i have is, 
> | my first attempt was with normal/typical cd burners (i.e. LG, sony),
> | and to do back-2-back burning 100's, the dam things over heat and you get tonnes of issues,
> | not to mention they have short life spans.
> | 
> | I use only plextor stuff now, but it gets hot as hell too, but it doesnt seem to make the coasters.
> | A tonne of fans should be employeed. 
> 
> As I understand it, Plextor doesn't make drive mechanisms.  At one
> point, I think that the did make some parts of the electronics.  In
> some cases, only the firmware is different
>   http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=61fc9f75de893e18442390b3bfe36b61&t=157393
> 
> In any case, I would expect that current Plextor drives would
> mechanically survive about the same length of time as the other drives
> with the same mechanism.
> 
> Since Plextor drives are usually much more expensive, I'd skip them if
> your issue is just phyical lifetime.
> 
> The CD and DVD burning world seems to by full of superstition.  Which
> brands & manufacturer of media are good for which drives (at which firmware rev)
> seems to be unclear.  And this seems to matter -- coasters are still
> common.  Not to mention questions about the lifetime of the resulting 
> disks.
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