[78-L] Beer coasters

[DAVID BURNHAM]

Some early Pearls developed problems, as I recall. As for home made beer 
coasters, I was happily using Sony 48x blanks in my HHB BurnIt until I hit a 
batch that displayed "error" every time. Sony replaced them and the new ones 
were no better, so I relegated the remaining ones to be used for high speed 
duping and that was the end for Sony. Even 52x TDKs that I can buy for $15 a 
spindle in Buffalo have proved to be 100% reliable.

dl

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Every time I go to the US I stock up on Sony 48x CDRs.  First of all they are 
quite cheap, (by Canadian standards), costing $24.95 per 100 at Target.  If you 
can find them in Canada, they are closer to $80.  The important thing about the 
Sony CDRs is that their range is 1-48x.  Most hi speed CDRs, such as the TDK are 
not reliable at real time.  We were using the TDK 52x at CBC and there were more 
failures than usable ones.  I use the Sonys for both hi speed dubbing and real 
time recording and very rarely have a problem disc.  At the moment, I'm 
recording using an HHB CDR-882 dual drive recorder.  This recorder doesn't 
actually record at real time, it throws the data on the disc in bursts at about 
16x playing speed.  

I once had a producer ask me if we could use a 52x recorder at live concerts - 
at least he started to ask, half way through the question he realized it was the 
one exception to the saying, "There's no such thing as a stupid question!"

db