[78-L] Beer coasters

[David Lennick]

I switched to 1-40x Fuji for all first generation transfers a couple of years 
ago. Quite cheap (sometimes on a spindle, sometimes in jewel boxes) from Total 
Media which often has specials and free shipping to a US address. Sony was 
often on sale at $15 per hundred at Staples, but as I say, the product became 
unreliable a couple of years ago and I won't go back to it..the replacements I 
got (with much snarling and general cheapness on the part of the staff of Sony 
of Canada, i.e. they opened a spindle and counted off the number of discs I was 
returning and gave them to me without even a freakin' plastic bag, let alone a 
spindle or any packaging) proved to be equally useless.

I use the HHB 830 which has served me well for about 8 years..and as I say, the 
TDKs surprised me and worked perfectly in real time. Ridata 52x discs have also 
been reliable.

dl

On 8/3/2011 5:01 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> 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
>