[78-L] whats the best way to clean the lazer in a cd player

[David Lennick]

I often see small packages of CD-Rs for sale and am tempted to try them, but 
they don't indicate the optimum speed anywhere. Name brands, as I recall. By 
the way, a few weeks ago I was low on discs for the duplicator so I stopped 
into one of the discount electronics stores downtown and picked up a 50-pack of 
TDK "Duplicator Series", rated 52x, white thermal printable surface, and these 
work in both my machines..also great to write on with the Sharpie.

dl

On 4/11/2012 3:42 PM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> Those are rated 52x but I'd still prefer to burn them (my choice) at either 16 or 24x. Haven't used Gigaware brand DVDR's&  CDR's for a long time. They all burned well.
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>> well im using the radio shake brand..gigaware the numbers are 700mb/80 minates..what speed r these then?
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>> The speed to use depends on what speed(s) the blanks you are using are optimised for - using too low a speed can result in as many problems as too high a one.  You should also ensure that, for the speed you use, your hard drive can deliver the data to the burner without having to resort to buffer underrun protection.
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>> There are still a few companies I make masters for who don't want the master as a DDP file and I always use Tayo Yuden blanks which, although rated at up to 52x, I always record at 16 times speed.  99 times out of a 100, when the master is checked for errors there are no C2 or CU errors at all and for C1 errors a maximum of 25 per second with and an average of 0.5 or less is the norm (the Red Book standard allows for up to 220 per second)
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>> I certainly wouldn't burn at any speed higher than 24 times, other than for quick tests and listening copies and if you want consistently good results then invest in a premium quality burner, such as Plextor.
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>> Also remember that, no matter how perfect your recording, even slight specks of dust and especially finger marks can cause problems on playback, especially with CD-Rs which reflect less of the laser beam than a pressed CD.
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>> Alan Bunting
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>>> From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. rbratcherjr at yahoo.com
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>>> But some discs have 16x as the slowest speed listed in programs such as Imgburn. I guess you could burn them slower but 16 or 24x is enough for me&  I get very good results for both speeds. No need to burn at 48 to 52x......
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