Re: Verbatim CD-R's are Junk!!
From: exxos (exxos_at_home.co.uk)
Date: 03/04/05
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 19:32:12 -0000
"Neil" <neilwrites2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> For anyone who has burned CD's for Music, or Data, I've found VERBATIM
> CD'S are the worst. The average seek time is > 7 seconds for newly
> burned discs. I thought I had a problem with my CD-RW Drive, so I
> cleaned the optical laser with a cleaning CD, then lightly cleaned it
> out with compressed air. I tried other brands from TDK, Maxell,
> Imation, CD-R's and they all work fine.
>
> I also looked at the model of my player to make it was MULTI-READ
> COMPLIANT, and it is. It appears that the stamped out( bright silver
> surface type) CD's from the Software Companies work the best. The
> average seek time is less then a couple seconds. These VERBATIM CD-R's,
> the surface refectivity is very low, so the laser takes longer for it
> to read the CD. If there was a mechanical problem with my drive, it
> would of showed up on ALL the discs, not just Verbatim
> CD-R's but it doesn't. My friend had the same problem with a burned
> CD I gave him from the stack, and he has a Brand new SONY CD_RW/DVD
> Writer Drive on his system.
>
> Avoid them like the plague! I'm thinking of dumping these CD-R's and
> buying some others to replace them. You might have better luck with
> your machine,model,make etc, but I will never buy these again!!
>
> For those who are wondering which ones I'm refering to, on the side of
> the blue and white packaging, there is a reorder number# 95028
>
> I wrote Verbatim a Email,I notified them that there could be
> manufacturing flaw with the CD-R's I got at christmas.
>
> No Reply!!
>
> -Neil
>
Ive not found a single DVD-RW which works yet, got 4 or 5 different makes,
tried on 3 seperate makes a DVD drives, all failed a basic format. binned
about 50 of them not to long ago, not even been used, got a load of them
left unused aswell, using them for costers at the moment......
chris
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