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RJH wrote:
My recollection is that the phrase was just a marketing device, and was
soon shown to be - at best - open to challenge. I'd agree of course that
it was never directly applied to all optical media and hardware - only,
and my point here, that I expected it to be more reliable than has
turned out to be the case.

I think you may have been unlucky, or had substandard blanks.

The oldest home made CDs I have date from getting on for 20 years ago, and
still play ok. Although not every CD player works with them.

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