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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:37:21 -0000
"Keith G" wrote:

If you want 'fragile' try this (I've done it and will demonstrate it to
anyone who wants) - get a ****e LP ('Singalonga Max' on 90 gm Ronco would be
ideal) and bend it in half 'til the opposite edges of the same side touch,
(NEVER FACING TOWARD YOU OR ANYONE ELSE, FFS!), let it spring back, work it
flat a bit, stick it on and play it.

Next, try it with a CD........

Funnily enough I've done that. it DID play too (and the data track worked too).

sometimes they shatter into a million pieces. sometimes not.

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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:22:47 +0000
Le Artiste wrote:

Sony CD/DVD internals are now made by Liteon - they'll just whap an
extra 40% on the price and tie you in to their sluggish firmware
revisions ;)

Funny that - I actually like lite-ons.

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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:57:45 -0000
"Keith G" wrote:

AVOID at ALL COSTS.


Damn, there's me with a spare one I don't need and I was going to give it to
you!

Seriously - if you had a spare one I'd take it, but only because I havent got a DVDRW at all (Im waiting until 8x double-density is out) and my trusty plextor 12x CDRW drive is starting to act like its wearing a brown sweater and slippers (ie. its not exactly 12x anymore)

I'd never actually *buy* one though. The two companies that made up LG were both ****e to begin with, and their service nowadays is worse than their product.

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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:46:34 +0000 (UTC)
Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

Crap build quality,

Untrue, they are as well made as anything else. Also, one of the
*very* few writers to handle DVD-RAM.

who cares?

and when they got caught out for not following the
atapi standard (causing their drives to get their firmware wiped if
used with certain linux machnies, they refused warranty claims.

AVOID at ALL COSTS.

I take it you mean avoid Linux at all costs? Good advice..........

WTF? Linux complies with the spec and you defend the non-compliant drive
(that replaced a standard ATAPI command with the 'update firmware'
command) ??!

what kind of ****ed up planet are you from? (oh yeah, planet jitter,
thats the one)

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"Ian Molton" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:57:45 -0000
"Keith G" wrote:

AVOID at ALL COSTS.


Damn, there's me with a spare one I don't need and I was going to give
it to
you!

Seriously - if you had a spare one I'd take it,


Bugger.

A little while back some kids called at the door collecting unwanted burners
for charity.......


but only because I havent got a DVDRW at all (Im waiting until 8x
double-density is out)


You might as well wait until dual-layer is out (unless that's what you
meant).



and my trusty plextor 12x CDRW drive is starting to act like its wearing a
brown sweater and slippers (ie. its not exactly 12x anymore)


Oops, er, what colour slippers exactly?



I'd never actually *buy* one though. The two companies that made up LG
were both ****e to begin with, and their service nowadays is worse than
their product.


The biggest mistake made in this country is thinking that it takes as long
for a far eastern country to get its act together as does over here....

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"Ian Molton" wrote in message
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 17:37:21 -0000
"Keith G" wrote:

If you want 'fragile' try this (I've done it and will demonstrate it to
anyone who wants) - get a ****e LP ('Singalonga Max' on 90 gm Ronco
would be
ideal) and bend it in half 'til the opposite edges of the same side
touch,
(NEVER FACING TOWARD YOU OR ANYONE ELSE, FFS!), let it spring back, work
it
flat a bit, stick it on and play it.

Next, try it with a CD........

Funnily enough I've done that. it DID play too (and the data track worked
too).

sometimes they shatter into a million pieces. sometimes not.



Don't know why, but this reminds me of the one where the Queen Mum visited
this posh new loony bin. She goes into the TV lounge where they are all
watching summat on the box and speaks to an old geezer who's grinning all
over his face:

'Hello my good man, are you well?'

'Yep.'

'Are they looking after you?'

'Yep.'

This is a very nice place isn't it?'

'Yep.'

'Do you like it here?'

'Yep.'

'Oh good, I em glad and wot's your name then?'

'Napoleon Bonaparte.'

'Oh!', sez she, with her fingers over her mouth 'Who gave you that name
then?'

'God did.'

Loud, angry voice from the other side of the room: 'OH NO I FARKING
DIDN'T......!!'

;-)

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Keith G wrote:

Talking only DVD media here, I have found that the 'better' (ie less
prone to failure) disks are, without exception, the branded 'famous
names' like Philips, Ricoh, Maxell, Memorex, Imation, HP etc. I have
not yet had one failure from disks like these. Cheap, unbranded disks
that I have tried are Maplins own and PC World's own 'PC Line' -
failure rates here were about 3%.
snip

Thanks for the info, Keith. I've noticed that the drive prices are coming
down, but haven't been keeping an eye on media prices or speeds. I don't
have a DVD burner at present, but I've been thinking about getting one
sometime. I think I'd mainly use it for data backups and recording stuff off
the TV, assuming there's VCR-type software available (I don't have a TV or
VCR - just a TV card in the computer).


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Keith G wrote:

Damn, there's me with a spare one I don't need and I was going to
give it to you!

If that's an offer, I'd be honoured to accept. :-)


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"Keith G" wrote


The biggest mistake made in this country is thinking that it takes as long
for a far eastern country to get its act together as does over here....


Corrigendum:

That was supposed to read:

"The biggest mistake made in this country is thinking that it takes as long
for a far eastern *company* to get its act together as one does over
here....

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"Wally" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:

Damn, there's me with a spare one I don't need and I was going to
give it to you!

If that's an offer, I'd be honoured to accept. :-)



Sorry Wally - I was only winding Ian up!

;-)