Althought the label would flake off of the PNY disk, I don't have any problems burning them. I do full 660MB disks at 8x and have not had one coaster yet. HP9100i. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Austad, Jay" <austad at marketwatch.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:58 AM Subject: RE: [TCLUG] PNY CD-Rs? > I'm burning at 12x, and they're supposed to be 12x compatible. Just go to > http://www.pny.com and complain to their tech support form. That's what I > just did. Who knows if anyone will read it and actually care. > > I lowered the speed to 4x and anything over 600MB still turned into a > coaster. The error I got was consistent with running out of space on the > disc. The whole image would write, but fixation would fail. These discs > don't even have any good identifying information on them, they come up as > Unknown manufacturer in cdrecord. Sad, even my generic cheapies I bought > about 4 years ago work better than these PNY ones. > > Jay > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian [mailto:lxy at cloudnet.com] > > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:33 AM > > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] PNY CD-Rs? > > > > > > > > Yaron speaketh: > > > Anyone here get some of those PNY-labelled CD-Rs when they > > were like $5 > > > for a spindle of 50? And if so... are you getting EXTREMELY > > large amounts > > > of failed burns on them? > > > So fat I've tried like 15 and only 5 have worked! > > > > John Miller added: > > > I bought a spindle and had about a 50% success rate with them. > > > > What speed are you burning at? I've got the PNY's at home > > and burned at > > 4x I have yet to burn a coaster. I haven't tried fitting 700 > > MB on yet, > > so I maybe it has problems I haven't encountered yet. > > > > The flaky reflective stuff is the reason I don't store > > anything important > > on them. I got what I paid for... a disposable CDR. They > > work great for > > burning linux ISOs and stuff for short term use. Generally I > > don't like > > to keep ISOs around for two long because I'd rather have a > > disc with the > > latest packages and patches so I don't have to dig after > > installing. The > > discs I really like (and I can't always find) are the paper-covered > > discs.. I feel MUCH safer storing stuff on them because the reflective > > stuff won't chip off, you have to intentionally peel the sticker off. > > > > -Brian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >