[ale] cdr speeds?

[hbbs at attbi.com (Jeff Hubbs)]

James P. Kinney III wrote:

> I forgot to mention that the faster CD's are more sunlight fragile. I
> haven't tested this, but I was informed by a victim that a 32x CD-R can
> be trashed with about 10-15 minutes of direct sunlight. I would suspect
> that UV light is the main culprit here as the CD's are chemical dye
> based and not metallic like the "pressed" CD's from the store. 
> 
> 

I've been concerned about the same thing.  I need to nose through 
document amangement websites about which CD-R media to use for important 
stuff.  I just got through burning a CD-R of my father's recording of 
Longfellow's poem "Evangeline" from 1964 (over 70 min) using cdrdao, and 
I'm here to tell you that I don't want that stuff decaying.  I'm going 
to make numerous "safeties" just the same.

- Jeff


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