http://cgi.ebay.com/100-Prodisc-32X...2041798?pt=BI_Blank_Media&hash=item3ca426c446 I've never encountered this brand before, has anyone had any experience with this brand/size of cd-r before? Been looking for them for some time, still haven't found 99 minute cd-rs.
Ask the seller what country the manufacturer is located. If its from Japan, then it's a good brand. If its from Taiwan, then they will be reliable, too. But if its from china or india, or anywhere else, then stay away.
Pretty useless. 90/99 minute CD-R's are notoriously unstable. Even if your successful in burning one, there's no guarantee your device will be able to read one, let alone how long your data will last.
hmmm the only thing I can see the 800+(sometimes even 900) megabyte discs will be used for is a GD-ROM alternative
These are only 80 minutes, but god damn they are awesome http://cgi.ebay.com/VERBATIM-CD-R-16X-80min-Digital-Vinyl-retro-10-Pk-94439-/380266625705?pt=BI_Blank_Media&hash=item5889a83aa9
I'Ve got some of them. They are indeed very cool discs. The blue ASO coating is also a sign of quality. Mitsubishi also use that stuff.
Usually yes, but I'm a whore for odd/obscure formats. You're talking to a guy who traded ASSEMbler an IDE RAID card for a card that supported JBOD just so he can hook up a zip100 to his machine. Windows 7, Radeon HD 4850, 6gb of ram, blah blah. Though the thought of using a disk or 3 to try to make a rip of my D2 disks did cross my mind. I've read they're notoriously unstable and obviously they will die eventually without being in an argon filled safe at exactly 65°F just like all recordable media. Doesn't mean I don't want to give it a try and report back my findings so others can take/avoid the same path. If it was cost effective and possible I'd just build my own GD-R burner and get GD-Rs produced but we all know that has as much chance of happening as SEGA making a Dreamcast 2.
Yes I remember those discs back in 1999/2000, they were quality! I can still read them without any problem but some cheap crap from 2008 or so has already started to bit-rot.
90/99 minutes CD's are not red book compliant so they might not play on every CD player. 80 minutes is about the maximum playing time allowed.
I believe 80 Minutes is the maximum playtime without falling out of compliance. I think they achieved it by taking advantage of the rather generous tolerances built into the standard for error correction.
