psi_87 wrote:I work for the US government and our computers prohibit using USB drives but allow burning CD-Rs. So CD-R manufacturers still make a lot of money from us. Just a few weeks ago I just sorted a huge stake of CD-Rs.
Yeah but why won't they use DVD-R's? its basically the same thing except better, it can store around 6x the amount of information so its more efficient, and I might be wrong but I think dvd's and cd-rs are around the same price now?
kingmohd84 wrote:Yeah but why won't they use DVD-R's? its basically the same thing except better, it can store around 6x the amount of information so its more efficient, and I might be wrong but I think dvd's and cd-rs are around the same price now?
Pfft, government office. If the CDR drives are working fine on the likely older machines people are using, they're not going to spend money and time to upgrade to DVDR drives.
Gnashvar wrote:CD-Rs will never die... unless they get that DC loading from USB thing working.
true enough. better buy them up in bulk before they stop sellin em
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For game yes but I do not think they would quit making them cheaper alternative to CD-RW's for photos and those type's of things. Then again maybe I am just old fashioned. Still have vinyl, 8-track, cassette, VHS, Laserdisc players and a Apple II, IBM electric Typewriter.
I recently went out and bought Taiyo Yuden 400 CD-Rs produced before the buy out. I dont think I need to buy CD-Rs ever again, since now I have enough CD-rs for the few things I still use them for now - back Dreamcast and Saturn games, linux live cds, and to update the older computers at my Church.
If I understand correctly, it was Taiyo Yuden who acquired JVC. So it's the same TY media, just JVC branded now. You can still get it cheap at rima.com.
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