CRTGAMER wrote:17DaysOlderThanNES wrote:ProfessorK wrote:- Does playing burnt discs hurt the DC in any way? I have heard that it does but for the life of me I can't figure out how or why it would.
Thanks...
"NO! QUIT ASKING!"
CRTGAMER wrote:Depends on point of view. The GD-Rom (as any CD or DVD reader) Laser does have to work harder on picking up the CDR "pits". The way the dye is formed on a write-table vs a "Stamped" factory disc.
There's no "point of view" to be had.
Why would anyone take advice with a person who is condescending everybody else? This board is used for sharing of knowledge from ALL members. To disrupt and state that your way is the only correct way, just shows you won't listen to anyone's ideas. So why bother to read these posts if you claim to know everything? There are different ideals and
everyone can contribute. Its the end user's desision, not yours to decide the best method to a problem.
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ProfessorK", my apologies, you asked questions to get help, not be shut down like that.
Please, take all the information including "
17DaysOlderThanNES"'s post and draw your own conclusions.
Wiki CDR link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-R#Expected_lifespan
"The Internet is a great resource. Treat it as an Information Highway of an educated guess. Don't trust your Heart operation to it."
The "NO! QUIT ASKING!" was CLEARLY a joke as you can tell by the Morbo animated gif. In the Godfellas episode of Futurama, Fry repeatedly asks random places in space if they've seen Bender with the monk's god-seeking voice amplifier. After he's being doing it for several days, Morbo (or a Morbo sounding voice) says "NO! QUIT ASKING!". I was making a playful allusion to that episode of Futurama, but it stands to reason everyone isn't as well versed in Futurama as to be able to instantly recollect said scene. But now you know, and to reference another TV show:
For future reference, if I say something that seems unusually abrasive or offensive, I'm probably joking or making a reference to something, or I may just be super pissed if someone has shit all over one of my posts for no reason (unironically).
As for CD-Rs, first of all, all that link has is expected lifespan of the disc...what does that have to do with anything? If your discs degrade...you burn another one.
Second of all, that link info is bogus, I just dug up my AC/DC CD I burned back in 2000 when we got our first burner. It recognized and played every track. Furthermore, the disc was some cheap shit off brand "K Hypermedia". People just don't know how to store discs properly: keep them out of the sun/UV light, keep them away from heat sources, don't touch the bottom/scratch it (always put label side down when placing on a table, etc., I argue about this all the time but I ASSURE you have I have proven label side down to be the correct way to put down a game), and sure as hell don't bend them. Oh, and also contradictory to that wikipedia entry, I have sharpie (both fine and regular for some reason) back from 2000 as well. I'm really getting annoyed at how much people displace blame from their own user error for design flaws.
