On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 12:50 -0700, MHR wrote: > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:12 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > > > > TDK, Memorex, Imation, Verbatim, I don't believe ANY of those actually make > > their own disks. My TDK's have a media code of "CMC MAG. AM3", which is, I > > believe, CMC Magnetics,<snip> > Hmm - sounds like we need a corollary to Nero's InfoTool for Linux to > get at that.... Nope. Cdrtools/cdrecord can read all that stuff and tell you what you want to know. CLI though. > > > that said, I've burned 100s and 100s of the Costco 16X TDK "CMC MAG. AM3" > > DVDs with very very few problems. I've had several DVD burners, currently > > mostly using a Pioneer DVR-112D (16x DL), previously I had a "Sony" that was > > really a rebranded LiteOn, but after a couple years of heavy use, it started > > getting too many burn errors, so I retired it. I've always bought the store brands except for once (wanted "High Speed" compatible CD). I burn 'em at full speed, test 'em carefully and can any bad ones - very few to-date. The savings are great enough that if I have to trash one or two, NP. Of course, if you've something more important to do, it does cost a Little of your time and may not be worth the savings. > <snip> -- Bill