sentinel
Oct 26th, 2005, 01:42 AM
Does anyone know if anybody's writen a good, accurate, concise article which teaches newbies about what DVD/CD brands are good/bad?
Ya i know dolphin has his faq, but it's a little too vague and spread out for the average user to wade through.
And I guess it's not really a science, persay, in that one brand won't necessary always better or worse then another, etc, but there is still a lot that can be said.
This is the kind of thing i'm looking for. If it exists, that's great! If someone wants to write it i'm sure everyone would love u, and sites such as RFD would pay/thank you for it. I would write it, but i just plain don't know enough.
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General intro, teaching the reader that, in terms of recordable media, more expensive or "brand name" does NOT always equal better.
Then, go through the mactufacturers' names, history, and current situation, etc.....
(ex: "BlahBlah manufacturters out of taiwan, When they 1st started making CDs, they were really crappy. The CDs got much better. Their DVD discs are pretty good...... Now, they are generally regarded as ******.... You may also see these called *****. they are rebranded most coimmonly by ****. if you see ***, you are likely really buying these, most burners work well with these, but people have had bad luck using****.... for the price point they are usually a good deal.....")
I dunno, i guess maybe a paragraph for each of the most common ones. (ty, cmc, ritek, optodisc, etc)
Then i would say go through the common rebranders (memorex, maxell, verbatim, staples, etc...) and say which manufacturers they most comonly use, and how to tell what you're really buying.
I guess you could close with links to testing to back all this up and offer more info.
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...just a thought, i know a lot of people that would gain a lot from reading this, but may not be willing to do the reasearch.
I see too many people buying verbatim cds when the staples brand are cheaper and they're both made by CMC. Or those who confidently pay $1+ each for memorex DVDs, when they don't realize that they can get Ritecks which will work just as well for like $0.30 .... you get the idea...(just a random example, don't flame me if i'm wrong...)
Ya i know dolphin has his faq, but it's a little too vague and spread out for the average user to wade through.
And I guess it's not really a science, persay, in that one brand won't necessary always better or worse then another, etc, but there is still a lot that can be said.
This is the kind of thing i'm looking for. If it exists, that's great! If someone wants to write it i'm sure everyone would love u, and sites such as RFD would pay/thank you for it. I would write it, but i just plain don't know enough.
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General intro, teaching the reader that, in terms of recordable media, more expensive or "brand name" does NOT always equal better.
Then, go through the mactufacturers' names, history, and current situation, etc.....
(ex: "BlahBlah manufacturters out of taiwan, When they 1st started making CDs, they were really crappy. The CDs got much better. Their DVD discs are pretty good...... Now, they are generally regarded as ******.... You may also see these called *****. they are rebranded most coimmonly by ****. if you see ***, you are likely really buying these, most burners work well with these, but people have had bad luck using****.... for the price point they are usually a good deal.....")
I dunno, i guess maybe a paragraph for each of the most common ones. (ty, cmc, ritek, optodisc, etc)
Then i would say go through the common rebranders (memorex, maxell, verbatim, staples, etc...) and say which manufacturers they most comonly use, and how to tell what you're really buying.
I guess you could close with links to testing to back all this up and offer more info.
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...just a thought, i know a lot of people that would gain a lot from reading this, but may not be willing to do the reasearch.
I see too many people buying verbatim cds when the staples brand are cheaper and they're both made by CMC. Or those who confidently pay $1+ each for memorex DVDs, when they don't realize that they can get Ritecks which will work just as well for like $0.30 .... you get the idea...(just a random example, don't flame me if i'm wrong...)