YourValentine
Yes, it can happen. Mainly on cheaper CD-Rs and most often on printable DVD-Rs. It's safer not to write on any discs.
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Bobby_brown
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]YourValentine wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Yes, it can happen. Mainly on cheaper CD-Rs and most often on printable DVD-Rs. It's safer not to write on any discs.[/QUOTE]
Just a question:
How do you labell your Cd/DVD´s?
Because, i have my DVD´s on a suitcase designed for store cd/DVD, so i think that writing on it is the only way to labell them, but i´m open to new ideas.
Take care
Just a question:
How do you labell your Cd/DVD´s?
Because, i have my DVD´s on a suitcase designed for store cd/DVD, so i think that writing on it is the only way to labell them, but i´m open to new ideas.
Take care
YourValentine
I use slim cases and double slim cases and I have white sleeves on which I print the information.
Mean Mr. Ketchup
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bobby_brown wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
So, i would like to hear your opinions about the midia you use; what care do you have with your collection, and the 100.000 dollar question:
How long are you ganna wait untill you start to make back-up copies from the ones you have? (since some DVD´s deteriorate???).
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I haven't had time to read all the posts here, but can this happen to CDs aswell?
So, i would like to hear your opinions about the midia you use; what care do you have with your collection, and the 100.000 dollar question:
How long are you ganna wait untill you start to make back-up copies from the ones you have? (since some DVD´s deteriorate???).
[/QUOTE]
I haven't had time to read all the posts here, but can this happen to CDs aswell?
The Real Wizard
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]~Pred. wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bobby_brown wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
So, i would like to hear your opinions about the midia you use; what care do you have with your collection, and the 100.000 dollar question:
How long are you ganna wait untill you start to make back-up copies from the ones you have? (since some DVD´s deteriorate???).
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I haven't had time to read all the posts here, but can this happen to CDs aswell?[/QUOTE]
Absolutely! I have thousands of CDRs (many for almost 10 years), and the only ones that have died are the ones with the labels... they only lasted a couple years.
So, i would like to hear your opinions about the midia you use; what care do you have with your collection, and the 100.000 dollar question:
How long are you ganna wait untill you start to make back-up copies from the ones you have? (since some DVD´s deteriorate???).
[/QUOTE]
I haven't had time to read all the posts here, but can this happen to CDs aswell?[/QUOTE]
Absolutely! I have thousands of CDRs (many for almost 10 years), and the only ones that have died are the ones with the labels... they only lasted a couple years.
bitesthedust
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]~Pred. wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bobby_brown wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
So, i would like to hear your opinions about the midia you use; what care do you have with your collection, and the 100.000 dollar question:
How long are you ganna wait untill you start to make back-up copies from the ones you have? (since some DVD´s deteriorate???).
[/QUOTE]
I haven't had time to read all the posts here, but can this happen to CDs aswell?[/QUOTE]
Absolutely! I have thousands of CDRs (many for almost 10 years), and the only ones that have died are the ones with the labels... they only lasted a couple years.
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Re. Labels - I can understand how the glue can seep onto the disc and destroy the data; apparently that is true on discs from Queencollector.com, although I've had my discs for about 4/5 years now and not had a problem so far.
So, i would like to hear your opinions about the midia you use; what care do you have with your collection, and the 100.000 dollar question:
How long are you ganna wait untill you start to make back-up copies from the ones you have? (since some DVD´s deteriorate???).
[/QUOTE]
I haven't had time to read all the posts here, but can this happen to CDs aswell?[/QUOTE]
Absolutely! I have thousands of CDRs (many for almost 10 years), and the only ones that have died are the ones with the labels... they only lasted a couple years.
[/QUOTE]
Re. Labels - I can understand how the glue can seep onto the disc and destroy the data; apparently that is true on discs from Queencollector.com, although I've had my discs for about 4/5 years now and not had a problem so far.
Bobby_brown
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Sir GH<br><h6>ah yeah</h6> wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]~Pred. wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Bobby_brown wrote: [/QUOTENAME]
So, i would like to hear your opinions about the midia you use; what care do you have with your collection, and the 100.000 dollar question:
How long are you ganna wait untill you start to make back-up copies from the ones you have? (since some DVD´s deteriorate???).
[/QUOTE]
I haven't had time to read all the posts here, but can this happen to CDs aswell?[/QUOTE]
Absolutely! I have thousands of CDRs (many for almost 10 years), and the only ones that have died are the ones with the labels... they only lasted a couple years.
[/QUOTE]
Well, YourValentine is right- Avoid Labells!
Thanks for the input.
I think i have a clue now about what to choose and not choose.
Take care
So, i would like to hear your opinions about the midia you use; what care do you have with your collection, and the 100.000 dollar question:
How long are you ganna wait untill you start to make back-up copies from the ones you have? (since some DVD´s deteriorate???).
[/QUOTE]
I haven't had time to read all the posts here, but can this happen to CDs aswell?[/QUOTE]
Absolutely! I have thousands of CDRs (many for almost 10 years), and the only ones that have died are the ones with the labels... they only lasted a couple years.
[/QUOTE]
Well, YourValentine is right- Avoid Labells!
Thanks for the input.
I think i have a clue now about what to choose and not choose.
Take care
Bobby_brown
I just want to share this article with you. I would like to hear your coments in this. I was about to post it in other section for it to have more visibilaty, but people would start to bitch. So, for ayone interested:
http://www.go.co.za/2007/08/02/news/acondo.html
"Condoms used to make music, not love...
By Ma-Aasha Ismail
STUDENTS are indeed faithfully using condoms – but not for the use they were designed for: instead of using them for safer, Aids-preventing sex, they are waxing lyrical about the humble condom’s extraordinary ability to improve the sound of their music!
In a bizarre, innovative twist, the country’s premier weapon against Aids has found an additional and respectable lease of life as a cleaner of compact discs (CDs).
The GO! could not establish how and when the discovery was made, but most students say they heard of the condom’s extraordinary cleaning abilities by word of mouth.
The abuse of Government’s largesse was brought into focus last week by Aids activist Nonthuthuzelo Mxhalisa, who slammed the practice. She was speaking at an international Aids candlelight memorial service in the Grahamstown City Hall. Mxhalisa said people should not misuse government resources.
Poh Seong Lim, chief operations officer of Karex South Africa, which manufactures government-approved condoms, said that the ingredient most likely to have this protective effect was “silicone oil and dusting powder” – which coat the condoms.
The average cost of manufacturing a single condom at Karex, including the aluminum wrapper, is 20 cents. It takes between five and seven hours to make a single condom.
“I have never heard about people cleaning CDs with condoms, but this must surely damage the CD player’s pick-up heads in some way,” said Lim.
Junaid Sataar, a Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University student said: “I use them because they really work. I heard about it from friends and didn’t believe it, but when I tried it I was amazed. My old scratched CDs were actually playing.”
Music collector Gasan Jacobs said he was also not sure why they worked, but used the government supplied condoms because they were free and readily available.
A local pharmacist said: “The latex in the lubricant is what fills the scratches and protects the CDs”.
The regular price of CD cleaning kits range from R30 to R150. A pack of standard Durex condoms, which come in packs of three, range from R25 to R35.
According to Daluxolo Mani, a second year IT student at NMMU, the “condom cleaning kit” is the best.
Explaining how to use the condom, he said: “The cleaning method uses one condom per CD. The condom is held in a tissue and rubbed over the CD, focusing on the scratched surfaces, and is then left to dry. Once the CD is dry there is a visible shiny layer that covers it and this should last for a couple of playings.”
It appears that students are the largest group of consumers of this unusual process. Senior manager of Campus Health Services, Sister Antoinette Goosen, said: “This is not what condoms are for and this is not why we supply them. We provide condoms to prevent unplanned pregnancy. They are available in university bathrooms and hostels, and they are provided to ensure responsibility – and not for students to ‘wax’ their CDs.”
The EC health department was unavailable for comment. "
So, it looks like that cleaning your scratched CDs with a condom can at least make it play for you to make another copy from that CD.
My question:
Does anyone have a scratched CD, and is wiling to do the experience? (for cientific purposes only ; )
Take care
http://www.go.co.za/2007/08/02/news/acondo.html
"Condoms used to make music, not love...
By Ma-Aasha Ismail
STUDENTS are indeed faithfully using condoms – but not for the use they were designed for: instead of using them for safer, Aids-preventing sex, they are waxing lyrical about the humble condom’s extraordinary ability to improve the sound of their music!
In a bizarre, innovative twist, the country’s premier weapon against Aids has found an additional and respectable lease of life as a cleaner of compact discs (CDs).
The GO! could not establish how and when the discovery was made, but most students say they heard of the condom’s extraordinary cleaning abilities by word of mouth.
The abuse of Government’s largesse was brought into focus last week by Aids activist Nonthuthuzelo Mxhalisa, who slammed the practice. She was speaking at an international Aids candlelight memorial service in the Grahamstown City Hall. Mxhalisa said people should not misuse government resources.
Poh Seong Lim, chief operations officer of Karex South Africa, which manufactures government-approved condoms, said that the ingredient most likely to have this protective effect was “silicone oil and dusting powder” – which coat the condoms.
The average cost of manufacturing a single condom at Karex, including the aluminum wrapper, is 20 cents. It takes between five and seven hours to make a single condom.
“I have never heard about people cleaning CDs with condoms, but this must surely damage the CD player’s pick-up heads in some way,” said Lim.
Junaid Sataar, a Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University student said: “I use them because they really work. I heard about it from friends and didn’t believe it, but when I tried it I was amazed. My old scratched CDs were actually playing.”
Music collector Gasan Jacobs said he was also not sure why they worked, but used the government supplied condoms because they were free and readily available.
A local pharmacist said: “The latex in the lubricant is what fills the scratches and protects the CDs”.
The regular price of CD cleaning kits range from R30 to R150. A pack of standard Durex condoms, which come in packs of three, range from R25 to R35.
According to Daluxolo Mani, a second year IT student at NMMU, the “condom cleaning kit” is the best.
Explaining how to use the condom, he said: “The cleaning method uses one condom per CD. The condom is held in a tissue and rubbed over the CD, focusing on the scratched surfaces, and is then left to dry. Once the CD is dry there is a visible shiny layer that covers it and this should last for a couple of playings.”
It appears that students are the largest group of consumers of this unusual process. Senior manager of Campus Health Services, Sister Antoinette Goosen, said: “This is not what condoms are for and this is not why we supply them. We provide condoms to prevent unplanned pregnancy. They are available in university bathrooms and hostels, and they are provided to ensure responsibility – and not for students to ‘wax’ their CDs.”
The EC health department was unavailable for comment. "
So, it looks like that cleaning your scratched CDs with a condom can at least make it play for you to make another copy from that CD.
My question:
Does anyone have a scratched CD, and is wiling to do the experience? (for cientific purposes only ; )
Take care
YourValentine
Hmm, I rather would not rub my CDs with a condome but if it works... :)
I have not yet used an ultrasonic cleaner but I have been told by many people that they are the best method to clean dirty CDs and even make scratched CDs/DVDs playable again
for example this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-6000-Ultrasonic-Cleaner-Stand/dp/B000KY5KOM
You can use a cleaning fluid in the water but you do not need to - you can just use water which I think is better. I do not trust chemicals.
I have not yet used an ultrasonic cleaner but I have been told by many people that they are the best method to clean dirty CDs and even make scratched CDs/DVDs playable again
for example this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultra-6000-Ultrasonic-Cleaner-Stand/dp/B000KY5KOM
You can use a cleaning fluid in the water but you do not need to - you can just use water which I think is better. I do not trust chemicals.
Bobby_brown
I never use any chemicals on my CDs. I come from the vinyl good old times, and i olny use water.
The funny thing about the article, is that people are wasting time creating new technology, and then comes the youth and discovers that everything you need is a condom ; )
And if it can make a cd play one more time after being scratched, i think it can make some collectors very happy!
Take care
The funny thing about the article, is that people are wasting time creating new technology, and then comes the youth and discovers that everything you need is a condom ; )
And if it can make a cd play one more time after being scratched, i think it can make some collectors very happy!
Take care