Ever encountered errors like “Cyclic redundancy error check” while trying to access/copy one of your proudly recorded new cd/dvd…? Wondered what the h*ll happened since Nero showed no errors whatsoever at the end of the recording process…
From now on: DON’T trust “Disc was written successfully” message of Nero Burning ROM (or another burning program to that effect). Moreover, don’t fall for the trap of well-known makes and brands of optical media like TDK and so on since rarely do they produce their own discs, instead they outsource their production to China-Korea based factories…So, seeing a TDK disc doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a TDK product 100% (Brand VS Media ID)
End of (bitter) story…
Check the following links to (i hope they enlighten you, they sure worked for me):
News, updates regarding optical media industry as a whole:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/
Specific technical review – brand focused:
http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_quality.shtml#CD-R%20Quality%20vs%20CD-R%20Compatibility
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
Burn your CD/DVD’s, don’t get burned by losing precious data on discs you THOUGHT were written successfully!
