Verbatim Vinyl CD-R Discs

[Jason Dunn]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007G34I/jasondunn-20' target='_blank'>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...4I/jasondunn-20</a><br /><br /></div>It's stocking-stuffer season, and I think these CD-R discs look super-cool! Here's hoping Santa (and my wife) reads this site... :lol: <br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/bigthumb.jpg" /> <br /><br />"Combining a retro look with the rugged quality and high-performance of today’s CD-R technology, Verbatim introduces Digital Vinyl CD-R, a recordable disc designed after the popular and groovy 45-rpm record format. These eye-catching discs are a great way to save delicate LP collections, burn your personal music mix or make a standout business presentation. The color-coded discs use Verbatim’s original Azo Blue technology for superior audio writing performance on CD burners and broad read compatibility on car CD players, home audio systems and portable CD players. Digital Vinyl CD-R’s are protected with a dual-layer anti-scratch coating that safeguards data for years to come and are backed by Verbatim’s Lifetime Warranty. So grab a blast from the past – Verbatim Digital Vinyl CD-R."<br /><br />You can check out a review and bigger images in <a href="http://www.envynews.com/review.php?ID=242">this Envy News review.</a>

[Dave Conger]

Oh man, that is a great...they look really cool. And $10 for 10 isn't that bad a price either for specialty disks.

[Kirkaiya]

Back to the Future
(vinyl brings back some childhood memories... well, until I was like, almost 18 maybe - when did CDs start coming out? 1985, or '88 or something?[/b]

[nirav28]

Target has these in their electronic department. They ain't cheap. About $10 for 10. Considering you can buy regular cdrs for $10 for 50 these days. Now maybe these will bring down the price of the color CDRs.

But I'm sure people will buy these as a novelty item. Actually it wouldn't be bad to use these to seperate your data cds from your audio cds. I get my data and audio cds mixed up all the time. I'm too lazy to label them properly sometimes.

[Jason Dunn]

I have a mini stereo system in our living room that plays CDs vertically behind clear plastic, meaning you can see the CDs as they play. Using these discs would make it look awesome! :D

[TrojanUO]

I have a mini stereo system in our living room that plays CDs vertically behind clear plastic, meaning you can see the CDs as they play. Using these discs would make it look awesome! :D

Saw these in Business Depot here in Toronto on the weekend. They do look pretty cool. 10 Packs only, from what I could see. I don't remember how much they were though. :(

[ECOslin]

Yep, I think they look neat as well.

http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4571&highlight=

http://www.verbatim.com/products/products.cfm?pro_id=393

Edward

[peterawest]

And $10 for 10 isn't that bad a price either for specialty disks.

Now you can get the 10-pack for $6.38, with free shipping, on Buy.com:

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10333253&loc=101

[ECOslin]

I haven't seen anything better than the picture that originated on the Verbatim site. Anyone seen them or a better picture? How much 45rpm record 'detail' do they have?

Edward

[Tungsten]

http://www.envynews.com/images/snapshot/featuredpic_s.jpg (http://www.envynews.com/images/snapshot/featuredpic.jpg)
Did anyone miss this? :lol:

[ECOslin]

http://www.matsu****a.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/en011015-2/en011015-2.html

Very interesting. An October 2001 item, I don't remember hearing about, what are they doing now?

Edward

[Kirkaiya]

We can thank that lone Japanese researcher, I can't remember his name, for inventing the blue LED-laser, for that (well, he was the first to make a commerically viable one).

Because blue light has a shorter wavelength than red, it can create (and read) smaller dots (pits, actually) on a disc than a red laser can. Current CD and DVD players use red LED-lasers.

This means that the next generation DVDs, with no change other than the color of the laser, would be able to store several times more data. On top of that, to get the 50 GB (!!!!) i think they are using the new "multi-layer" approach - data is stored on 2 or 3 seperate vertical layers, which doubles or triples the data storage again (I'm not sure how they read from different depths, but I know I read that they can do it - possibly by altering the focal point of a laser that's been lensed (focused)? )

These will be great when they come out - you could hold like, 40 hours of video on 1 (or, if it's HDTV, then I guess 10 hours...), should be great.

I lOVE it - I think it will just take some years (2 - 3?) before the consumer devices start showing up.

[ECOslin]

I was thinking of buying a 120gig drive, I've got a CD-r (700mb). I'd need about 180 CD-r disks to back it up! Have you seen game sizes recently, I installed Jedi Outcast and I'd swear it took up at least 600mb.
I recently had to track down and re-download some DVD decoder software that I had license for. I've tried backup compression software and was not impressed.

Anybody have luck using a tape drive to backup their stuff.

Anybody using anything good?

Edward

[Janak Parekh]

Anybody have luck using a tape drive to backup their stuff.

Anybody using anything good?
Tape drives are good, but generally expensive. Low-cost high-capacity tape drives are rare, with the exception of the Ecrix (www.ecrix.com) line, which offers up to 66GB in the VXA-1 yet costs ~ $500-750.

Your other alternative, assuming you don't need to back up all 120GB, is to use a DVD-R. I'm planning to get that in the near future.

--bdj

[ECOslin]

Yep, I've got a Backpack 8gig tape drive parallel (USB option is available for it). I was given it to sell on E-bay, but it didn't sell. I understand there are tapes for it that the guy has, but, they've not been forthcoming. I have no tapes for it.

I'd rather a DVD drive than goto Tape. I've always like one to one backups, no compression and easily recoverable files(even if I have to use 'RecoverNT' to get them).

I was given many 8mm backup tapes for another tape drive that I don't have. They fit my Hi-8 camcorder. Zoom.

Edward

[Steven Cedrone]

Not that I want to kill an interesting discussion, but it might be time to take this to an "Off Topic" thread...

Steven Cedrone
Community Moderator