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Date:	Sun, 13 Jun 2004 21:06:44 PDT7
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: DVD writer recommendation

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On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 19:06:34 PDT7, jbrush@aros.net wrote:

>I think CD-R and its offspring suck, ..., I have thrown away more CDs than I have
>kept, and that number is in the hundreds. I have had quite a few different R-R/W
>devices and they continue to make me a lot of coasters. I would say my success
>rate over the years is no more than 50 or 60 percent. >Even CDR/W fails, and who has
hours and hours to wait while it is formatted?

None of this has been my experience. On RSJ I can format a new CD in about 5 to 10
seconds. If I am erasing it takes just a little longer (maybe a minute). On RSJ it also
takes about a minute to unattach a CD after burning. I have noticed, however, that
formatting on Windows does take considerable time (20 minutes or more).

I'm not an expert about burning CD's. However, I've never had to throw away CD's that
did not create properly. I use Bootable and RSJ to create an ECS bootable CD. Works
just right. Haven't made any musical CD's yet with OS/2 or ECS.

I believe that if you are making coasters, then you don't have the right software, or you
haven't set it up properly. From what I've heard, you can make alot of coasters, if you
do not have sufficient buffer space allocated for the burn.
HCM

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