Re: [TCLUG:7646] CD-R

[Scot Jenkins <swjenkins@ibm.net>]

> I don't understand why anyone would still bother CDRW when you can get
> CD-R for less than $1.50 or so each.  We found quite a bit of trouble
> with CDRW as far as compatibility went -- not fully red book compliant. 
> What are you guys paying for these RW discs?  Last I remember, they were
> 8 to 10x the cost of regular CD-R.  Is this just my audio industry
> legacy code??<g>

CDRWs are  great for backups.  It's a lot faster then ftape (floppy tape)
and holds alot more data.  Plus with RW, you don't have to keep throwing
them out after you burn it and then your data changes (like you would with
CDR).

The only issue I've seen with them is that non-DVD CDR drives won't read
the CDRW discs.  This isn't a problem since I just NFS export the mounted
CDRW from the machine with the burner and now it's available.

Personally I like em.