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Re: [ARSCLIST] 5" discs more hearty than some think
Tom Fine wrote:
Hey guys, is this a "guerilla" longevity test?
Well, this is "Guerilla Rod" with a reply from triple digit northern
California (Redding where we've been breaking heat records) to Richard
Hess's question as to the type of CDs I used. My employer, Family
Theater Productions, gave me packs of 50 unlabled blanks, but they're
identified in the center ring as "Mitsui Color Thermal".
Neato! I can say that the dirt-cheapo green-dye types don't stand up
to a summer and winter in suburban NY, especially if the green side
gets hit with sunlight. It was 105 degrees today (according to car
thermometer) and had to be a good 10 degrees more in the car when I
got in to drive home. Figured I'd test the media, so I played the
commercially-manufactured disc in the drive. It played just fine. It
was damn hot to the touch when I took it out at home! That
factory-standard Delco CD player impressed me too. That's a lot of
internal heat to deal with.
Along with the CDs, I've got reams of 10 1/2" reels of tape masters
which also have stood up well in the extremes of our weather (also we
have ice and snow in the winter). These types of media are more robust
than we have a right to expect from my own experiences.
Rod Stephens
P.S. I have two boxes of Scotch tape (No. 131-24 Low Print and 111
Plastic All Purpose) with the photo of the studio musicians which I'll
try to scan and make available in a few days. One's with a red wash and
the other is green.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess"
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] 5" discs more hearty than some think
At 10:29 AM 8/1/2006, Rod Stephens wrote:
I've had a series of about 200 CDs that I manufactured and stored in
my garage for about two years. The temperature gets to be over 100
degrees in the summer in there. I just pulled them out and did spot
checks on every five or ten of them in sequence (old radio shows).
They all tested and played beautifully. Just a bit of personal
experience.
Hi, Rod,
Could you please share with us the type of disc that you used for this?
I have had CDs in my car in both hot Southern California and now
hot/humid AND cold Greater Toronto area. I made a set of about 120
and I have only seen a few failures. Those were in the non
phthalocyanin dye discs. All of the MAM-A discs have survived nicely
since 2001.
Cheers,
Richard
Richard L. Hess email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX
Detailed contact information:
http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
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