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Nothing new there, though.

And the bloody stuff is everywhere! Discovered CMC listed on a DVD-RAM disc I couldn't read from!

Many poor quality media will finish burning, read right fine, but, can be dead within a year. Vanguard, Princo, and AN31 hardly live beyond a year. CMC the same. CMC Imation CD-R's died on me within a year.

Yeah, those values I stated were on pressed discs. Recordables are going to last far less time.

CD theoretically was supposed to be 50 to 100 years. Now, 20 years into CD, we see the real value is about 20 years. DVD was listed at 100 to 200 years. I'd expect 30 to 50.

Since someone just HAD to know... I can report that this Gigastorage Corporation Memorex CD-R read into an MDF image just fine on the NEC 3500a. However, the reported disc size was only 99.4 MB, so, it's not really that good a test.

Ah, cheeky AND impatient, little, bastard, are we?

Ladies' Man? But, it is very easy, when you think about it, to change Coor's into Corn's!

Of course, he drinks! CORN liquor!

I haven't tested if it's still readable yet. I haven't used them since at least 2001, it seems.

Yeah, I did a basic Google. But, I wanted more objective opinions, because, like with CMC, I doubt if on the Gigastorage Corporation's web site, they would say, "Ah, we so sorry! We make junk! We make Vanguard look like Verbatim!"

Are you suggesting NEC has this 2R8 firmware already made and is hoarding, withholding it from the general public?

In their defense, though, back in 2001, a gigabyte was a different value.

I came across a CD-R from Memorex circa 2001. It's 16x, 700 MB, with a blue and white label surface on it. I checked the Manufacturer Name for giggles and was puzzled to find Gigastorage Corporation instead of INFODISC (Passable.) or CMC MAG (IMMEDIATELY TRY TO SALVAGE AND THEN THROW AWAY). Does anyone have any info on the quality of this Gigastorage Corporation?

Cary Granite was another, I think. And Alvin Brickrock being based on Alfred Hitchcock.

No, I've got a far cornier suggestion: he's going to revive the character of the Meddling Monk for the new Doctor Who season!

A man of the corn.

I didn't include them because they are technically product from last year's catalog. But, good call riffing on the JR dolls, nonetheless.

Product Enterprises, having been somewhat on the low key side for Doctor Who licensed products for the last 2 years, has a slate of some pretty impressive products packed for this year. Radio Controlled 8 inch (Hey, wait a minute! If these guys are in the UK, why are they using non-metric values?! ) movie Daleks http://www.productenterprise.com/drwhomovie2.html# 12 inch version of the above http://www.productenterprise.com/drwhomovie4.html Micro Action Talking Daleks http://www.productenterprise.com/microactiondaleks.html These appear to be same thing as the Roll-A-Matic Daleks from the last 2 or 3 years, but have talking chips in them. 20cm (SEE?! Talking Cyberman http://www.productenterprise.com/talkingcyberman.html Not quite sure if this is just more stock of the original figure. Looks the same, except the other hand appears to be different from my memory. 12 inch "LSD Laced Jelly Babies" Talking Tom Baker http://www.productenterprise.com/talkingdoctor2.html The moment I saw those close ups of the face, first thing I thought was that the Doctor had spiked his Jelly Babies with a controlled substance of some sort. 12 inch Radio Command Daleks http://www.productenterprise.com/radiocommand.html More stock of older products, with the exception of the new Dalek Supreme from Planet Of The Daleks 12 inch Talking Cyberman http://www.productenterprise.com/talkingcyberman2.html OH, SWEET! One of the best Cyberman types ever finally gets a decent toy! That Denys Fisher one from the 1970's was awful!

Funny they say this, because, for decades, car manufacturers have already implemented this. It's called the CHECK ENGINE LIGHT! That bloody light can mean just about ANYTHING to the point where it is useless.

UPDATE IN THE SAGA THAT IS CORNY'S LIFE! After being there to witness his nibblet pop out, he had to return to his normal job. But, he did get promoted! He's now a kernel in the military.

UGH! Saw that punch rine flom a mirrion mires away!

Don't know really. All 3 enclosures I've ever encountered were for drives sold by IOMega. The two DVD burners were rebadged LG dual format dual layer DVD-RAM capable burners. The 3rd drive was an external CD writer I bought cheaply entirely for the enclosure; gutted the drive out quickly.

Well, that's a fine kettle of fish he's gotten himself into!

I remember back when my NEC 3500a only had 1 problem: Verifies would fail, but, they would read fine in the LiteOn 166s and play fine in stand alones. Then, without changing brands of DVD-R, even using discs from the same stack, the problem just went away and hasn't returned yet.