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Introduction
CD Recording has become one of the most popular
formats for the quick exchange, urgent replica, and long-term
archiving of business & consumer data. With the widespread
adoption of CD Recording technology, has come the long awaited
release from the restraints of the ubiquitous floppy drive.
For those who replication needs are mixtures of high volume
but lower capacity, recordable CD-ROM media is an ideal solution.
Recordable CD-ROM media has also assisted in eliminating one
giant and further headache known to most people who have at
one time needed to backup data: the dreaded compatibility issue.
Multiple
storage platforms, diverse operating systems, and incompatible
file systems, caused havoc for businesses attempting to exchange
data quickly and simply.
In the media industry the SyQuest disks and drives appeared
in every corner and everyone needed one (usually a new one every
couple of months as reliability was not one of its strongest
points). The drive and media cost was high in comparison to
CD technology, and the platform was not known for its stability.
CD writing changed this picture dramatically. With blank CD
starting at under £1, and drives under £200 (even
for SCSI units), CD writers have given the industry exactly
what it needed. Cheap media, internationally compatible standards,
and a CD-ROM drive for data reading in even every cheap computer
in the world.
The CD Writer has come a long way in a very short space of time.
The first single-speed models may be only a couple of years
old, but already they seem like ageing dinosaurs from a half-forgotten
era.
CD Rewriters expanded the market even
further, first with 2x speed, then 4x speed, 6x speed, and beyond,
CD Recording has become a normal and simple process for countless
computer users.
Fast on the heels of the CD Recording systems in the portable
storage race is DVD technology. DVD recorders in the guise of
DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, PD and a host
of other standards are encroaching into this once unassailable
territory.
The choices suddenly don't seem so clear-cut anymore. Which
technology are you better off with? Which version of optical
platter technology should you select? The choices can be narrowed
down far more simply and quicker than they seem at first sight.
Discovery CD-Recorders
New CD Recorders, CD Rewriters, and associated
technology devices appear on the market almost daily. Many devices
seem to have a lifespan of weeks. For this reason it is unfeasible
to specify and give details on individual drives themselves.
In short, we can supply nearly any CD-R or CD-RW drive available
on the market today. If you have a specific requirement we will
be happy to supply the correct solution to suit your requirements.
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