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<p>1 revision imported: Migrate NDSA content from Library of Congress</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Running out of time, John Spencer will present on MDisc at next month&#039;s meeting. <br /> <br /> *Discussion<br /> **Spencer: Plextor: only been a year that current iteration of the company has been making their own drives and have dropped support for some of their software tools. <br /> ***Observation that understand nature of companies - rebranding burners. <br /> **Passmore: Optidrive (?), other software<br /> **Duryee: Secondary market now for equipment - price spike in true quality plextor drives - going for a lot used before bought by another company (current iteration of brand). <br /> **Blood: we’re always talking about a system - drive from trusted manufacturer, CD that isn’t playing, sometimes a cheap player can help resolve playability issue.<br /> **Youket: differences in disc composition - many different dyes with different patents - that’s why focus was on developing and using error checkers. <br /> **Blood: Interest in how to optimize burn speeds to get low error rates. Batch variation: Mitsui sold 4 times in 5 years.</div>

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