Hi Kerstin, > You don't have to answer that question anymore, I looked it up with a > search engine. You think, I should try phthalocyanine dyes - right?
I've had good luck with phthalocyanine (you're right -- that's the chemical used on short strategy discs). Kodak Gold Ultima's are good quality as well, though. Seems strange that they'd always fail. A good brand in short strat. is Mitsui -- I've had best results (particularly for audio burning) with them. In your case, however, I do think that you might just have a defective lens -- this is a common problem with CD read/write devices, though I'm not sure how one would test for such things. As it so happens, I had to replace my burner last week. Maybe taking advantage of the boxing week sales is the best solution! :) I got a Plextor 24x/10x/40x CD-RW for $141 Canadian that works like a charm. cheers, Matt
