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SamIAm

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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #15 on: August 10, 2012, 11:38:05 PM »
Buy quality discs, burn a test game once with each burner you can get your hands on, and go with the one that produces the discs that your system has the least trouble reading. It should be OK.

Don't forget, one of the PCE-CD's dirty little secrets is that tons of games have poorly balanced audio. When you burn a CD, you can pre-amplify the redbook tracks and fix that. Once you make Gate of Thunder so that you can actually hear the music, you'll never go back, even if you have an original copy.
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sunteam_paul

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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #16 on: August 11, 2012, 01:14:21 AM »
Quote from: jlued686 on August 10, 2012, 06:49:50 PM
OH NOOOOOOOO! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

It's our fault for not having a good FAQ stickied somewhere!
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #17 on: August 11, 2012, 02:10:51 AM »
Quote from: sunteam_paul on August 11, 2012, 01:14:21 AM
Quote from: jlued686 on August 10, 2012, 06:49:50 PM
OH NOOOOOOOO! NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

It's our fault for not having a good FAQ stickied somewhere!

Yeah I think something stickied with all this great info would be excellent for people such as myself.
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2012, 04:08:46 AM »
Quote from: Drakon on August 10, 2012, 10:53:14 PM
Oh okay great.  When the laser dies in the original 1988 pc engine cd unit is it easy to buy and install a replacement laser?

Sorry if these questions have been posted before I didn't find the threads and I just want to make sure all of my bases are covered.  Whenever I buy a piece of hardware I like to learn as much as I possible can about it (especially if it's something that'll eventually die like a cd system).

Don't worry, nobody is dumping on your anything.  This topic just comes up a lot, that's all.

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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2012, 05:16:54 AM »
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Drakon

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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2012, 05:33:16 AM »
Awesome thanks a lot.  Someone probably should sticky some sort of generic info thread.
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2012, 05:38:49 AM »
Yeah, we're not picking on you for asking. Don't take it personally. It's just that the great CDR debate is always lurking somewhere, waiting to consume us all.
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #22 on: August 11, 2012, 06:58:32 AM »
Quote from: Tatsujin on August 10, 2012, 10:52:50 PM
cdr's are as much fun as watching my grama knitting some wool socks.
Holy shit, you are alive. Why don't you come into chat anymore?

Oh, and before it's asked... driving your car will wear out your tires faster than not driving it.
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #23 on: August 11, 2012, 07:11:39 AM »
Quote from: Firebomber7 on August 11, 2012, 06:58:32 AM
Oh, and before it's asked... driving your car will wear out your tires faster than not driving it.

Weak comparison. A car tire has to deal with rolling friction, nails, potholes, etc. A CD makes contact with nothing while in use, other than the spindle that holds it in place (and there is no rolling/sliding between the two surfaces once the disc is in place). And even in a case on the shelf, the spindle is a factor.

If I bought two copies of the same game, but left one running in a CD player for 10 years straight while the other one stayed on the shelf, you wouldn't be able to tell which one was used.

Vinyl would be another story.

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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #24 on: August 11, 2012, 07:25:02 AM »
Basically use good quality media and burn at the slowest possible speed, and whenever possible, use the original disc.
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #25 on: August 11, 2012, 09:47:49 AM »
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If I bought two copies of the same game, but left one running in a CD player for 10 years straight while the other one stayed on the shelf, you wouldn't be able to tell which one was used.

Yes. But you would be able to tell the difference in the cd player.
Which was the topic, was it not?
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PunkicCyborg

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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #26 on: August 11, 2012, 10:30:55 AM »
One day your cd rom will fail. One day your cds will fail. One day you will fail. Might as well play your games in their cd rom and enjoy them all while you can
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #27 on: August 11, 2012, 10:50:19 AM »
Quote from: TheOldMan on August 11, 2012, 09:47:49 AM
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If I bought two copies of the same game, but left one running in a CD player for 10 years straight while the other one stayed on the shelf, you wouldn't be able to tell which one was used.

Yes. But you would be able to tell the difference in the cd player.
Which was the topic, was it not?


Which component of an optical drive wears out a CD, and how so? Honest question.  CD's don't wear out by being played like a tape or record does.
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #28 on: August 11, 2012, 11:09:06 AM »
Quote from: Firebomber7 on August 11, 2012, 06:58:32 AM
Oh, and before it's asked... driving your car will wear out your tires faster than not driving it.

Re: This whole thread  :lol:
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Re: Will cdrs wear out a pc engine cd system?
« Reply #29 on: August 11, 2012, 11:19:32 AM »
Quote from: Drakon on August 10, 2012, 10:53:14 PM
Oh okay great.  When the laser dies in the original 1988 pc engine cd unit is it easy to buy and install a replacement laser?

Sorry if these questions have been posted before I didn't find the threads and I just want to make sure all of my bases are covered.  Whenever I buy a piece of hardware I like to learn as much as I possible can about it (especially if it's something that'll eventually die like a cd system).

Playing HuCards will also kill your Card slot (my main (heavily modded) setup until recently can't play HuCards anymore). Even if you don't play your hardware at all, things are rotting inside and will eventually need repair work. It's better to have things eventually break down and be able to say you got enjoyment out of a console than to neglect it and have it break down anyway.
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