I get why CD and DVD reigned as media formats, but I personally was a much larger fan of zip disks. I really wish they'd taken off, instead.
I get why CD and DVD reigned as media formats, but I personally was a much larger fan of zip disks. I really wish they'd taken off, instead.
They had a lot of issues with drive quality control. CD was already a very mature product and didn't have those same issues.
They had a lot of issues with drive quality control. CD was already a very mature product and didn't have those same issues.
I had the exact opposite issue. All my zip disks lasted for years (decades I'm willing to be if I still had a computer with a drive). I have bought entire spindels of CD-R (not even getting started on the RW discs) that came 50-75% DOA.
I had the exact opposite issue. All my zip disks lasted for years (decades I'm willing to be if I still had a computer with a drive). I have bought entire spindels of CD-R (not even getting started on the RW discs) that came 50-75% DOA.
It wasn't the disks themselves that had issues, it was the drives.
The Iomega "Click of Death" did them in, and the up-and-coming flash storage that killed CD/DVD/BR would have murdered them regardless.
It wasn't the disks themselves that had issues, it was the drives.
The Iomega "Click of Death" did them in, and the up-and-coming flash storage that killed CD/DVD/BR would have murdered them regardless.
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