[ILUG] 2x[Q] Samsung DVD+/-R(W), and cleaning PC internals

[Brian Foster]

 thanks everyone for the suggestions.
 two or three quick replies to various points raised:

  1.  I have no issue with the quality of Sony's drives.
     my issue is with Sony.  (but to be fair, I should
     re-verify there is still a reason to boycott.)

  2.  the only printable DVD/CD media I _had_ ever heard of
     was the spray-on ink kind (which I have seen).  I now
     know that kind is nominally only printed on in certain
     inkjet printers (which I've never seen), and that there
     is a second kind, which is thermal (also never seen).
     the third unit I mentioned does indeed use the thermal
     kind, so spraying ink around inside the PC is clearly
     not an issue.   (out of curiosity, is there support
     for printing on either kind with Linux/FLOSS?)

  3.  it's useful to know Philips may not send the good
     products off-continent.  but since I am on-continent,
     this isn't too much help as a quality guide.  ;-)

cheers!
	-blf-
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