Post#8 » Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:48 pm
All lasers wear out eventually, and the type of disc you use does not influence the speed at which your laser degrades. The only problem with CD-Rs is that because they are about 20% less reflective than pressed discs, as your laser weakens, eventually your laser will pass the point where it can't read a CD-R anymore, but it will still be able to read a GD-ROM, because the GD-ROM is shinier. If you keep using the laser, though, eventually it'll get so weak that it won't be able to read GD-ROMs, either. At that point you'll be forced to adjust the laser to increase its strength, which will cause it to burn out sooner. If the system can't read any discs without the adjustment, though, then you might as well do it, since the system is already useless if it can't read any discs.
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