Does anyone actually use blank CDs anymore? If not, where can they be disposed of? Thanks.
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Last: 3 yr ago by FatZilla
I took mine to Goodwill
I think radiologists are actually the last human beings in the face of the earth still using cd-roms. Want a copy of your xray, cat scan, or mri? Here's a cd with your sticker on it.
So, theoretically you could donate them to a diagnostic imaging center. Otherwise, see that bucket in your kitchen with the plastic bag inside it? Put them right there.
So, theoretically you could donate them to a diagnostic imaging center. Otherwise, see that bucket in your kitchen with the plastic bag inside it? Put them right there.
Recycle bin or if you are board, the shredder for fun. Its a nice satisfying crunch shredding them.
One. I still buy whole entire albums (!!!), online, and burn them to disc.
I'm really struggling to think of a legitimate reason anyone would still be doing this..JSKolache said:
One. I still buy whole entire albums (!!!), online, and burn them to disc.
It's sounds better on a CD. Like LaserDisc!
Like agdoc says we do the same thing with CBCT images that are too large to email. Some docs are savvy enough I can just put it on Google Drive and share it but some still want a hard copy on a CD
Bird repellant. Hang them in fruit trees or around garden plants to scare birds off.
Government entities occasionally require that RFP submissions be submitted on CD.
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I still use them to play copies of Sega CD / Saturn / Dreamcast and PS1 games because the originals are getting pretty spendy. How many are you talking about, I don't mind paying shipping?ontheedge said:
Does anyone actually use blank CDs anymore? If not, where can they be disposed of? Thanks.
Take 'em out to the country and use them for target practice!
Try putting them in the microwave.FatZilla said:
Recycle bin or if you are board, the shredder for fun. Its a nice satisfying crunch shredding them.
I don't think I've bought a blank CD in a couple of decades (maybe 3) but I still have uses for blank DVDs. Linux distros for one. Its just easier to burn a DVD than it is to set up the machine for a USB drive install. However, now that my desktop Mac doesn't have a DVD drive (still have a MBP that does) I may not use many more for that.
I used to back up stuff to DVDs but its easier to just use HDD hard drives.
I used to back up stuff to DVDs but its easier to just use HDD hard drives.
I have about 25 blank CDs left, probably about 10-15 years old at this point. They were useful for burning ISOs for various tools and linux distros. About a decade ago the images started to get too large and required DVDs so I stopped using CDs. Some tools like DBAN and hardware diag tools still burn to CD, so they can still be used, but these tools also burn to DVD, so the CDs aren't needed.
My daughter likes to burn CDs for her car, which is old enough to have an in-dash 6-disc changer, no aux ports, and no mp3 support. It also has a cassette player, she uses a cassette adapter to provide an aux port for her phone, but she prefers using CDs.
My daughter likes to burn CDs for her car, which is old enough to have an in-dash 6-disc changer, no aux ports, and no mp3 support. It also has a cassette player, she uses a cassette adapter to provide an aux port for her phone, but she prefers using CDs.
Use them all the time at work.
I've got hundreds of them sitting around. Very high quality, too.
I used to publish a bimonthly database by cd but dropped it a few years ago.
One of the strangest things is when a dog fell through the ceiling onto the cd printer ( used to print the graphics on the surface of the cd). I was standing in the hallway, but knew exactly what happened because the same dog had fallen through another part of the ceiling a year (nearly to the day) earlier.
See https://texags.com/forums/34/topics/2038123/1 for the full story.
I used to publish a bimonthly database by cd but dropped it a few years ago.
One of the strangest things is when a dog fell through the ceiling onto the cd printer ( used to print the graphics on the surface of the cd). I was standing in the hallway, but knew exactly what happened because the same dog had fallen through another part of the ceiling a year (nearly to the day) earlier.
See https://texags.com/forums/34/topics/2038123/1 for the full story.
kb2001 said:
I have about 25 blank CDs left, probably about 10-15 years old at this point. They were useful for burning ISOs for various tools and linux distros. About a decade ago the images started to get too large and required DVDs so I stopped using CDs. Some tools like DBAN and hardware diag tools still burn to CD, so they can still be used, but these tools also burn to DVD, so the CDs aren't needed.
My daughter likes to burn CDs for her car, which is old enough to have an in-dash 6-disc changer, no aux ports, and no mp3 support. It also has a cassette player, she uses a cassette adapter to provide an aux port for her phone, but she prefers using CDs.
Very easy solution for her. I did this for my old jeep and it worked fantastic. You blutooth to it, it broadcasts a local fm station that you select on the device then you just tune your car radio to that station. (pick a station with just static for best results, no music should be heard). If you start to hear music from a normal broadcast just change the tuner again to a new empty station.
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