They are in fact buying an inherently low quality product that is likely to become unusable.Īs an analogy, think of a high pressure pipe that was designed for a maximum length of 74 meters with reasonable safety. These discs are marketed to the unsuspecting who are attracted by the idea of extra capacity.
In order to get the maximum capacity, the safety factors in the specifications and manufacturing tolerances are disregarded. 99 minute CDR’s are the lowest quality discs being made today, and are likely to fail at a later date if they can be read to begin with.
Overburned CDR’s are inherently inferior and lower in quality that a disc recorded within the red book design specifications. The disc may be readable in both cases unless it didn’t have enough overburn capacity to begin with.
It may not time out and keep on blinking until you have to reboot to stop it. The burner may run for an extra couple of minutes until it times out. Some burners may not recognize that the disc is finalized due to the nonstandard area that is used for writing. Overburning can stress a burner because it is writing in the area reserved for the lead-out. That is just standard “cover your ass” language in case you do something stupid or try to blame Nero for some misfortune. I wouldn’t worry about damaging the burner.
