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Lol, thats sick as fuck
yeah, think I'm gonna buy one
Thanks for alerting me there's a link!
I didn't want to post a link myself, because I didn't know if that was OK in this sub, but it was pretty easy to find by searching "CD-R mirror".
Someone else posted a link :)
But yeah I probably could have just found it 😅
Hope you have a lovely day ☺️
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That's Microsoft activation key isn't it
For windows xp :3
Yeah I'll pay that. I'd put that on my wall for real
Same. Where can I get one?
You can buy them at my etsy [here].
Oh shit, you can actually find them there.
Not that I'd trust Thema, but still.
it's $20 on Amazon
Oh, it's only 13" diameter? I'd rather just hang a real laserdisc on the wall in that case.
I want a CD-R mirror that's like 3' wide.
It's still amazing IMO.
A real laserdisc on your wall feels like a genuine statement piece, as if you're into classic movies and old tech in a totally unironic way.
The beauty of this huge CR-R is that it's modelled after a completely normal and cheap as hell blank disc that came in spindles of 100 that you'd be slapping your MP3s on, and scribbling labels over with black marker pen.
Its beauty is in the surreal and absurd tribute to a completely boring and everyday item.
Why? At least go for RW
Between 54€ and 57€ over here 😬
oof
I like it. Yes it’s real. Amazon has it, but it’d be better to buy elsewhere if possible.
It's not a CD-RW.
Not worth ibuying.
CD-R works better in my car and Discman
You have a discman? Cooooool!
CD-RW quality only approached "worth a shit" around the time DVD-R became common, and still didn't work in most devices.
Lol, what about cd+rw? Didn't those have better compatibility?
I honestly could barely remember that there were two, let alone which was better.
I do remember the better one was pointlessly more expensive. For the same price, I could usually get twice as many CD-Rs when I needed more, although it might come down to whether I wanted them with cases or on a spindle.
CD-RW was generally more of a gimmick than a useful format - especially once flash drives appeared and then doubled in size every several months.
CD-R was king for burning audio CDs or general data (until DVD-R came along).
cd-rw were very useful when internets were dialled-up (or later ADSL) and you were working on large image files on different desktops
gimmick was the zip drive ☞
CD-RW was the lifeblood of my mp3-discman, i just loved to be able to add songs i just discovered!
This is awesome!
turns out, this is $20 on Amazon
Looks like a death star with the reflection