this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 88 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yeah, think I'm gonna buy one

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks for alerting me there's a link!

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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".

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Someone else posted a link :)

But yeah I probably could have just found it 😅

Hope you have a lovely day ☺️

[–] pfr@lemmy.sdf.org 44 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah I'll pay that. I'd put that on my wall for real

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Same. Where can I get one?

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can buy them at my etsy [here].

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh shit, you can actually find them there.
Not that I'd trust Thema, but still.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Why? At least go for RW

[–] Mim@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Between 54€ and 57€ over here 😬

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

It's not a CD-RW.

Not worth ibuying.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

CD-R works better in my car and Discman

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

You have a discman? Cooooool!

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

CD-RW quality only approached "worth a shit" around the time DVD-R became common, and still didn't work in most devices.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol, what about cd+rw? Didn't those have better compatibility?

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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).

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

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 driveZIP 250 USB Drive

CD-RW was the lifeblood of my mp3-discman, i just loved to be able to add songs i just discovered!

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's Microsoft activation key isn't it

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago

For windows xp :3

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I like it. Yes it’s real. Amazon has it, but it’d be better to buy elsewhere if possible.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

turns out, this is $20 on Amazon

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

This is awesome!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like a death star with the reflection