That's old news. One of the networks did segment on this topic about 2 years ago. Yes, the layers fade and since then some other problems have been discovered. I guess they figured no one older than 79 years would be listening or using them. Our company has always used optical discs instead of CDs. In a message dated 2/5/2005 8:08:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 0e60wq102@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: http://bfarber.com/index.php?showtopic=5907 For a web-based membership management utility and information on list policies, please see http://nibec.com/24hoursupport/ To unsubscribe, send a blank email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the subject.