this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah, think I'm gonna buy one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for alerting me there's a link!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Someone else posted a link :)

But yeah I probably could have just found it 😅

Hope you have a lovely day ☺️

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Same. Where can I get one?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can buy them at my etsy [here].

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Why? At least go for RW

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Between 54€ and 57€ over here 😬

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's Microsoft activation key isn't it

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

For windows xp :3

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

It's not a CD-RW.

Not worth ibuying.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

CD-R works better in my car and Discman

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

You have a discman? Cooooool!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days 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).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days 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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

This is awesome!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

turns out, this is $20 on Amazon

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Looks like a death star with the reflection