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Re: CD-R's



I found the laser gun would be the first to fail in most CD players circa
1983-1992... My first player died in a month, culprit: laser gun, which
would have cost $300 to replace at the time, despite the player costing
$180...!  When the CD-R/RW drives came along I jumped onboard, using a
Yamaha 4416s - and stopped using RW disks altogether.  It didn't seem that
the technology was mature enough yet, given the number of coasters made 
from
RW disks of just about all vendors.  Yes, ESPECIALLY the 50-disc packs 
Fry's
sold from somewhere in Indonesia...!   The drive is still functioning fine,
though of course I'm only writing at 16x... [shrug]  A friend of mine with 
a
Yamaha 24x CDR/RW drive says he's only had trouble with cheap discs, but
otherwise all CD players are fine for him.  I toggle between Maxell and TDK
CD-Rs, avoiding generic disc packs, and don't have a problem on any CD
players reported to me - but then this is less than 30 as a sample.

As far as CD players go, I think the bugs are out of 'em enough for even a
cheap one from an unknown knock-off manufacturer (with the exception that
their QA is typically so bad, it's not the laser that goes but the moving
parts!) to play CD-Rs.

A look through the specs of DVD players shows an odd pattern of CD-R 
support
for playing.  Many DVD players made for the first time supported Redbook no
problem.  Then, sometime between 1999 and now, the specs for players have 
no
support for CD-R.  At DVD Europe 2001 and 2002, there was some discussion
about this, as a possibly major embarrassment for the DVD player
manufacturers, especially since CD-R is a mature, accepted disc format.
There was more support for CD-I than CD-R two years ago!

Now, look at the Sony web pages extolling their new line of DVD players: 
ALL
of them now play CD-Rs.  How was it that there was that period in the
beginning when CD-Rs would play, though now it's being touted as a "new
feature"?

Can you spell, "RIAA"?  ;P  Sounds at times like they don't all get along,
doesn't it?  Sony's in a rough spot.  They want to protect all that
"software" they bought (aka music), but they also make the technology that
millions use to duplicate that software, whether legally or otherwise.

S.P. Goodman
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark" <sine@zerocrossing.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 16:50:PM
Subject: Re: CD-R's


> I've had older CD players that just didn't seem to do well with most CDs
> after a while.  Finally getting to a point of not playing any CDs or
> CDROMS.  Could it be something about the laser getting weaker over time?
I
> was once told that solid state lasers (LEDs) start developing tiny 
>cracks,
> due to imperfections, which eventually lead to the laser's death.  Could
> this be the issue with some older CD players?  Weaker lasers not being
able
> to play more imperfect CDROMs?  Could CDROM backings sometimes be less
> reflective than CD backings?  Just curious...
>
> Mark Sottilaro
>
> "Stuart Wyatt (Solo String Project)" wrote:
>
> >  I got a couple of
> > complaints from purchasers saying that it did not work. They to had old
> > CD players.
> >
>
>
>
>
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