Klarinet Archive - Posting 000575.txt from 2000/12

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] CD-RW for music vs. data?
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 17:12:05 -0500

At 02:06 PM 12/11/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Actually, I said what I meant. Even the best CD-R's can be flaky at times.
>These are the places where I find that it doesn't work as well. Esp. car CD
>players and DVD players. Almost none of the DVD players out there will play
>CD-R's. They will play "real" CDs (Made commercially using a glass master
>and metalized plastic--like the ones you can buy at your local record
>store), but not necessarily CDR's. It has to do with the reflectivity of
>the dye (the same reason why some CD players won't play CDRs.

It is interesting however that some DVD players will play CDRWs!

I have only found one CD player that will not play a CDR recorded from our
Tascam - and that just happens to be my Chrysler mini-van. Go figure. It
will, however, play the same make CDR recorded on our Hhb.

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

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