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Re: Writable CD - archival quality brands?
I have a CD drive that writes to either CD-R's or CD-RW's & a laptop
that can only read the CD-R's. There is a difference between the way CD'R's
and CD-RW's are written to (on?) and Amy is correct it is older drives that
cannot read the CD-RW's just techno obsolesence, not an attempt to corner
the market.
> ----------
> From: Amy McCrory[SMTP:mccrory.7@POSTBOX.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU]
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> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 8:26 AM
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> Subject: Re: Writable CD - archival quality brands?
>
> >>A side note. We also discovered that you cannot transfer data to a
> CD-RW
> >>and expect it to transfer and upload to another player if it the player
> is
> >>not of the same manufacturer. This is due to how the the data is
> written to
> >>a disc at certain angles. These players are proprietary. In essence,
> if
> >>you are using an HP writer and player to record data on CD-RW, you would
> >>also need an HP writer/player to read the data from that same disc. Go
> >>figure.
>
>
> I was really surprised to read this. This isn't the case with CD-Rs: I
> know that a CD-R (one that can be written only once) from an HP writer can
> be played on at least three other brands of player, as well as DVD
> players. I'm not sure it's actually the case with CD-RWs either. The
> problem may be that there are many CD players that simply can't play
> CD-RWs, but it doesn't have anything to do with proprietary
> equipment. It's just that the older CD players (and even some recent
> ones)
> can play CD-Rs, but not CD-RWs.
>
> Does anyone have more information about this? I'd consider it a very
> serious issue if in fact CD writers are being designed to prevent use of
> their CDs on other players.
>
> Amy McCrory
> Project Archivist
> Cartoon Research Library
> Ohio State University
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