Date:         Wed, 12 Nov 2003 08:42:40 -0800
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Subject:      Re: ARSCLIST Digest - 9 Nov 2003 to 10 Nov 2003 (#2003-260)
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These Verbatim CDRs are actually 74 minute. Figuring out why they record so
poorly at certain speeds is not possible with our expertise, but we do know
that they are coasters above 12x (even though they play).

We use CD Architect to burn discs, which burns red books compliant CDs.

David

At 01:15 PM 11/11/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 11/10/03 9:18:30 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
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><< I've always avoided 80 minute discs because my understanding is that Red
>Book CDs are 74 minutes long and 80 minute CDs are not Red Book standard.
>Is this correct? Is there another standard for 80 minute CDs, or is the
>design of 80 minute discs subject to the whims of the manufacturer? Is
>there actually any evidence of greater incompatibility with 80 minute
>disc! >>
>
>The error rates you found with Verbatim may have had nothing to do with the
>fact that they were 80 not 74 min -- but to do with dye formulation or other
>physical factors.  Red Book is more a function of the way CD writing software
>formats the information going on to the disc.  What software are you burning
>discs with? -- many are not Red Book Compliant anyway.
>
>Though I prefer 74 min discs because they track better in older, or marginal,
>CD players due to the width and pitch of the spiral groove, they have become
>nearly impossible to find on a regular basis.  The market is definetly headed
>that way.
>
>Dave Radlauer
>www.JAZZHOT.bigstep.com