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[Esther Gillie <esth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>From: "dsatz" <dsatz@xxxxxxx>
>To: <Krynski@xxxxxxx>, <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>References: <bc.7553b35.26924d38@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: CD-Rs can't be played on all CD and DVD players
>Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 20:25:03 -0400
>
>In answer to Sheila Krynski's inquiry--
>
>This problem is inherent in the CD-R medium.
>There is nothing you can do to insure that a CD-R
>will play on all CD players, except to select CD
>players which are known not to have problems in
>this regard.  (Among the worst:  older NEC and
>Kenwood players.)  Also, make sure that you
>aren't recording on "rewriteable" CD-R blanks,
>because their reflectivity is even lower than that
>of the usual "write-once" CD-Rs.  The low (~35%)
>reflectivity of CD-Rs is the cause of the problem.
>
>Note also that many DVD players will not play
>CD-Rs (or not reliably), including many which
>will play pressed (or "silver") CDs.  Again, there's
>nothing much to be done about this.
>
>A particular combination of blank discs and your
>CD-R burner may improve matters in particular
>instances, but please do not take seriously any claims
>that such-and-such brand of blanks can solve this
>problem in any general way.  It could do so only if
>the blank had significantly higher reflectivity than
>any CD-R blank to date has ever had.
>
>The brand of blank I use most frequently (Kodak)
>will sometimes be unplayable on one or another
>player; using an alternate brand of blank (TDK)
>has always solved the problem _for that player
>alone_.  But I have also had CDs made with TDK
>blanks be unplayable, and switching to Kodak
>cured the problem.
>
>Best regards,
>David Satz
>
>
>
>
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Esther Gillie	                          esth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sound Recording Archivist, Eastman School of Music	
Sibley Music Library, 27 Gibbs Street, Rochester, New York 14604
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