The difference between CD-R and 'Music' CD-R @ WebNV http://webnv.net/articles/the-difference-between-cd-r-and-music-cd-r Personal site and design or something en-EU http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 All content copyright (c) 2004-2007 WebNV.net David Hendon said http://webnv.net/articles/the-difference-between-cd-r-and-music-cd-r#c1498 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:29:33 PDT David Hendon [ guest ] 1498@http://webnv.net/articles/the-difference-between-cd-r-and-music-cd-r#comments <p>Intuitively, I agree with the above writer, but I have been trying to determine the accuracy of the assumption.&nbsp; Reliable information is hard to come by.&nbsp; The above writer makes some statements, but provides no supporting information to back the statements up.&nbsp; For all I can tell, they are merely one person's opinions.</p> <p>My sister-in-law, who is technically more competent than I am, insists that use of data disks vice audio discs is tempting fate and that she had myriad reproduction problems using data discs where she should have used audio discs.&nbsp; On the other hand, I have never run into such problems.&nbsp; Were her problems due merely to the quality of the discs she used?&nbsp; I don't know, but I do know that I've used data discs running $0.10 to $0.15 a piece.&nbsp; The least expensive audio discs I've seen cost about 3 times as much.&nbsp; But then so do the branded data discs and prices for both rise from there.</p> <p>I have yet to run across a reasonable explanation for the variations in the prices of the blank CD-Rs available out there, much less of CD-RWs and DVD-Rs.</p> Intuitively, I agree with the above writer, but I have been trying to determine the accuracy of the assumption.  Reliable information is hard to come by.  The above writer makes some statements, but provides no supporting information to back the statements up.  For all I can tell, they are merely one person's opinions.

My sister-in-law, who is technically more competent than I am, insists that use of data disks vice audio discs is tempting fate and that she had myriad reproduction problems using data discs where she should have used audio discs.  On the other hand, I have never run into such problems.  Were her problems due merely to the quality of the discs she used?  I don't know, but I do know that I've used data discs running $0.10 to $0.15 a piece.  The least expensive audio discs I've seen cost about 3 times as much.  But then so do the branded data discs and prices for both rise from there.

I have yet to run across a reasonable explanation for the variations in the prices of the blank CD-Rs available out there, much less of CD-RWs and DVD-Rs.

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