differences between "factory CD" / duplicator CD / home CD ?

[Guest]

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After some troubles reading CDs burned on
another drive, I started looking at "higher quality"
options.

Could anyone explain the differences between
[pressed CDs] / duplicator CDs / and home-burned CDs ?

Is it worth it to get a [production burner], or can
a home CD burner do as good a job ?

Thanks

[Mike Richter]

stuseven@hotmail.com wrote:
+ After some troubles reading CDs burned on another drive, I started looking at "higher quality" options. Could anyone explain the differences between [pressed CDs] / duplicator CDs / and home-burned CDs ? Is it worth it to get a [production burner], or can a home CD burner do as good a job ?

There is no difference between a replicated disc and one burned on a
computer drive. In each case, a good match of medium, drive and speed
will give a good disc; a poor combination will give one which is hard to
read and likely to fail.

A pressed disc (from duplication) is entirely different. It uses no dye
but instead has the pits and lands pressed into the plastic and made
visible through operation of the metallizing layer. This is discussed in
the usual references: the CD-R FAQ and the primer at my WWW site.

As for whether it's worth it, if I knew what a "production burner" was,
I would advise you to evaluate that for yourself. There are better and
poorer drives, many replicators rely on the SCSI interface (though that
is becoming less common), but essentially any well-made drive is a
"production burner" as far as I know. I use only Plexwriters for CDs
since I've found them both reliable and capable of giving outstanding
copies. I write no faster than 12x since I've found that 8-12x results
in perfect burns on my preferred media in those drives.

YMMV

Mike
--
mrichter@cpl.net
http://www.mrichter.com/

[smh]

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stuseven@hotmail.com wrote: After some troubles reading CDs burned on another drive, I started looking at "higher quality" options. Could anyone explain the differences between [pressed CDs] / duplicator CDs / and home-burned CDs ? Is it worth it to get a [production burner], or can a home CD burner do as good a job ?

Try burning at 16x or 24x on good media like Taiyo Yuden.

Pressed/Stamped:
http://www.plextor.com/english/support/faqs/G00021.htm

Replication/Duplication:
http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Technology/duplication.html


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[James Perrett]

Mike Richter wrote: stuseven@hotmail.com wrote: + After some troubles reading CDs burned on another drive, I started looking at "higher quality" options. Could anyone explain the differences between [pressed CDs] / duplicator CDs / and home-burned CDs ? Is it worth it to get a [production burner], or can a home CD burner do as good a job ? There is no difference between a replicated disc and one burned on a computer drive. In each case, a good match of medium, drive and speed will give a good disc; a poor combination will give one which is hard to read and likely to fail. A pressed disc (from duplication) is entirely different. It uses no dye but instead has the pits and lands pressed into the plastic and made visible through operation of the metallizing layer. This is discussed in the usual references: the CD-R FAQ and the primer at my WWW site. As for whether it's worth it, if I knew what a "production burner" was, I would advise you to evaluate that for yourself. There are better and poorer drives, many replicators rely on the SCSI interface (though that is becoming less common), but essentially any well-made drive is a "production burner" as far as I know. I use only Plexwriters for CDs since I've found them both reliable and capable of giving outstanding copies. I write no faster than 12x since I've found that 8-12x results in perfect burns on my preferred media in those drives.

I think Mike may have his replicated and duplicated terms swapped in
this reply - around here replicated CD's mean pressed CD's and
duplicated CD's are CD-R's recorded on a CD recorder. I noticed that at
least one duplicator manufacturer is now using Plextor PX712 DVD drives.
I find 16X to give best results with the drive/media combination that I
normally use.

Cheers.

James.

[CapCity]

"Mike Richter" <mrichter@cpl.net> wrote in message
news:32a18iF3ji7k8U1@individual.net... stuseven@hotmail.com wrote: +
<snip>

YMMV

OK, I'll show my ignorance. YMMV? Never saw that one before. What acronym is
that? You May something-something?
Mike -- mrichter@cpl.net http://www.mrichter.com/

[John Pollard]

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:26:42 -0500, "CapCity"
<sgomori@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote:
"Mike Richter" <mrichter@cpl.net> wrote in messagenews:32a18iF3ji7k8U1@individual.net... stuseven@hotmail.com wrote: +<snip> YMMVOK, I'll show my ignorance. YMMV? Never saw that one before. What acronym isthat? You May something-something? Mike -- mrichter@cpl.net http://www.mrichter.com/
Your Mileage May Vary
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[MCheu]

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 07:26:42 -0500, "CapCity"
<sgomori@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote:
"Mike Richter" <mrichter@cpl.net> wrote in messagenews:32a18iF3ji7k8U1@individual.net... stuseven@hotmail.com wrote: +<snip> YMMVOK, I'll show my ignorance. YMMV? Never saw that one before. What acronym isthat? You May something-something?

Your Mileage May Vary

It's a CYA (Cover Your Ass) thing found on vehicle specs about the
fuel economy a car might get. It has since migrated into net slang.
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MCheu