Mike Richter wrote in message
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Mason A. Clark wrote:
What's the difference between "Audio CD" and
just plain "CD" blanks? Is it only a marketing ploy?

It seems that marketing doesn't like "Digital Audio" so they may call
the discs with that in the logo (the only place where it matters) 'Audio
CD'. If so, it means that it will record in a standalone machine and
that it's more expensive because it pays a royalty for copyright.

The only difference between a Digital Audio disc and a regular one is
that Digital Audio must record at 1x, so is optimized for a lower speed
than typical blanks without that marking.


The old Philips stand alone CD recorders used A special Audio CD that could
not be used in computer CD writers.They were a different format than
CDR.These were true audio CDs.The problem was cost.So other companies made
stand alone units that used the CDR and CDRW formats.This drove the audio
only CD format pretty much out of business (real fast).You can still buy the
Audio CDs but they are expensive and can be hard to find.So if you see audio
CD written on CDs in stores make sure it is not this type of CD (probably
won't be) or it will not work in your computer burner.If they are CDR audio
CDs avoid them as they are the same thing as regular CDRs with an extra
royaly cost on them (as you stated).Stick with good media and there will be
no problems.



Mike
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