hey andy & etree,
i am forwarding this to the list, along w/ my $0.02 on what you have
said.
i don't mind being corrected if i am wrong ;) and i would rather be
corrected than mislead people.
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---- Original Message -----
From: "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [etree] 90 minute CD-Rs?
> Sorry, but so much of that isn't right!!
>
> It's ALL to do with the drive-or rather, the firmware of the drive. There
> are very few which will go out to 99 minutes, the LG models do, there are
> quite a few will go to 90 minutes, though.. A lot of software will not let
> you burn past 80 minutes, no matter what disc you use-but Feurio works
just
> fine, and identifies the disc length correctly too.
>
> As for players not playing them..I have two car CD's about 4 malkmans, 4
CD
> Rom drives, 3 hi-fi CD players, two DVD's..ALL of these play them back
> without complaint..I even did a disc for my Mum and Dad who have a very
> ordinary old hi fi unit, and it played it just fine. So, in my experience,
> they are VERY compatible, but I would NEVER send them out as a trade to
> anyone just in case their equipment won't play it-Great for storing
though!!
>
> Andy
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sorry all,
i should have been more clear.
i was speaking purely "in my experience", and that has been my
experience.
i have had/do have <...thinking...> 5 cdr-w drives, and they would all
allow me to overburn (though i never tried anything longer than 90min's). i
guess i was just lucky enough to have "kind" firmware on all of those
drives. (must be, right?)
out of all of the units i have, only my 2 computer's, and 1 "boom-box"
style cd player that i have will play anything over 80min., and "everything
i have" is a 5 disc cd changer home unit, 5 disc DVD changer unit, 2 "boom
box" style unit's, 3 "walkman" style unit's, and 3 car unit's (as well as 1
"boom box" style unit at work). most of which are very new-somewhat new (new
= less than a yr. old - somewhat new = 2 yr's old or less).
so i guess the moral of the story is "your mileage may very" ;)
love2all
br0thercr0w
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