Longevity of CD-R (was RE: Preserving Newspaper.)

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Mon Nov 11 16:19:00 2002

> Zane wrote:
> > It's supposed to be able to play VCD's, I've tried CD-RW and neither it
> > or my old Sony DVD player would read them.
>
> There's a huge difference between a DVD player being able to play stamped
> VCDs, and being able to play CD-R. Stamped discs can be read with the
> red laser used for DVDs, but CD-R must be read with an IR laser. Many
> DVD players only have the red laser.

Ah. Any idea what type laser is needed for DVD-R then?

> You didn't say how old your Sony DVD player is. Their first generation
> players, the DVP-S7000 and DVP-S3000, have two lasers and can read CD-R.
> I've never tried CD-RW in my DVP-S7000, though.

I really had to think about how old it is! I got it about four years ago,
though the model had been out for a while. IIRC, it was a midrange model,
and I think it was one of the second generation players (I'd have had a
first generation player, IF, they'd brought out the Star Wars Trilogy).

                        Zane
Received on Mon Nov 11 2002 - 16:19:00 GMT