You can keep your digital hell
Feb. 24th, 2005 07:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaAn appeal to the technical cognoscenti:
A while ago, I bought some CD-Rs, made by Memorex, which claimed to be "audio compact discs" and warn on the packet, in big letters, "for music only".
Sadly, at the point of purchase, I failed to notice that they were CD-RWs - suitable for music they may be, but they won't play in the majority of CD players.
I'm now in need of a generic blank CD to put a data file on (it is, in fact, the bit of graphics I was faffing about with last night). Now, is it OK to disregard the large "for music only" warning ? I'm inclined to assume that the discs probably aren't much different from normal - and, while they may be in some way optimised for music (how?), they'll probably do just fine as data discs really.
Anyone have any idea ?
A while ago, I bought some CD-Rs, made by Memorex, which claimed to be "audio compact discs" and warn on the packet, in big letters, "for music only".
Sadly, at the point of purchase, I failed to notice that they were CD-RWs - suitable for music they may be, but they won't play in the majority of CD players.
I'm now in need of a generic blank CD to put a data file on (it is, in fact, the bit of graphics I was faffing about with last night). Now, is it OK to disregard the large "for music only" warning ? I'm inclined to assume that the discs probably aren't much different from normal - and, while they may be in some way optimised for music (how?), they'll probably do just fine as data discs really.
Anyone have any idea ?
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Date: 2005-02-24 09:43 pm (UTC)What ? You were expecting useful advice ?!
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Date: 2005-02-24 11:18 pm (UTC)Actually, I was more worried that I'd be able to read it fine, but other people wouldn't. Or that maybe the data wouldn't stick properly and would fall off in the post. Or that my t-shirt design would end up as a lo-fi midi recording of Rock DJ if left unattended for 24 hours.
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Date: 2005-02-25 09:23 am (UTC)