Hi,
> Hi Ken! I've burned lots of CDs and have played them back using a variety
> of CD drives. The speed of the CD drive shouldn't make any difference
> unless you have recorded something that requires to be read back quickly
> e.g. videos with high data rates.
Just to add my two cents, I've had problems in the past if I have been copying
at high speed, burning at a lower speed may take longer but you may get a
better quality result.
Cheers
Steven
On Mon, 17 May 1999 16:38:06 +0100 Sonya Reading <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Ken! I've burned lots of CDs and have played them back using a variety
> of CD drives. The speed of the CD drive shouldn't make any difference
> unless you have recorded something that requires to be read back quickly
> e.g. videos with high data rates.
>
> There are some potential problems with older CD drives, for example if you
> write to the same CD several times, some drives may only read the first set
> of information written to the CD. The problem could also be due to using
> long file names which may not be fully understood by the target computer.
> Or it may be simply due to the fact that CDs burned individually often
> aren't up to the quality of commercial CDs, and some drives can cope with
> this more easily than others.
>
> I recommend using Verbatim recordable CDs, they're very reliable.
>
> Good luck,
> Sonya
>
> At 16:57 17/05/99 SAST-2, you wrote:
> >Hi
> >
> >This is a bit of a technical question: We are copying CDs (legally
> >:-) and one of our older machines is having trouble reading the CDs.
> > Our technical staff tell me that one needs at least a 24X CD ROM
> >drive in order to read a copied CD. Is this so, or is the wool
> >being puilled over my eyes?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Ken
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