Can DVD players read CD-Rs?
(2001/11/28) The only discs that a DVD player is guaranteed to read are DVD discs. Support for CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW may be included, but is by no means guaranteed. CD-R was designed to be read by an infrared 780nm laser. DVD uses a visible red 635nm or 650nm laser, which aren’t reflected sufficiently by the organic dye polymers used in CD-R media. As a result, many DVD players can’t read CD-R media. Some DVD players come with two lasers so that they can read CD-R. For a technical discussion, see http://www2.osta.org/osta/html /cddvd/intro.html and http://www.emedialive.com/EM19 98/bennett3.html. CD-RW discs have a different formulation, and may work even on players that can’t handle CD-R media. If CD-R media doesn’t work, try copying the disc to CD-RW instead (assuming your recorder supports CD-RW). Some DVD-ROM drives may be unable to read multisession discs. In general, though, DVD-ROM drives (as opposed to DVD players) are able to read CD-R media. If the box doesn’t say that some
(2001/11/28) The only discs that a DVD player is guaranteed to read are DVD discs. Support for CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW may be included, but is by no means guaranteed. CD-R was designed to be read by an infrared 780nm laser. DVD uses a visible red 635nm or 650nm laser, which aren’t reflected sufficiently by the organic dye polymers used in CD-R media. As a result, many DVD players can’t read CD-R media. Some DVD players come with two lasers so that they can read CD-R. For a technical discussion, see http://www2.osta.org/osta/html/cddvd/intro.html and http://www.emedialive.com/EM1998/bennett3.html (web archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20040224114428/http://www.emediapro.com/EM1998/bennett3.html). CD-RW discs have a different formulation, and may work even on players that can’t handle CD-R media. If CD-R media doesn’t work, try copying the disc to CD-RW instead (assuming your recorder supports CD-RW). Some DVD-ROM drives may be unable to read multisession discs. In general, though, DVD
The only discs that a DVD player is guaranteed to read are DVD discs. Support for CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW may be included, but is by no means guaranteed. CD-R was designed to be read by an infrared 780nm laser. DVD uses a visible red 635nm or 650nm laser, which aren’t reflected sufficiently by the organic dye polymers used in CD-R media. As a result, many DVD players can’t read CD-R media. Some DVD players come with two lasers so that they can read CD-R. For a technical discussion, see http://www2.osta.org/osta/html/cddvd/intro.html and http://www.emedialive.com/EM1998/bennett3.html (web archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20040224114428/http://www.emediapro.com/EM1998/bennett3.html). CD-RW discs have a different formulation, and may work even on players that can’t handle CD-R media. If CD-R media doesn’t work, try copying the disc to CD-RW instead (assuming your recorder supports CD-RW). Some DVD-ROM drives may be unable to read multisession discs. In general, though, DVD-ROM drives (
The only discs that a DVD player is guaranteed to read are DVD discs. Support for CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW may be included, but is by no means guaranteed. CD-R was designed to be read by an infrared 780nm laser. DVD uses a visible red 635nm or 650nm laser, which aren’t reflected sufficiently by the organic dye polymers used in CD-R media. As a result, many DVD players can’t read CD-R media. Some DVD players come with two lasers so that they can read CD-R. For a technical discussion, see http://www2.osta.org/osta/html/cddvd/intro.html and http://www.emedialive.com/EM1998/bennett3.html. CD-RW discs have a different formulation, and may work even on players that can’t handle CD-R media. If CD-R media doesn’t work, try copying the disc to CD-RW instead (assuming your recorder supports CD-RW). Some DVD-ROM drives may be unable to read multisession discs. In general, though, DVD-ROM drives (as opposed to DVD players) are able to read CD-R media. If the box doesn’t say that something is suppor
(2001/11/28) The only discs that a DVD player is guaranteed to read are DVD discs. Support for CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW may be included, but is by no means guaranteed. CD-R was designed to be read by an infrared 780nm laser. DVD uses a visible red 635nm or 650nm laser, which aren’t reflected sufficiently by the organic dye polymers used in CD-R media. As a result, many DVD players can’t read CD-R media. Some DVD players come with two lasers so that they can read CD-R. For a technical discussion, see http://www2.osta.org/osta/html/cddvd/intro.html and http://www.emedialive.com/EM1998/bennett3.html. CD-RW discs have a different formulation, and may work even on players that can’t handle CD-R media. If CD-R media doesn’t work, try copying the disc to CD-RW instead (assuming your recorder supports CD-RW). Some DVD-ROM drives may be unable to read multisession discs. In general, though, DVD-ROM drives (as opposed to DVD players) are able to read CD-R media. If the box doesn’t say that someth
