From thatcat Sent Wed, Jan 27th 1999, 23:50
From thatcat Sent Wed, Jan 27th 1999, 23:50
Greg Clow wrote: > > I think an old Redbook standard stated that, but it seems that nowadays, > > you can go as high as 80 minutes. > > Perhaps it's an urban myth, but I seem to recall hearing/reading somewhere > that the reason the 74 minute limit came about was because it was the > length of the president of Phillips' favorite recording of a certain > symphony (something by Beethoven or Mozart, I think). So while it was > technically feasible to cram more onto the disc, they chose 74 minutes as > a standard, but 80 minutes seems to be the "real" limit - I have yet to > see a disc longer than 79:58 or so. i recall this being discussed on a usenet group an ass-long time ago. i think someone posted that they had a cd that was 80:15 or so....maybe nation of ulysses? or perhaps this is an urban legend a la sewer alligators or strychnine in lsd...or dogs and peanut butter at surprise parties...