From Che Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 09:50
From Che Sent Tue, Feb 16th 1999, 09:50
At 06:38 PM 1/27/99 -0600, Mark Kolmar wrote: >The manufacturing cost would be higher and/or the pressing plant couldn't >offer the same guarantees if you want to press a disc longer than 74 >minutes. The percentage of rejects goes up, because it is more difficult >to keep the outer edges of the discs uniform enough. However, as with >everything else related to CDs, they are getting better at it. The >absolute limit is about 80 minutes. The longest I ever saw was a "Mission Of Burma" release that clocked in around 84 minutes. >Normal CD-Rs can hold a few seconds more than 74 minutes. Ones which hold >more are available at a significant premium and they are not a common >sight. But special 80 minute ones are available. Haven't tried any yet. At 08:11 AM 1/28/99 -0500, John Bush wrote: >I think it's more a matter of what software you use for the job. There is >software out there that warns you're trying to record over 74 minutes, but >then happily puts a *whole* lot more on it with no apparent problem. My >personal record is a second or two under 79 minutes, with cut-rate $1 >CD-R's from BestBuy or CompUSA... I've never managed over 74:50, and it varies from disc to disc, though w/ any particular brand it tends to be the same. I click on "write disc", it goes out and queries the drive, and it either passes or comes back w/ a max time, which means the max time must be written on the disc, because it comes bacs within a second or so. Che