At 06:38 PM 1/27/99 -0600, Mark Kolmar wrote:
quoted 6 lines The manufacturing cost would be higher and/or the pressing plant couldn't>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.
quoted 3 lines Normal CD-Rs can hold a few seconds more than 74 minutes. Ones which hold>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:
quoted 5 lines I think it's more a matter of what software you use for the job. There is>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