i don't think any of the current CD-R issues will matter much anymore
given the new TSOC (two side one center) technology.
the cost is cheaper, and the reliability factor is much greater.
the actual read / write surface is a non - transitive P/IEC (philips /
international electrotechnical commission) membrane which reacts to
photon gradients instead of heat. the membrane itself is extremely
cheap (kinda like a very thin gel cap material) and the outer surfaces
are self - adhering. the actual drive has three slots. the top and
bottom hold the 'two sides' and the middle slot holds the membrane. the
cool part is the SMSD (small motor servo device) which doesn't really
'spin.' successive passes are made, and errors are corrected in real
time since the servo can rotate, stop, and re-rotate with a very small
(close to zero) margin of error. the membrane is inactive until it's
exposed to a low level florescent light (which we can't see anyway...)
and remains mutable until a small charge is applied near field. when
the drive is finished writing, the membrane is safe in place between the
two 'sides.' the expected cost of one TSOC CD-R is around twenty cents.
(in bulks of 100) and not to mention the fact that both TSOC and P/IEC
utilize V bits and 64 talkback samples allowing for 120 - 128 minutes of
digital audio per instruction request. (i.e. one 'burn' period)
denmark only for the time being.
cheers,
christian
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