Do 80 min CDRs effect picture quality?

[mh2360]

Do 80 min CDRs effect picture quality? I know that some stand alone players have trouble with 80 min CDRs (mine is a pioneer 343). It apparently has some thing to do with the spiral of written data being 'more tightly wound'. Can this be why my VCDs look better on my PC than on my stand-alone?

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: mh2360 on 2001-10-03 13:17:44 ]</font>

[thxkid]

wow, never heard of that, I use 80min. & 99min. CD-R's and play them in my APEX 660 and Toshiba 2050 with perfect quality, and that's VCD and SVCD's.
I am using a HP9100b Burner, I tried recently to switch to the HP9500B burner(faster 12x10x40) and had horrible results, switched back to the HP9100b no problems since.

[BIGTHREE2001]

never heard of that one yet m8
i have a ricoh 20x , always write at 20x on 80mins never had a dodgy vcd yet.
tell you what is dodgy though...those 90 min cd s

[The_Flash]

I havn't had any problems with the 90min discs yet. You just have to be careful how far your burner can go without errors. Mine is 89:57, so I know I have to target my bitrate slightly lower than I would for the full 1800mb.

[Vejita-sama]

The problem with the 90/99/120min CDRs is largely due to the firmware limitations of your burning. Most CD-recorders max out at 89:30.

[gNOMEintheRedHat]

WOW!

I've seen 80min CDRs but never 90,99 or 120!

there are realy 120min CDs?!?!?

I was going to pick up the TDK VeloCD drive from best buy this weekend.... Will it burn these puppies?

[themamboman]

Is there a website detailing the list of compatible recorders and players for the 99 minute cds?

I had some, but my cd writer only recognized it as 80minutes, and I'm not sure if my Apex ad600a (N5 rom) will be able to read it.

[vitualis]

120 min CD-Rs are not standard CDs and cannot be used for VCDs (or audio CDs).

Regards.