CD-R vs. CD-RW?

[mike_mike_123]

Is that possible that standalone dvd player would play better CD-RW than CD-R?

Sometimes I notice that all glitches and minor skips dissapear when I record to CD-RW, although I am not sure whether it is the case in general or my DVD player is mad.

[Fred0805]

I dont recommend ever using CD-RWs for anything they usually cost twice or more than CD-Rs, and they can end up droping information off the disc ie. entire folders just disappear. It helps if you get a brand name cd-r and a good burner.

[hwoodwar]

I don't know about play "better". I do know some DVD players will not play VCDs created on CDRs at all and yet will play VCDs created on CD-RWs. See the user comments on specific models in the DVD Players section at http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers .

[vitualis]

There are many DVD players out there that do not have a drive designed to read CD-R/W discs. That is, they try to use the DVD laser and optics to read these discs.

The problem is that CD-R was designed to be read by a CD-drive laser which has a different wavelength to the DVD drive one.

The effect is that CD-R discs are poorly read by such drives. It just so happens that the materials used for a CD-RW disc happen to be more compatible with the DVD laser. This is why it has often be observed that CD-RW work well on some DVD players but not CD-R.

However, for DVD drives that are designed to read CD-R (for example, most DVD-ROM drives), they use a separate laser and/or optical system for such discs. As such, they actually tend to read CD-R discs better than CD-RW (that is, not so different from standard CD-RW drives). Usually, they read both types of discs just fine.

Regards.

[fantomlord]

I dont recommend ever using CD-RWs for anything they usually cost twice or more than CD-Rs, and they can end up droping information off the disc ie. entire folders just disappear. It helps if you get a brand name cd-r and a good burner.

I don't know what kind of CDRW's you're using to just lose whole folders, but I think that's where you may need to use the better brand. As far as CDR's...brand name does not necessarily mean better discs. I use the cheapest discs I can find, and never have problem. with my name brand CDRW's, however, I have all sorts of problems.