which ones r better CD-R or CD-RW ?

[Hoan]

I use CD-R to burn VCD but I kept getting bad image when playing in the DVD player, so I was thinking maybe CD-RW is better, is it?

Does any1 knows what's that "disc at once" option mean?

[VerbatimDVD]

Well cd-RW is less compatible with Cd/DVD Players so the chances of CD-RW being better are VERY VERY slim

[Graham Meredith]

I would say, by the amount of posts on this subject about CDRW's, that actually they have less trouble than CDR's. Do a search on CDR or media or CDRW and you might find some useful info. Many people have had success using RW where CDR failed, because the reflectivity on RW disks is more compatible with many DVD players lazer wavelengths. I use RW all the time, I no longer buy CDR. They're only about 2x the price of CDR now, and you will never end up with a dud disk because you can erase it until you get it right. Also, when you're sick of the movie, you can erase it!

Graham

[Mack]

i tried to use sony cd-rw and they wouldnt work in my dvd player... so far ive managed to burn about 20 movies on plain ol cheapo cd-r's. ive never been one to go out and buy a different media becaus ewhat i had didnt work, i just find a way to make it work...

[Greg12]

I'm not exactly sure, but you need to enable it.


It depends on what you want.

CD-R has a longer life and can't acidently be erased. It also seems that CD-R has a greater ability to recover from errors and scratches.

[TPW]

Yeah i started using CDRWs from now on, they are cheap and reusable =) I actually only have one that came with my burner and my APEX reads them perfectly.

[vitualis]

There is no answer to this. CD-R is intrinsically better because it is compatible with all CD compatible drives (i.e., CD-ROM drives, CD-i players, stand-alone VCD players, CD-R compatible DVD players).

However, many DVD players have not been designed for read CD-R or CD-RW in mind. In these players CD-RW often works better.

However, CD-RW cannot be read by the vast majority of CD-ROM drives, CD-i players and stand-alone VCD players...

There are pros and cons that you have to weight up yourself.

Regards.

[Psycho_Dad_Rules]

Hi,

BUT.... does nobody know what Disc at Once is....
Well, Disc at once just means a disc is written in one go.
You can tell the difference between Track at once and Disc at once the best when burning a multi-track disc like Audio cd's.
When you burn an audio CD with Track at Once, the burner starts a track mark, Burns the audio and burns a track end.
Between tracks the laser of the burned is turned of and on again for a brief moment, creating a pause in the music stream. So burning a MIX cd, where the tracks should follow each other fluently should be done in Disc at Once and NOT Track at once.
When a disc like this is screwed up during recording, al tracks that have been burned can still be played and the disc will report the amount of tracks written.

Disc at Once Writes a Disc start, a TOC (Table of Contents) and then all the tracks in one go. Because of this the burner does not stop the laser, and no pauses are created between the tracks (Unless specified in the burn program, like Nero)
When these discs fail halfway during the burn process, because the TOC is already written, when inserted in a CD player is will show you all the tracks. but only the fisically burned audio is playable. After that, just garbage.

@Vitualis: I happen to own a very old Acer 4X CD-compatible CD-Rom drive. (Used it in my Amiga back in those day). No way that thing reads CDR's. So unfortunantly not ALL CD-rom drives read CDR

Greetz to all,

pSyChO dAd

[hitechjunkie]

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not if you live near Circuit City and take advantage of frequent rebates on their STI CD-RW media. i rarely pay more than the sales tax on CD-RW media nowadays.

[BeTa]

I just recently purchased a 20-pack 700MB TDK CD-RW in the same price range with that of CD-Rs. CompUSA...

BeTa

[lhorwinkle]

CDR vs. CDRW will be a hot topic of debate for some time. But eventually, it will become moot. Eventually, all DVD devices will read nearly all forms of media in all formats

Right now, the "latest" equipment tends to read a wider variety of media and formats, while older equipment does not.

In the coming years, there will be fewer "old" units on the road, and this topic will become an historical relic.