[chriscu1]

I'm thinking about getting this since it's the talk of the town right now, but I'd really only use it if it played CD-R's. Anyone? Thanks.

 

[Russ Arcuri]

Yes, it plays CD-Rs. I have no idea if it plays CD-RWs, though.

 

[Geoff]

I very much doubt it will. CDRW requires a good deal more laser power, and IME nothing that's that old has a hope of being able to calibrate itself high enough to read the discs. I could be wrong, but assume it doesn't.

Why would you burn music onto CDRW anyway?

 

[Russ Arcuri]

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Originally posted by Geoff I very much doubt it will. CDRW requires a good deal more laser power, and IME nothing that's that old has a hope of being able to calibrate itself high enough to read the discs. I could be wrong, but assume it doesn't.

I'm pretty sure it's not laser power that's needed to read CD-RWs; it's the particular wavelength of the laser. And it's not likely that any CD player, no matter how new or old, that wasn't designed with the ability to read CD-RWs would be able to read them. Quote:

Why would you burn music onto CDRW anyway?

Why not? You could burn a mix of new music onto one, and when you're sick of it, burn a new mix onto it. I realize CD-Rs are dirt cheap, but there are people out there who want to be able to read CD-RWs. When portable players have this ability, it's plastered all over the box in big letters.

 

[Geoff]

I'm fairly sure it is the power level, since CDRW discs are nowhere near as reflective. I wasn't aware that the wavelength of CD reader lasers has changed. But in any event, it's 99% certain that it WON'T work for CDRW unless it specifically says it does.