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CD-ROM / DVD Technologies:

227425 - CD-ROM Changer Mapped as Single Drive Letter in Windows 2000: Check the Windows Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) for compatibility (12/6/2003).
DVD-copying code loses free speech shield CNET News.com: "While the DeCSS cases still set an important precedent, the DVD-copying issue has moved on. Other software that allows DVD copying is widely and freely available online, and retail packages are even sold in stores..." (8/25/2003).
From Milt Gugenheim: If you bought a CD anytime during the last ten years, a class action settlement has been reached. You may get between $5 to $20 back depending on the number of claims filed. No proof is required.

The site is www.MusicCDsettlement.com

Good Luck! (2/6/2003)
"The Final Settlement Hearing was held on May 22, 2003, and the Settlement was approved on June 13, 2003." (8/25/2003)
Jorgen Stadje, Nonsens Page The Case of the Exploding CD-ROM (1/30/2003).
thepittsburghchannel.com - Consumer Watch - CD Owners Get Money Back In Settlement "Forty-one states are part of a settlement of a huge price-fixing lawsuit with several major music labels. The deal calls for companies to return $44 million to customers." (1/20/2003)
DigiTimes.com: VIA moves up CD-RW chip production to October (10/8/2002).
disctronics.co.uk: CD Books: Compact Disc Books (8/26/2002).
- www.licensing.philips.com
Team 1 Music Record Industry: "The music recording industry and production of CDs through a supply chain analysis." By Students @ Duke University - Team One of Sociology 142. A rather interesting view into the Music CD Industry (8/12/2002).
pcmag.com: CD & DVD Writing Written June 11, 2002 (8/3/2002).
Pioneer preps notebook recordable DVD drive - Tech News - CNET.com (8/1/2002).
extremetech.com: DVD+RW Drive-By - DVD+RW Compatibility Not All That Was Expected (4/9/2002).
As announced in October 2001, Yamaha [Yamaha CRW3200E-VK (ATAPI model)] has just now started shipping the 1st (Mt. Rainier) CD-MRW Drives (1/24/2002).
www.Nero.com - InCD 3.14: CD-MRW Format (Mt Rainier Format) is now supported.
softarch.com: ReadCD-MRW!
CD Media World
softlandmark - CD-R Diagnostic Tools and Utilities - Excellent List of CD-R File Recovery Applications! (1/29/2002)
Mitsumi And SAI Collaborate To Offer Mt. Rainier Compliant CD-RW Hardware And Software Solutions For PC’s -- www1.internetwire.com (12/27/01).
Go for the burn - Software Reviews - CNET.com: CNET reviews 7 CD-creation apps (12/11/01).
r o x i o Putting Your Web Site on CD (Win) (11/17/01).
Sony Data Media DVD-RW products information ( 10/26/01).
DVD Heaven - Encoders: WinDVD
WinDVD D/L: InterVideo, Inc. The Digital Entertainment Company
HP to Ship Its First Combination DVD+RW/CD-RW Drive - (Aug. 20, 2001)
CloneCD - The perfect CD Replicator! -
- Supported Writers - ***
Alternate CDFS.VXD 4.00.1030 Freeware D\L for Win9x Versions.
- Authors Page - Link No longer Valid!
- http://www.afterdawn.com/software/specific.cfm/50 *** D/L Link!

- A proprietary technology, which helps protect from Buffer Under Run Errors while burning CD-R/CD-RW's. BURN-Proof stands for Buffer Under RuN error Proof.

The BURN-Proof Certificate List of CD Drives - From the first BURN-Proof verification center in Japan.
- More Plextor ATAPI Drives Added To List with Firmware version 0.FE!

Burn-Proof, developed by SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., is the technique to record the end point of the data and the following data beginning point without the gap even if the write error (Buffer Under Run Error) which occurs by data forwarding from host (PC) cutting temporarily while writing of the data from the CD-R/RW drive to the CD-R/RW media.

Burn-Proof prevents the record failure of CD-R/RW and it is remarkable as technology to make it be possible to use safely as the back-up media of choice.

When product has passed verification, it is issued an authorization proof and a product name as mentioned in the authorization product list. Note Firmware Version on Certification List. See Drive Manufacturer regarding Firmware Revisions. System Solution Center Tochigi Co., Ltd.; 'BURN-Proof' is a Trademark of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.

CD-Recording Software:

This List of CD Recording apps is getting so long, we were considering making this a separate page in the near future. We did - Enjoy!

CD Recording Software

DAE - Digital Audio Extraction Tools & Technologies:

DAE - Digital Audio Extraction Tools & Technologies

Digital Audio CD Media Players:

Media Players

Recommended CD-RW Drive Brands:

Burn-Proof - Get It!?! Buffer Under Run Protection licensed from SANYO.

Plextor - Burn-Proof!
TDK - Burn-Proof!
HP - Some are, some are not. And they're not telling which ones! Pass for now.
LiteON - OEM products. Burn-Proof! Good drives and inexpensive.
Yamaha - 1st to Ship CD-MRW (Mt. Ranier Drives!)
- http://www.yamaha-yste.com/
- http://www.yamaha.co.jp/english/product/computer/
- http://www.yamaha.com/
Sony -
Toshiba (CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive)
~~Smart & Friendly (Out Of Business!)~~ www.smartandfriendly.com
Note: smartandfriendly.com may be offline but Perry Solomon <Perry888@AOL.COM> still owns the domain name! Smart & Friendly and High Technology Distributing share addresses & phones! WhoIs Search indicates Domain Record expires on 07-Jun-2003.

CD-ROM & DVD Technologies:

DVD recordable currently wears 4 hats - DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM & DVD-R. All currently have 4.7GB capacity disks.

Sony and Philips introduced the Compact Disc - Digital Audio Format in 1982. This was the start of digital media. The Digital Music Compact Disc (CD) has grown from there building upon that success as a preferred storage medium for transport and archive of computer data.

"The Digital Music Compact Disc (Audio CD) was introduced in the U.S. in 1983. Three years later, sales of CDs and CD players exceeded sales of LPs and turntables." Quoting Computer Language Dictionary now known as 'Computer Desktop Encyclopedia' (8/6/2002).