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From: tvv@hathi.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Thorsten Frank von Vietinghoff)
Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom
Subject: Re: Photo CD and CD-R
Date: 26 Apr 1994 10:31:21 GMT
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frankjr@csie.nctu.edu.tw (Frank JR Shee) writes:

>Hi:
>	My lab bought a CD-Recorder (Ricon CD-R) lately and we want to
>purchase some blank CDs. I saw the blank CD coming with this machine
>is golden face, so I recall up Kodak's Photo CD, it is golden face too.
>They have price difference in my country. My question is, can I purchase
>some blank Photo CD discs and use it as backup storage?

No, you can't. The dealers won't sell you blank Photo-CD media, which are
indeed the same as a CD-R. If they would, Kodak would sue them, as they 
have a contract not to sell these media without images written to them.
The price is in fact sort of "sponsored" by Kodak to promote the PhotoCD.

>(It is strange that this CD-Recorder is multisession...CD-XA? Why it uses
>the name CD-R...which means single session?)

No, it means "CD-Recordable", which does not imply single session.
 
cu,
	Thorsten


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