Differences between version 3 and predecessor to the previous major change of CompactDisc.
Other diffs: Previous Revision, Previous Author, or view the Annotated Edit History
| Newer page: | version 3 | Last edited on Saturday, November 6, 2004 1:09:45 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 11:24:23 am | by GerardSharp | Revert |
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-Round shiny things made
of aluminium
and plastic
. Commonly sold with music pre-recorded
on at music stores
.
-The recordable variety is also commonly sold in packs of 10, 25, 50 and 100
+''InNeedOfRefactor: needs some cleanup
of content across [CDROM], [CDWritingNotes]
and [ISO]
. Also need an IsoImage page to untangle the mess
on the other pages
.''
-Often used for copying [Linux] distributions
onto and distributing at [
InstallFest]
s.
+Round shiny things made of aluminium and plastic.
+
+
Often used for copying LinuxDistribution~s
onto and distributing at InstallFest~
s.
For audio, the logo "Compact Disc Digital Audio" is actually owned by Philips and licensed for use by manufacturers who meet the RedBook standard for digital audio. Many forms of CopyControl degrade the audio quality or alter the data structures on the plastic wafer in an attempt to prevent customers using the data. By thus degrading their product, the manufacturers may no longer meet the RedBook standard, meaning they cannot ''legally'' be called CompactDisc~s.
Since consumers might notice that plastic wafers which do not work in their equipment are missing the "CD" logo and so stop bying such CopyControl~led wafers, there is an incentive for manufacturers to mislabel their discs.
So be on the lookout for things that are ''not'' CompactDisc~s which are labelled illegally while shopping.
