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In Reply to: A "black-eye" for DualDisc???? posted by MT on October 27, 2004 at 09:00:42:
More just to do with the horrible quality that record companies are putting out... How could a clipped track be missed before it went out to stores? That's just horrible QC.More and more of the CDs I buy are pre-scratched, pre-fingerprinted, and jewel cases pre-cracked before they even come out of the shrink wrap.
The case for the Donnas DualDisc that I got was pretty much shattered --- UNDER the 'velvet' liner that came around it (which was not damaged at all) ...
This isn't a DualDisc problem, it's a record company problem. I haven't had any problems getting the DD to -play-, but the last track is definitely cut.
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"I haven't had any problems getting the DD to -play-, but the last track is definitely cut."So what CD players have you used in playing the CD layer of the DualDisc?
On another note, I bought the Simple Plan DualDisc for my 10 year old daughter, and even in her simple CD boombox, we can't get the DualDisc to play.
So far I have purchased two DualDiscs (The Donnas and Simple Plan) and I CANNOT play the CD layer on either in my home. The only CD players that play the CD layer are two Sony CD Walkman and my car CD player.
What good is a format where I can't play the CD layer on 90% of the CD players I own???
MT says:So far I have purchased two DualDiscs (The Donnas and Simple Plan) and I CANNOT play the CD layer on either in my home. The only CD players that play the CD layer are two Sony CD Walkman and my car CD player.
What good is a format where I can't play the CD layer on 90% of the CD players I own???
Wow, you own 30 CD player? That's quite impressive.
I've had a 100% success rate across > twenty drives, from slot loading car units to PCs to standalone players.
Regards,
John Kotches
I was being facetious.Weird though, the 3 players I have hooked up to my home system, Sony XA777ES, Sony C333ES and Denon 3800 all refuse to play the CD layers on the two dualdiscs.
Yes, I forgot, the CD layer plays fine on my PC drive. I was able to extract the data and burn a copy for my daughter so she could listen to the darn Simple Plan album.
Ok - so true numbers than - the DualDisc won't play in my three main players nor in my daughter's boombox. They will play in 2 Sony Walkman, my car CD player and our PC. So it won't play in 50% of my CD players. Still not a good number in my estimation, and this time I am serious.
I truly do not like DualDisc. Any format that won't play in more than a few players (and the Sony XA777ES and Sony C333ES are quality players) is not a viable format overall. They should be shooting for near 100% compatibility with these discs, but they haven't.
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