CD-RW

[James Knott]

Mr Chris Aitken wrote:
>>
>> A CD-R should work on any CD player.  It won't work on many older DVD
>> players however.  CD-RW only works on newer devices that know about them
>> in many cases.  So the only sure thing is a pressed CD.
> Is it really pressed (loosely analogous to vinyl record pressing) as 
> opposed to burned - or are you just nostalgically referring to 
> store-bought CDs (from a CD music store) as "pressed". Really, what I 
> want to know is can you "press" CDs at home?

Commercial CDs are stamped or "pressed".  Sure, you can do that at home, 
provided you have many thousands to spend on the equipment.  ;-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_manufacturing
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