History of CD-R

	Revision 2 . . October 19, 2001 9:48 am by The ansible [added bit on incompatability]
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CD-R is an abbreviation of compact disc recordable. Operating on the same premise as a CD, a CD-R is thin disc made of polycarbonate? with 120mm diameter used to store music or data. However, unlike conventional CD media, a CD-R has dye core instead of a metal core. A laser is used to etch "pits" into the dye so that the disc can later be read by the laser in a CD-ROM drive or CD player.

CD-R is an abbreviation of compact disc recordable. Operating on the same premise as a CD, a CD-R is thin disc made of polycarbonate? with 120mm diameter used to store music or data. However, unlike conventional CD media, a CD-R has dye core instead of a metal core. A laser is used to etch "pits" into the dye so that the disc can later be read by the laser in a CD-ROM drive or CD player. There was some incompatability with CD-R and older CD-ROM drives. This was primarily due to the lower reflectivity of the CD-R disc.