I’m wondering if all these CD test tools (i.e. Kprobe, Nero, Opti Drive Control) can tell me if a CD-R can be read on other CD players. I bought some CD-Rs from Verbatim months ago, and even though they were flawless on my PC’s optical drive, it could not be read on many other CD players. What would I look for in a test? I’m using Opti Drive Control.
Testing CD-R compatibility with other drives
Stereodude
#2
Are they old CD players?
In my experience low reflectivity is usually why old CD players won’t play CD-Rs. Generally this affects CD-RWs much more. Scanning can’t measure reflectivity.
brncao
#3
That sucks. Media Supply kindly provided me samples of their Media Pro CD-Rs. I can definitely see through them when I hold them against my monitor. I’ll burn some test audio on them, but I’m doubting they’ll work on older CD players.
