The cost of Philips CDD 521 CD-R and Photo-CD media

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2 total messages Started by Mark Ingledew Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:02

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Author: Mark Ingledew
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:02

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My company uses a Philips CDD 521/10 CD-Recorder for software
distribution.  As the CD-R media is (for our purposes) write once, 
it is expensive at # 17 (pounds sterling) a disc, for 50 discs.

According to the introduction section of the manual, the CDD 521
supports "CD-ROM (XA), CD-Photo, CD-I and CD-DA".  
The CD-R media is part number 22 SW 1399.

At my local Photo Shop, the cost of a Photo-CD prior to any transfers is
# 4.99.  Assuming that Philips CD-Photo is Kodak Photo-CD, is Kodak Photo-CD
media the same media as used by the Philips CDD 521 ?  If so, how much does
Photo-CD media cost and can you recommend a Supplier ?  I intend to try it
and find out.

Thank you,
Mark.

Mark Ingledew, Technical Consultant, In-house Support,
Racal-Redac Systems Ltd., Green Lane, Newtown Industrial Estate,
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England, GL20 8HE
Tel : +684 294161, Fax : +684 299754, Home : +684 299933

Re: The cost of Philips CDD 521 CD-R and Photo-CD media

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Author: Keith Sklower
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 08:25

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In article <1992Dec23.130237.15655@redact.uucp> Mark_Ingledew@redact.uucp (Mark Ingledew) writes:
}... As the CD-R media is (for our purposes) write once, 
}it is expensive at # 17 (pounds sterling) a disc, for 50 discs.
}At my local Photo Shop, the cost of a Photo-CD prior to any transfers is
}# 4.99.  Assuming that Philips CD-Photo is Kodak Photo-CD, is Kodak Photo-CD
}media the same media as used by the Philips CDD 521 ?  If so, how much does
}Photo-CD media cost and can you recommend a Supplier ?  I intend to try it
}and find out.
I called up Kodak here in the US and got some funny partial answers.
Kodak is not selling blank photo CD media to outside parties for any
amount of money.
They >>are<< willing to sell what they call ``a writeable CD-ROM''
for $25/minimum order 50.
I strongly suspect the only difference is the silk screening on the disk,
and that Kodak is manufacturing the material for its own internal
use under some oem license from either phillips, fuji, or taio-yuden,
which won't permit it to compete in the other market.

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