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In <1993Dec20.005504.24889@philips.oz.au> hamid@philips.oz.au (H.Homayouni) writes:
>I came across this special offer on a multimedia upgrade kit which is quite 
>tempting, it is:

>	Philips CM205 cd-rom drive (single speed, single session :-(
>	Media-Vision Pro Audio Spectrum-16 sound card (non-scsi :-(

>I know that with a single session drive one can't effectively use it for 
>photo-cd usage. (or just once for that matter). While the photo-cd usage 
>is not that important to me at this stage, I was wondering if the 
>single-session would tie my hand for the usage of other new cd titles 
>(software, games, tools, etc.).

>The impression I get from some dealers is that multi-session is the way to go
>since many new cd-titles require multi-session these days and this seems to
>be the technical trend, therefore rendering single-sessions obsolete pretty
>soon, is this so??

multisession = photo cd compatible (make sure it says so though!)
multispin = faster retreival rates from the disc

multispin is more important I think.  That makes your cd multimedia compatible.

Note: there are now MPC level 1 and level 2 specs.  Level 2 requires faster
stuff.  I have an old cd player that just made it into level 1 but is now
obsolete (the games/programs are demanding more from the hardware)

I would be more concerned with the access rate of the drive, not if it can
read photo cd's.  I think pretty much all the new cd players that are multispin
can do multisession as well.

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