it has more to do with the player itself than the media. some cd players (fewer now than 5 years ago) just dont like to read cd-r's. and some dvd players (fewer now than 1-2 years ago) simply refuse to read dvd-r's. its basically a support that the drive manufacturer needs to build in. sandor On Dec 14, 2003, at 2:11 AM, David Crandon wrote: > > On Dec 13, 2003, at 11:31 AM, James Asherman wrote: > >> Sometimes a burned CD just won't play on a given player just like >> the darn DVD's. > > How's that? I was under the impression that the only difference with > "music" CD's is that a portion of the purchase price pays royalties to > the record companies. > > David Crandon >