On Sunday, December 14, 2003, at 02:11 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 > > > Well that part about the companies may be true, I have a Phillips CD recorder and it must have "audio" format CD's or it won't work. The other part holds . A CD you burn may or may not play at someone else's location and player. Fact of life. Why even with commercial CD's I have seen one skip and anotherr play on one machine and the reverse happen on another machine. This stuff is finnicky. J