CD's with labels?

Yes, indeed. A different CD-R will be required. From the web site referenced: "The label side of LightScribe-enabled discs has a special coating that reacts chemically when a laser beam is applied to it." Per their info, the new blanks will cost only pennies more.

Ron

Hi!

:-)

I took the CD player out of my truck as CDs:

Oh, and tapes are very easy to record. I can grab stuff off my CDs, LPs, the radio or just about anything with a simple button push. Burning CDs is too much screwing around (and waste on equipment that won't play CD-RW) when I want to listen to different compilations or change something on the one I just made...

I also have my doubts that anyone could ever hear the quality difference in a tape and a CD when in a vehicle that's moving at any rate of speed.

And then there is the handy "line in" for the laptop under the seat playing MP3s, or any of my other audio devices...

William The Guesser

Mine cost me about $0.012 each. I watch the office supply ads 'til they have a 100 pack for $20 with a $20 rebate, they cost me $1.20 in sales tax.

The seem to do just fine in my center console, Idaho summers are hot.

In a small soft case I can carry 30 hours of music.

Easy, burn another one.

I can source all of the above onto a CD. To burn drag, drop, hit record, walk away. How could anything be easier? They play fine on my car unit, home changer, 'puter, small disk player and travel trailer.

What happens when your tape runs out in the middle of a cut? With the CD program you can time it down to the second to fill the media and there are no awkward transitions between cuts.

At $0.012 each I don't worry much about ruining one or burning a new one.

You are either sourcing low quality music to the CD or your vehicle is too noisy if you can't tell the difference.

Many of the new generation car CD players will also play MP3s, you can jam quite a bit of music on one 700MB CD.

DJ

Will a factory unit in a 2003 silverado play mp3's? I've never tried and it would be neat to have my favorite music burned to just 1 or 2 cds.

I wouldn't see why not!

All the lasers are the same type now!

Refinish King

Not true, you have to have a unit that will decode the MP3 format. It has nothing to do with the laser reader.

Brian

Hi!

Prerecorded CDs...ya know, what you buy in music stores!

I bothered with burning CDs for about three discs before I decided it was too much hassle and a lot of waste that didn't have to be generated. Had my factory CD player handed CD-RW, I would probably have left it alone. But it didn't and I didn't care for its presentation of my listening materials either.

I haven't yet had one melt, so I don't know how much it takes. But I have seen damaged discs (especially burned ones) from leaving them in the sun. I know you're not supposed to, but...things happen.

I "have" cases...this is different from "using" said cases. Organization of things is not my strong suit and anything that makes even the slightest hassle when I want something *now* is not going to work.

How could it be easier? Dunno...maybe your setup is different than mine. But I don't have a turntable, tape deck, or tuner attached to my computer like I do my stereo receiver. It's easiest for me to select the source, start it playing and hit record on the tape deck...as opposed to getting the other devices attached to my computer, playing them into the computer, getting the sound right, playing them again and capturing the playback, saving the files, opening my CD burning program, and actually burning the CD.

Even a unit with just a basic counter can be quite helpful if you know how high up the counter goes by just fast forwarding through a side of the tape. Then you just watch the digits roll by to know about how much time is left. Getting the last second of media filled never bugged me much anyway.

I never had problems with awkward transitions between tracks. There is difference in sound volume or quality if I switch sources, but the same thing happens between different source files when you burn a CD and even the best software is only so good at working those things out.

I don't know of a vehicle that's quiet enough so that you can tell the difference. Then again, I frequent trucks and vans. I don't spend much time in vehicles that are designed for quietness.

That would be fine if all I wanted to play were MP3s...but I have a LOT of other stuff in other formats...and far more than 700MB worth of MP3s anyway...which makes it too much of a hassle to burn collections or groupings that I feel fit together.

(And if you hadn't guessed--I'm pretty set in my ways anyhow. Cassette tapes just work for me...and I'll move on when they no longer fulfill the basic purpose for which I use them...)

William The Guesser

Hi!

You can't hurt anything by trying it and watching what happens. Just be sure to turn down the volume...data discs are not really meant to be played on "basic" red-book CD audio players and the results may sound strange or push your speakers too far, causing permanent damage. If you notice that there appears to be more than one track on the disc, or the player seems to recognize what you've done in other ways, turn up the volume slowly and see if you hear music.

You might be pleasantly surprised, but don't bet much given the maker of the radio...

William