I got one of those mini-CDs today

[konichiwa]

An advertiser gave me one of those little Mini-CDs today, pretty cool. I'd like to make some...can I burn them with a regular CDRW?

 

[Wallydraigle]

You can sure try If it doesn't work I'm sure the microwave will burn it up.

 

[konichiwa]

Well thanks for your input but I was hoping for some concrete facts

 

[Viper GTS]

Yes, you can burn them with a regular CDR drive.

Check out cdroutlet

Specifically:

Business Cards
Mini 3"

Viper GTS

 

[Kelvrick]

Yea, I burn with those mini stuff with my regular ol ide tdk burner all the time. I'm just looking for some of those little ones with rewrite capabilities.

 

[konichiwa]

Hmm...interesting...how much do they hold?

 

[GoldenGuppy]

Not much at all... I remember once my friends and I were at Fry's and we were like, 3 songs per disc (15 minutes)?! .... check out my collection of the Rolling Stones (pulls out file cabinet)

 

[Viper GTS]

The 3" CDR's hold 185 megs, the business cards hold 51 megs. Keep in mind that the majority of a CD's capacity is in the outermost tracks, since the data path gets longer the further from the center you go.

Viper GTS

 

[beat mania]

around 200 MB. Its around 21 or so minutes so do the math. These are the round ones BTW. don't know about the business card type.

 

[Viper GTS]

185 megs = 21 minutes
51 megs = 5:48

Viper GTS

 

[konichiwa]

What a rip! It costs 3x as much as a regular CDR and only holds 1/4 of it! Blech. It's a good marketing tool (the one I got had a small flash anim. on it) but not for practical use...

 

[Viper GTS]

No, they aren't for practical use.

As the radius of the recording surface increases, the data storage ability increases exponentially (storage area = pi*r^2 - pi*(inside radius of recording area)^2).

While cool, small CDR's are not nearly as useful as their 650/700 MB counterparts.

Viper GTS

 

[tweakmm]

check this out
cool cds
im gonna pick up some cd-rws just for the cool factor

 

[konichiwa]

Well, Viper, can you explain to me why they're so expensive? Can you give me some mathy formula for the price?

 

[Viper GTS]

How about little to no demand for them?

Viper GTS

 

[konichiwa]

Or maybe there's no demand because they're so expensive?

 

[Gusfo0]

Down side to the mini-CDs:

1) They obviously don't hold as much information as the normal sized CDs.
2) They will NOT work with slot loading drives.

 

[Shy]

<< 2) They will NOT work with slot loading drives. >>


Actually, thats a lie, they will, but you need some sort of holder to put them in that makes them the same size as a normal CD in order to work.

-Shy

 

[Viper GTS]

How many people have that holder, though? I've never heard of one, let alone own one.

Standard CDR's are universally compatible, but those 3&quot; mini's would be awfully cool.



Viper GTS

 

[Mday]

but with respect to sony's cameras, they are cheaper than compact flash.

 

[Viper GTS]

but with respect to sony's cameras, they are cheaper than compact flash.

Very true. Some people bitch about the fact that the media isn't reusable, but for the cost of one large CF card you can buy HUNDREDS of CDR's @ 185 MB apiece.

Viper GTS

 

[Shy]

Plus, who doesn't like a permanent copy of their pictures?

Most of my friends just send their pics from their smart media cards to their computer only to burn them to CD anyways.

This just saves a step.

-Shy

 

[PistachioByAzul]

Can't get the damn things to burn in my external Plextor 8x20.

 

[Squisher]

Actually I could see where that business card cd would come in handy. With 51 megs you could give allot of info about yourself/company by handing those out.

 

[jonnyjack]

<< 2) They will NOT work with slot loading drives. >>

i have some of these 21 min cd-r's and they work fine in my pioneer car cd player...