10 types of compact discs
We use CDs for many purposes, to write songs, movies and even computer programs. But most of us are not aware of the CDs available in the market. Each of them has got specific purposes so while selecting a CD you should know which kind is suitable for your needs.
Generally, there are two types of CDs available — Compact disc-recordable or CD-R and Compact disc-rewritable or CD-RW. To know more about them click here.
1. Audio CD
CD-R can be written once and reads as many times as we want. So the data inside CD-R is permanent. While CD-RW can be written, read or re-written anytime. Each of these has got different logical formats. Here we have listed ten such formats. There you go
Who doesn’t enjoy listening to music? Everyone does! We often look for mediums that provide you with great quality audio. So one such is audio CDs. They are officially named as Compact Disc Digital Audio or CD-DA, developed by Sony and Philips. The audio CDs belong to the Red Book document and the format is a 16-bit encoding at 44.1 kHz sampling rate.
To include song name, artist name or storage of additional text we use CD-text extension.
While on the other hand if you want to include graphics data to display lyrics on the screen along with the audio, the compact disc contains the graphic extension is better. An upgraded version of this is also available to display text and video information while playing music. A CD maker could select a suitable cd according to your need.
2. Super Audio CD (SACD)
CDs have been one among those electronic inventions which constantly improved over time. From the time CDs invented till now, they are in use. The latest technologies influenced CDs to become more and more sophisticated.
The CD maker, Sony & Philips designed SACDs to provide highly accurate digital audio than the Red Book one. The SACD belongs to the Scarlet Book standard. It is a hybrid version which has both audio CD layer and SACD audio stream.
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