Simon,
I've been using 80 minute discs of just about every flavor from every brand
(except HiSpace) for nearly nine months and I've yet to have a problem. I
use a Sony deck, a Sharp 722 and a Sharp 312.
David
Ibaraki, Japan
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 1:53 AM
> Subject: MD: 80 minute discs
>
>
> I went into Richer Sounds (UK) on Saturday to buy some 80
> minute discs (I
> haven't seen them for sale anywhere locally yet). The
> salesman told me: "We
> don't sell 'em - too unreliable". When I pressed him for
> details, he told me
> the new discs "take the tracks right to the edge, and most
> MD machines can't
> cope", so they stopped selling them to prevent further returns.
> As I understand it, the 80 minute discs have a
> narrower track
> spacing, and the problem he described would only happen if
> you cloned an 80
> minute TOC onto a normal 74 minute disc. I suppose some
> machines might get
> confused by a different track spacing. Can anyone enlighten me ?
>
> simon
>
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