[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: are CD by region

[Rusty Haddock]

On 2009-10-11 18:23, Fred James wrote:
> All
> Please pardon the OT question, but I don't know who to ask:
>     I know that DVDs are distributed by region and will not play on 
> equipment from a different region
>     How about audio CDs?  Same issue?
> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
> Regards
> Fred James

You might be surprised as to what a cheap lense clean will do for a
CD drive!  If some funky encoding doesn't bugger up the audio likely
problems that I've seen are a dirty [LASER] lense or a misaligned
LASER/lense assembly.

CD drives are cheap enough that the later can be taken care of by a
little trip to your local computer store.

In a computer case, dust can be a real problem, especially for LASERs
getting focused to a fine point to read digital data.  This has been
a problem for me with older CD drives.  I little cleaning with a proper
cleaner doesn't hurt.

Even in brand new DVD players, a dirty lense can be a problem.  In one
unit we've had at home, it would take several tries to get a DVD to load.
On the off chance that the lense came from the factory somewhat dirty,
I got a cheapie CD drive cleaner from Wally World.  It worked just fine
and the DVD player worked perfectly afterwards.

	-Rusty-
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