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Comparing Two Formats
RECORDABLE CDs MINIDISCs
Holds up to 74 Holds up to 74
minutes of music minutes of music
Top sound quality Not quite
CD-quality sound
CD-R disks play on Requires an MD
any CD machine player for $300
and up
Unprotected round Diskettes are
disks are more prone smaller, more port-
to scratches able, and enclosed
in protective case
May skip when you Shock-resistant
jog or hit a pothole
CD-Rs can be record- Entire MD disks
ed only once; CD-RWs or individual tracks
can be changed but can be rerecorded
will not work in as many times
ordinary CD player as you wish
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