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Old February 14th, 2002, 02:32 PM
George George is offline
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MIGHT ADD ALSO THAT JUST BECAUSE A DRIVE MAY BE CDG COMPATABLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY GUARANTEE IT WILL WORK. MTU CLAIMS QUITE AN ALARMING REJECT RATE ON MANY DRIVES THEY HAVE TESTED THAT CLAIM CDG COMPATABILITY. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN YOUR SECOND POST THERE IS NO WAY ANY OF US KNEW GOING IN THAT OUR DRIVES WOULD WORK UNLESS WE PURCHASED A MTU CERTIFIED DRIVE. I GOT BURNED MY FIRST GO AROUND WITH AN ACER THAT THEY WOULD NOT MAKE RIGHT BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED "KARAOKE" CAPABILITY. WHEN ONE THINKS KARAOKE ONE THINKS CDG. NOT ALWAYS THE CASE I FOUND OUT. ACER SUPPORTS VCD WHICH IS A DIFFERENT KARAOKE FORMAT. THEY SAID THEY WERE "TECHNICALLY LEGAL"
AND WOULD DO NOTHING ABOUT IT EVEN AFTER I POINTED OUT TO THEM THEY WERE PLAYING ON WORDS AND HIDING BEHIND THE BROAD TERM "KARAOKE" EVEN THOUGH MOST KARAOKE ENTHUSIASTS THOUGHT IN TERMS OF CDG.
MTU CERTIFIES THEIR DRIVES BECAUSE THEY TEST THEM, AND THAT'S WORTH THE PRICE TAG.

TAKE CARE,

GEORGE
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