Most CDR manufacturers ignore the CDG format altogether.
Those that do "support it" do not test the functionality of it in the manufacturing. Thus, they don't know if it works or not.
We have sold Yamaha, Sony, HP, TDK and Plextor CDR drives for CDG work. We burn 3 discs in our certification tests for a drive. We have typically rejected 4 to 6 out of a test lot of 10, and even have rejected all 10 on one lot. The time and materials it takes to test a drive with 3 burns is expensive. That is why we have the higher price.
There are some folks who will "do it themselves" and not need our help. In that case, buy your own CDR drive and work out with the vendor that you have the right to return it if it does not do CDG work. Good luck if it is a cheap drive. They won't like that kind of "open-ended" contract. When it doesn't work, please don't call us. You already know our answer. Buy the CDR drive from us that is already CDG certified.
We sold a drive to a gentleman around January 15, 2002 that already owned EIGHT (8) "CDG capable" CDR drives. Not one of them would work for CDG reliably. When he got our drive, it worked immediately.
What is your time worth?
Are you able to troubleshoot all the conditions that can occur that cause a CDG failure? We list the conditions at
our Karaoke CDR page if you want to try it yourself. We only offer this service to insure you have a KNOWN source for a CDG CERTIFIED drives.
Thanks for listening, and I hope you did.
