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Links for Professionals

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CD-R Vendors: Links to sites of disc, software, and recorder manufacturers.

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Links to Quality Sites

Registrar Accreditation Board, RABQSA International    http://www.rabqsa.com/

Also see ANSI ASQ National Accreditation Board    http://www.anab.org/

Links to News and Technology Sites

CD Freaks    http://www.cdfreaks.com/

CD Information Center    http://www.cd-info.com/

CD Media World    http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd.shtml

CDRInfo    http://www.cdrinfo.com/

CDRLabs    http://www.cdrlabs.com/

Content Delivery & Storage Association (CDSA)    http://www.contentdeliveryandstorage.org/
           Was International Recording Media Association (IRMA)

DualDisc    http://www.dualdisc.com/

DVD Association    http://www.hd-dvda.org/

DVDplusRW.org    http://www.dvdplusrw.org/

DVDWriters    http://www.dvdwriters.co.uk/

DVD-RAM Association    http://www.ramprg.com

DVD+RW Alliance    http://www.dvdrw.com/

EmediaLive    http://www.emedialive.com/

HD DVD    http://www.hddvd.org/

HD DVD Promotion Group     http://www.hddvdprg.com/

International Disc Duplication Association    http://www.discdupe.org/

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) (anti-piracy, SID)    http://www.ifpi.org/

medialine    http://www.medialinenews.com/

National Institute of Standards and Technolgy, NIST    http://www.nist.gov/

One to One Magazine     http://www.oto-online.com/

Optical Disc Systems Magazine    http://www.opticaldisc-systems.com/

Optical Storage Technology Association    http://www.osta.org/

ProNET Webguide    http://www.pronetguide.com/

Recordable DVD Council    http://www.rdvdc.org/english/

Recording Industry Association of America    http://www.riaa.com/

RLG Digital Image Preservation    http://www.rlg.org/

Webcom Communications (Software Business Magazine)   http://www.infowebcom.com/

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Links to Technical Support Sites

advanced_cdr Discussion Group    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/advanced_cdr/

Andy McFadden's CD-Recordable FAQ    http://www.cdrfaq.org/

Association for Recorded Sound Collections Discussion List    http://www.arsc-audio.org/arsclist.html

New host: e-mail (no subject) INFO REFCARD command to LISTSERV@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV.

Audio Visual Media Discussion Group    http://lists.topica.com/lists/AV-Media-Matters/

CD Freaks Recording Forum    http://club.cdfreaks.com/

CD-R/CD-RW Technical Information    http://www.5starsupport.com/info/cdrinfo.htm

DVD List Discussion Group and Archive    http://www.tully.com/DVDList/

DVD FAQ    http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html

DVD Technical Guide (Pioneer)    http://www.pioneer.co.jp/crdl/tech/index-e.html

DVD Workshop    http://stream.uen.org/medsol/dvd/home.html#2

ISO9660 Simplified for DOS/Windows    http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~pje/iso9660.html

Mac-PC Data Transfer Solutions    http://www.macdisk.com/

Microsoft Bootable CD-ROM    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q167685

Microsoft Knowledgebase    http://support.microsoft.com/

Microsoft TechNet and Knowledgebase    http://technet.microsoft.com/

Mike Richter's Resources for CD-R    http://www.mrichter.com/

NIST's "Care and Handling Guide for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs"    http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/index.html

Official DVD FAQ by Jim Taylor     http://www.thedigitalbits.com/officialfaq.html

OSTA's Understanding CD-R & CD-RW    http://www.osta.org/technology/

PCGuide-CD    http://www.pcguide.com/ref/cd/

Plextor University    http://www.plextor.com/english/news/news_university.html

Professional Multimedia Test Centre (Compatibility & Functional Testing)    http://www.pmtctest.com/

Storage Resource Cornucopia (SCSI, IDE)    http://www.bswd.com/cornucop.htm

UDF White Paper    http://www.softarch.com/us/dvd/UDF_whitepaper.pdf

UNESCO's Risks Associated with the Use of Recordable CDs and DVDs as Reliable Storage Media in Archival Collections     http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22734&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

VideoHelp    http://www.videohelp.com/

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Links to Test Equipment Sites

AudioDev    http://www.audiodev.com/

Basler    http://www.baslerweb.com/

Clover Systems    http://www.cloversystems.com/

DaTARIUS (formerly kdg/Koch)    http://www.datarius.com

Doug Carson Associates    http://www.dcainc.com/

Dr. Schenk    http://www.drschenk.com/

dr. schwab    http://www.schwabinspection.com/

Eclipse    http://www.eclipsedata.com/

Expert Magnetics    http://www.expertmg.co.jp/

InfinaDyne (formerly Arrowkey)    http://www.infinadyne.com/

Mediatechnics    http://www.mediatechnics.com/

Pulstec    http://www.pulstec.co.jp/en/

Quantized Systems    http://www.quantized.com/

Sony Precision Technology    http://www.sonypt.com/

Stagetech    http://www.stagetech.se/

Steag ETA-Optik    http://www.eta-optik.com/

Test Discs from ABEX    http://www.almedio.co.jp/

Test Discs from Philips    http://www.ip.philips.com/

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Links to CD and DVD Vendors

Adaptec    http://www.adaptec.com/

AOpen    http://usa.aopen.com/

ASUS    http://usa.asus.com/

BenQ    http://www.benq.com/

CD Recordable Database    http://www.instantinfo.de/index_cdrohlinge_e.php/

CD Stomper/Avery (Labels)    http://www.cdstomper.com/

Gear Software    http://www.gearsoftware.com/

Golden Hawk Technology (CDRWIN)    http://www.goldenhawk.com/

Hewlett Packard    http://www.hp.com

HHB    http://www.hhb.co.uk/

HyCD    http://www.hycd.com/

Imation Enterprises    http://www.imation.com/

InfinaDyne (formerly Arrowkey)    http://www.infinadyne.com/

LG Electronics    http://www.lge.com/
          http://us.lge.com/
          http://us.lgservice.com/

Lite-On    http://www.liteon.com/
          http://www.liteonit.com/

MAM-A    http://www.mam-a.com/

Maxell    http://www.maxell.com/

Memorex    http://www.ememorex.com/

Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals    http://www.mitsuigold.com/

Neato (Labels)    http://www.neato.com/

NEC    http://support.necam.com/Optical/
          http://www.nec.com/

NewTech Infosystems    http://www.ntius.com/

NeroPortal    http://www.nero.com/

NuTech    http://www.nu-global.com/

Optical Storage Directory    http://www.instantinfo.de/links_e.php

Orange (Book) Forum    http://www.orangeforum.or.jp/
          http://www.cds21solutions.org/

Panasonic    http://www.panasonic.com/

Philips    http://www.philips.com/

Pinnacle Systems    http://www.pinnaclesys.com/

Pioneer Electronic    http://pioneer.jp/
          http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/

Plasmon    http://www.plasmon.com/
          http://www.plasmon.com/pdsl/

Plextor    http://www.plextor.com/

Princo    http://www.princo.com.tw/

Ricoh    http://www.ricoh.com/
          http://www.ricoh.com/drive/index.html

Roxio    http://www.roxio.com

Samsung    http://www.samsung.com/

Sanyo (BURN-Proof)    http://www.digital-sanyo.com/BURN-Proof/

Sonic Solutions    http://www.sonic.com/

Sony    http://www.sony.com/

Taiyo Yuden    http://www.yuden.co.jp/
          http://www.t-yuden.com/

TDK    http://www.tdk.com/

TEAC    http://www.teac.com/

Toshiba    http://www.toshiba.com/

ULead    http://www.ulead.com/

Verbatim    http://www.verbatimcorp.com/

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