Posted by Joshua Zyber on 04/15/06 02:09

"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
news:1240c1mtldbi8ab@corp.supernews.com...
>> Blu-Ray players are not compatible with CDs, though they are
>> compatible
>> with DVDs.
>
> I thought that the laser for DVDs could read CDs, only the spacing of
> the
> pits (data) is different between the two?
>
> Or, are you saying that blu-ray players don't have 2 different laser
> assemblies? (but then, it still boggles my mind how you could read
> DVDs
> but not CDs?)

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