If you have been shopping for blank CDs and DVDs recently, you may have been a bit confused by all of the choices: CDR, CDRW, DVD-R, DVD R, DVD-RW, DVD RW. Trying to decipher between all of the abbreviations and plus/minus signs can be a tad overwhelming.

Just a few years ago, the only people with access to CD duplication were professional musicians, record company conglomerates, and higher end recording studios. However, as technology increased and became more affordable, private CD duplication specialty companies began springing up all over Chicago and other major music centers throughout the country.

Anyone who has burned a lot of CDs has undoubtedly encountered this problem. Your CD will not play in certain CD players. You’ve tried different brands of CDs. You’ve even tried switching the write speed of your CD burning software. Yet, nothing seems to work.