What the heck is a Redbook cd?

RobXant
RobXant Posts: 201
edited December 2004 in Music & Movies
I think I understand that this is a reference quality recording, but what I don't get is how one goes about buying a redbook cd? Are they marked somehow, like those Superbit DVDs?

:confused:

Rob
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited December 2004
    Redbook is your standard, off the shelf, regular-ole gruntball cd.
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  • RobXant
    RobXant Posts: 201
    edited December 2004
    Ahhh, Thanks, Russ- So I guess this is to differentiate from those cd's one burns from iTunes or mp3s?
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited December 2004
    The Redbook definition was created in 1980 by Sony/Philips, long before the newer media.

    History says that it was a document with a red cover, the "Red Book", which explained the specifications and associated crap.
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  • tonyv1
    tonyv1 Posts: 365
    edited December 2004
    From Rane Professional Audio:

    Red Book Nickname for the Philips and Sony's ECMA-130 standard document that defines the format for CD-Audio (compact disc-digital audio) discs.
    Green Book Nickname for the Philips and Sony's ECMA-130 standard document that defines the format for CD-I (compact disc-interactive) discs.
    Yellow Book Nickname for the Philips and Sony's ECMA-130 standard document that defines the format for CD-ROM (compact disc-read only memory) discs.

    For info check this link
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