"Redbook CD's" ??

All of a sudden I see the term "redbook CD" start popping up all over this and other sights. What is a Redbook CD?

mborner11-19-2003 1:17am

bomarc Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 501 posts 11-19-2003 at 02:36am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Redundant, that's what. "Redbook" is the set of standards (there really was a red book) governing the CD format.
aball Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,016 posts 11-19-2003 at 02:37am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The regular old CD you have been using for years. This is in contrast to SACD and DVDA etc. so the term has become more popular since the advent of these new formats. I asked the same thing a while back! Arthur
kr4 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,648 posts 11-19-2003 at 02:38am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Regular audio CDs. The 'red book' was where the specs were originally defined.
mcdonji1 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 10 posts 11-19-2003 at 10:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Radiohead's Amnesiac is a red book cd. Jim