How to distinguish between genuine and pirated CDs?

A guide to identifying pirated CDs (if you buy pirated CDs)

Nowadays, pirated CDs are rampant. With the price of recorders going to the bottom, even vendors selling broken computers have started the production business of pirated CDs. They control the new consumption trend, and whoever is the most popular will grab it. Better guys will buy genuine copies and burn them. More guys will download mp3 directly from the Internet and then convert it into a CD with software. The quality of this CD cannot be guaranteed at all, so it is a big problem for pirates to identify a good CD. The following is the author's experience in purchasing pirated CDs for many years.

1, look at the cover

Some big factories are still good. For example, "Fujian Changlong" has always been a pirate factory, and its quality can basically be guaranteed. Some good pirated CDs use the original cover (Liaoning Audio-visual, Jilin Audio-visual, Inner Mongolia Audio-visual), and the quality is very good.

2. Look at the quality of CD printing

The quality of CD printing can basically show the quality of piracy. Good piracy generally uses screen printing, which is integrated with CD. The title of the song, the head of the singer, and the publishing house all have it. Screen printing is characterized by a smooth surface (like the side with data), which seems to be directly burned when making the film base. Such equipment is only available in large factories, but only in small factories. The poor ones are often printed with "online fashion", and there is no such equipment at all. Besides, don't buy those hodgepodge CDs, which are basically mp3 converted, which is very poor.

3. Look at the inner ring of the CD.

Look for the kind with bar code and ISBN-XXX-XXX-XXX. These things may have come down from the genuine production line, and the quality is guaranteed. Those printers CD-2 13, CD-456 and so on are basically difficult to have quality products, so it is better not to touch them.

4. Look at the data surface of the CD.

The smoothness of the data surface is better, the light reflection is uniform, and there are no water ripples, blisters and impurities.

Step 5 look at the edge

Good pirated CDs have smooth edges and no burrs, and have been polished.

6. Look at the thickness

Poor pirated CDs are very thin and obviously lack weight.

7. Try not to buy boxed pirated CDs.

These CDs are unrecognizable, and those JS won't let you open the plastic package for you to see. Basically, it's all open, and it's yours only if there is nothing wrong with it. Might as well not buy it.

8. Pirated CDs in Hong Kong are very good. It is recommended to buy.

The pirated CDs in Hongkong are of high quality, much better than those in China. The characteristics of these CDs are: the data surface is all black (slightly purple), the front is blue, and the logo is "Super Audio CD". I just don't know if this is a real SACD or a fake SACD. Anyway, the sound quality is absolutely outstanding, and it is worthy of your own money. Recently, the author swept the pirated CD***3 1 in Hong Kong, all of which are excellent products with outstanding sound quality. After listening to these pirated copies, I realized how worthless the pirated copies I bought before were.

Finally, although it is outstanding in all aspects, it is recommended to bring a CD walkman to the scene to listen to it. Poor pirated CDs can't fool your ears.

-The following is an article about Quanzhou local newspaper (how to buy the original)-

At present, the production and packaging of illegal audio-visual products are more and more realistic, but the marked price is almost the same as that of genuine products. Identifying illegal audio-visual products has become a common sense that citizens should have.

1. At present, all newly published audio-visual products use the new anti-counterfeiting logo in the first paragraph of the E word. Audio-visual products without anti-counterfeiting labels are generally illegal audio-visual products; Audio-visual products with fake and shoddy anti-counterfeiting marks are definitely illegal audio-visual products;

Two, the introduction and publication of audio-visual products marked with cultural approval number, the format of the approval number is "national voice (image)? -No "(? Arabic numerals);

Third, overseas audio-visual products are exclusively imported by China Book Import and Export Corporation, and audio-visual products that are not affixed with the anti-counterfeiting logo and the logo of China Library Corporation are illegal audio-visual products;

Four, China's standard audio-visual products coding, publishing unit name and other labeling errors, confusion, most of them are illegal audio-visual products;

5. CD-ROM audio-visual products are all engraved with SID codes in the inner ring of the CD, and those without SID codes must be illegal audio-visual products;

6. The price of illegal audio-visual products is generally lower than that of genuine audio-visual products, especially pop music CDs, which are often more than twice as low as genuine ones.

Before buying audio-visual products, be sure to check the outer packaging carefully. After buying, you should open it on the spot and check the contents. If illegal audio-visual products are found, they should immediately claim compensation from the merchants.