OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING A TRANSITION AREA PROVIDED BETWEEN FIRST AREA AND SECOND AREA OF LEAD-IN AREA AND REPRODUCING AND/ OR RECORDING APPARATUS FOR USE THEREWITH

摘要

A METHOD OF RECORDING INFORMATION ON A REPRODUCTION-ONLY OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INCLUDING: FORMING A PLURALITY OF AREAS AND AT LEAST ONE TRANSITION AREA ON THE REPRODUCTION-ONLY OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM. EACH TRANSITION AREA IS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT AREAS. THE TRANSITION AREA ALLOWS DATA TO BE SMOOTHLY REPRODUCED FROM THE REPRODUCTION-ONLY OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM AT A LOW ERROR GENERATION RATE. ALSO, SINCE THE OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM PROVIDES STANDARDS FOR THE TRANSITION AREA, IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIA.