What format to professionally produced CDs use?

professional producers dont burn CDs. they are actually pressed. if you are talking brand, i have no clue. but unless you want to pay to have a CD pro pressed, you can just burn
 
They aren't pressed... They're burned with autoloading stacks.. You can see an example of small ones here.. Pressed is REALLY old skool.. ie... Records.
 
Since the recording layer is below the surface, it wouldn't do much good to press the disk, all you'd be pressing is the lacquer coating. Slightly off topic, I remember seeing a documentary (I dare say it may have been How It's Made) about the pressing of records, interesting stuff.
 
that is not right. here is a link telling the process of making a CD. the data is pressed onto the cd.
http://eil.com/explore/guide/cd_making.asp

ive been in school for 3 years taking music recording classes. i have recorded 2 of my own CDs, and had them professionally pressed.

Edit: im sure there are some people that create their own CDs by burning them, but a major record CD is pressed. that link that you posted. im sure there are quite a few guys out there using them, especially guys that bootleg CDs.

edit 2: found a video showing the process of making a disc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rc8iltCqrms
 
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Well, you're partially right. Yes that process shows the 'pressing' of a CD. But the data isn't pressed onto the disk, it's made by injecting liquid polymer onto the master disc (that video shows it). So the process does differ greatly from the the vinyl pressing that some people may have had in their mind.
 
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