Black bottom CDR vs. others

[RamonGTP]

Is there anything special about the black bottom CDRs other than the way they look? I've noticed they're more expensive and don't support as high of a burn speed as other cdr's.

[BipolarBill]

Originally posted by RamonGTP
Is there anything special about the black bottom CDRs other than the way they look? Nope. They just wanted to make them look like old 45RPM records.

[gjimene2]

I haven't fooled with them. I saw an add for some that were made out of Vynil :eek:

[Bigjakkstaffa]

If you want to burn audio CD's theyre prolly nto the best thing in the world to use as many CD players can be a bit funny about discs with poor reflective qualities

--Jakk:t

[stix_kua]

They work well and look cool...Think of it like this...do you want the common green PCB motherboards or MSI's red PCB mobos:D

[v0rTeX]

I agree with jak, Ive burned a few audio CDs onto the black surface CD-Rs and they dont always play in my car cd player... although every silver bottom disc Ive burned works great.

I originally bought them because 1) they look cool and 2) Ive heard that PS discs were more scratch resistant than regular CDs and the PS discs are also black bottomed... guess the second one is more on hearsay than anything but they do look nifty and work great for data discs :D

[stix_kua]

Originally posted by v0rTeX
I agree with jak, Ive burned a few audio CDs onto the black surface CD-Rs and they dont always play in my car cd player... although every silver bottom disc Ive burned works great.

I originally bought them because 1) they look cool and 2) Ive heard that PS discs were more scratch resistant than regular CDs and the PS discs are also black bottomed... guess the second one is more on hearsay than anything but they do look nifty and work great for data discs :D

I still haven't notice this problem with audio not playing....are you using good quality media....(Memorex and such)

[AllGamer]

i've tried a few BLACK CDRs from Generic

and they work fine for Data and Audio

if you had trouble after you made the disk, changes are most likely Problem with the CDRW not being able to write properly to those disk

:t

[v0rTeX]

actually yes the black bottoms I used were memorex but sometimes it still wont play every time in my car cd player... my home cd changer does handle it better though.

I think Jakk hit the nail on the head. IF the player has problems reading a cd like that it would be because of 'reflectivity'.

Hey a new word! :x

[stix_kua]

Originally posted by v0rTeX
actually yes the black bottoms I used were memorex but sometimes it still wont play every time in my car cd player... my home cd changer does handle it better though.

I think Jakk hit the nail on the head. IF the player has problems reading a cd like that it would be because of 'reflectivity'.

Hey a new word! :x

And of what quality are these CD players?)-|