Color of cdr/rw?

[natas]

I have heard several people talk about the color of the cd.From blue/silver,silver/silver.Does it really matter the color?
Thanks

[Szech]

My understanding of the matter is that the blue and / or green burn surfaces have the highest reflectivity, but the lowest resiliance. The silver has lower reflectivity but higher resiliance. The gold (do they still have these?) has the lowest reflectivity for CD-Rs, but the highest resiliance. Stereos have weaker lasers, so they need the higher reflectivity of the blue/green CDS in order to read the data. I personally use blue burn surface Verbatims and just make sure they don't hit sunlight.

[Warthog]

Playstation cds are black, aren't they? Weird.

Warthog

[codybear]

http://www.resource.simplenet.com/primer/durable.htm

[awwall]

I've got a 50 spindle that I bought off Ebay (cheap) and they are almost transparent. Wierd looking to say the least, but they work great.

aw

[blind to truth]

ahhhhhhh.Natas =satan backwards.But im sure you named your self after the ram eating virus natas right?

[Krymson]

Off topic, Playstations will accept silver cds.
I got a bunch of bootleg games from china, Tekken3, Resident Evil,
And they work fine.

[Phantom]

www.cdmediaworld.com (http://www.cdmediaworld.com)

[KillerBug]

Playstation cds are black, but black is extremely reflective, and you can get them burnable for PCs.