cd-r media for burners

[nochins]

I have heard that dark color cd-r's , such as Memorex and TDK's, are better than light colors,such as Imations. Has something to do with the reflection from the laser burner. Is this true? Or is this a myth?

Lastly, on burned audio cd's,(music), they they play fine in my cd-rom but don't always play on my cd stereo player, What is the reason for this? What is the solution? I tried burning at a slower speed and tried different blank media without success. Leads me to believe that I need a new cd player.

[Ghel]

It's possible I'm wrong about this, but I believe that gold cd-r's are actually the best (like Kodak) because they are the most reflective. Therefore a cd reader has an easier time differentiating between the "pits" and "lands." This is probably true of the darker cd-r's as well.

Did you close the CD after burning it? Most regular music CD players require a closed CD. There should be a "close CD" option somewhere in your CD-writing software. Just a word of warning though, once a CD is closed, you can no longer write to it.

You may also try (assuming you haven't already) creating the CD all at once. Some older CD players don't recognize multi-session CD's.

[Charles Kozierok]

There's no real consensus regarding what type of media is "best". What's best is whatever your writer likes. I discovered years ago that my Ricoh likes silver/blue, and so that's what I use now. No problems in three years.
Some older audio equipment just doesn't like CD-R, though the advice to be sure to close the disks is good. When I make audio CDs (rare) I do "disk at once".

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