Silver CDR disks

[perfectlysane]

real silvers for .78 cents a disc Click.

 

[amnesiac]

THis place is great. I ordered the variety pack of colored CDRs, they were shipped promptly for a decent shipping cost. The quality of the media is fantastic.

 

[dude]

They say it's "completly colorless". Does that mean it's see through? Or slightly silvery in color?

Looks neat, but they need to provide some pictures. Also, prices are slightly higher, and doubled outpost.com's prices. Get your cd's from Utamo.

 

[perfectlysane]

This is on their webpage


<< Colorless CDR You may know it by the names Diamond, Crystal, TruSilver - Record CD's with (colorless) silver on both sides >>

Click.

I don't know, silver cds are tempting...

 

[dude]

I added up their &quot;free cdrw deal&quot; and it breaks down like this, compared to outpost.com:

Outpost.com 80min cd's with free overnight - $14 or .28 each
2000 cd's at this price cost $560.

The free cdrw deal was $880 &quot;on sale&quot; with 4x HP burner (74 min cds)
$880 - $560 = $320 difference, which is what the &quot;free burner&quot; is costing you.

Ouch!

 

[johnjk]

What's the big deal with silver?

 

[Souka]

Colorless is VERY important if you have a CDR printer (prints directly onto CD...no labels).

I have one available at work...printing on any colored surface, even white, makes the colors look off. Silver is usually the most neutral color to use......

 

[randomlinh]

i wonder, do these silver cdrs have any better luck audio wise on some picky components.. ie, car audio.

ah, didn't realize it was cdrecordable.com....

I had some of their 80 min sampler pack or something... i wasn't impressed.. they seemed a lot flimsier than normal cdrs... maybe they've changed since then (it was a while back)

 

[GarciaFan]

I thought it would be prudent to note that there has been a lot of dispute whether or not to write on CD's or use the CD printers now available on the market. Writing on CDR's won't cause any immediate problems (provided you don't write on the side with the music on it), and some companies have actually begun selling CD Writing Pens. However, since CDR's haven't been around for too long, the long-term effects of writing on CDR's is rather uncertain. Some people hypothesize that the ink will over time bleed through the CD and cause damage to it. The best way to be certain your CDR's won't be damaged is to write on the clear plastic ring in the center of the CD where no data is stored.

 

[itsmeeh]

did anyone try to play the silver cd's in really picky car audio units... cause my sony changer is really really picky in which cds to play. i hope the silver ones are better

 

[FrontlineWarrior]

I've tried these CD's. There are a lot of people who like them. Personally, I think they suck goat nuts. My CD-Rom has a hard time reading these.

 

[Sykus]

garciafan, or you could always just get a cd stomper labeler. they are beautiful, and only cost $12-15 and i got 300 labels at a computer show for $25

 

[Zap]

CD-Recordable.com isn't too bad. Yes, they've changed their discs. They now have a clear textured coating on top so that it isn't as easy to scratch the top or have one start to flake off (as in bits of silvery plastic peeling off).

As for writing on CDs, I've read some discussions on it with people arguing over it. Heck, sure if it's very important then just write on the middle ring as suggested above. Otherwise the data would already be way outdated before any ink eats through the plastic. I've been using sharpie pens for years now (been burning discs for about 3 years) and have yet to have a disc get damaged from sharpies excepting one silver-silver disc that was written on the wrong side (by someone else, not me, LOL). One thing I like about their CDs is that they don't have a logo on top, or any other printing. Oh yeah, their colored stuff is pretty trick also.

As for working for audio... so far no go for me on these. My car player (factory Ford in-dash CD) is the pickiest mo-fo ever. I've found so far mostly Princo and ProDisc (using CDRIdentifier) work. Also, a Memorex &quot;audio&quot; CD that I got (cost about $10/5 discs) that was made for those consumer audio CD recorders, worked great in my Plextor and played fine in my car. Was made by CMC Magnetics, I think.

Recently I've checked on what dye is used on the ones that play in my car and both Princo and ProDisc use Phthalocyanine while all the various media (dozens) that do not play in my car uses Cyanine dye.

 

[randomlinh]

a note on the stomper: don't play the same cd w/ a label for 4 months time about in a car cd player heheh... i FINALLY got off my lazy butt and made some cds for the car... i took the one out of the deck... and the labels were all wrinkled

I'd give the silver cdrs a shot, but at the time, i got no probs reading any cds.

 

[FalGra]

There are better deals to be found, check my sig...

 

[dude]

I write on my cd's with sharpie markers all the time. Music and data cd's. I still got some cd's that I had fro almost 5 years ago when I had my first 1x burner! Works perfectly fine playing music. No skips, no scratches, no noise. All my data disks are outdated and has since been thrown away.

My Lexus factory cd changer will read any disks. I've must have tried a dozen brands and they all work very well on them. I think the cd changer is made by Nakamichi.