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Silver CDR

Those "silver" CDRs that you can buy for your cd burner differs from the "blue, green/black, etc." only in their dye. They all use exactly the same technology.

The real silver music cds that record companies use are pressed by CD stampers. They cannot be "burned" by the laser in your CD burner.

Basically, optical media utilizes only a thin layer of paint which is burned away by the laser of the CD burner. The temperature/power that the laser would have to produce/use to burn away silver is unreasonably high/expensive. You would probably have to cool the laser with liquid nitrogen.

Blue/green dyes better reflect the blue light to be read by your cd-reader, assumming your cd reader utilizes a blue lens.
 
I think Mitsui make some silver CD-Rs, Memorex Platinum is also silver but correct me if Im wrong.
 
I have some of the expensive Mitsui "Silver" CDRs, and they appear goldish/almost bluish at very close inspection. It's only recommended to waste money on the Mitsui "Silver" CDRs if you're having problems with a car/home CD player and the blue media.
 
I don't think you can get true silver but I have gotten some that are very close to silver. They just have a slight hint of blue or green in them. I find silvers work well with audio CDS but for data on my computer any dye color will do.
 
AC: The dye used in CDR's does make a big difference. By silver CDR's, i think he means the ones that have a silver looking dye.

Lxi: The Memorex Platinums are greenish silver, i'm pretty sure.
 
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