cdrs with black surfaces

[kjmdigital]

whats the advantage of cdrs having black surfaces, instead of shiny silver ones ?

Memorex produces these .

[Soopafresh]

You'll always know which disks are yours....

[vico1]

It impresses the heck outta' family and friends when you give 'em one....

I know...I bought a bunch off eBay a couple years ago. (cheap)
Everyone that I've given them to, had to comment on 'em.

Outside of the Bling value...they're just about the same as regular ones I guess.
(just shows more fingerprints)

[ZAPPER]

I don't know what the advantage would be, my Sony still cam won't reconize them. (The pocket CD-Rs out of the coolcolors 10 pack anyways)

[temosis]

The quality depends on the chemical material they used to produce the CD in this case black surface has a different chemical material and has advantages over the silver surface cause it will be reliable reading if its even more scratched then a silver surfaced disk. Just imagine A BLACK HOLE ABSORBING ALL THE LIGHT IT CAN GET BUT REFLECTING AS WELL.

[Bjs]

The original reason these were produced was for ps1 console backups ... and not for anything else ... memorex are not the only one's that produce these .

Black has no advantage over silver ... infact ... it's the other way round ... you can scratch the blaze's out of a silver disc , and it will still read ... black will not .

I've worked with such disc's since 1993 for console backup's , so I know what I'm talking about here .

All disc's are made of two component's ... the writen portion which contain's the data , and the supportive carrier ... the only difference is the dye used during the support carrier production cycle .