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  1. Which CD-Rs or CD-RWs work best in dvd players? Gold on gold, blue on silver, green on gold, etc? Does that depend on the DVD Player? The CD-RW Drive?

    I'm considering the JVC XV-S65GD and have the Plextor 12x10x32x cdrw drive, any suggestions on the media to use?

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    James Whitlow
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    Your assumption that different types of media work best in different brands of DVD players is correct. However, that said, you can choose media that works in a higher percentage of DVD players than others.
    I have had very good luck with 74 minute Phthalocyanine (Type 6) media. I think you will have better luck with 74 minute media over 80 minute media. I have a hard time finding them, but I have yet to have anyone who has a player that can read CDR media report that they could not read a disc that I burned onto a 74 minute Cyanine (Type 2) disc (16X Yamaha or Prime Peripherals).
    A general rule of thumb that I use is to buy the lighter discs (very light green or light blue). So far, I have had bad luck with the dark blue discs. My player (Pioneer DV-444) plays them fine, but two of my friends have trouble with them.
    Considering that some of the first CDR media on the market was the Gold on Gold (Phthalocyanine on a gold reflective layer), it is probably going to work with the highest percentage of players, but it is quite a bit more expensive than cheaper discs on a silver reflective layer).
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