On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 23:28:27 -0000
"harrogate" wrote:

The types that go dark blue will often
not play on any music CD player.

Just to add some information...

CD players sensors work in the near infra-red and so will be unaffected by any 'tinting' that passes infra-red.

this means that what you see (being in the visible part of the spectrum) makes NO difference to the ability of the player to read the disc.

It so happens that often visible colour characteristics o hand-in-hand with infra-red ones, and there are a limited number of different types of CD-R(W) out there.

Just making the point that you shouldnt assume that one 'blue' disc has the same characteristics as another equally 'blue' looking one.

(and just to cover my arse here, Im *not* implying that different coloured CDs sound different, assuming they can be read properly at all).

;-)

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