I just spent an hour or so on this web site Ramstl recommends for CD-R info. It's huge with an incredible amount of info. But for music lovers, I've concluded from info. gleaned from this website, that the blue/green music CD-Rs that are so common have been improved significantly from when they were first introduced.
The Blue/green color is from the dye cyanine, and initial aging studies in Europe suggested that this dye was not as stable as two other processes-- the silver and gold colored blanks. Well, the good news appears to be that the manufacturers of blue/green discs have added stabilizers to the dye to make them much more age durable. This is important because almost all CD-R music blanks are the blue/green variety. I hope its true. I've used 5-6 different CD-R music blanks, and they're all blue/green, in fact I've never seen a silver or gold blank. Thanks Ramstl, and Good Luck to us all. Craig
The Blue/green color is from the dye cyanine, and initial aging studies in Europe suggested that this dye was not as stable as two other processes-- the silver and gold colored blanks. Well, the good news appears to be that the manufacturers of blue/green discs have added stabilizers to the dye to make them much more age durable. This is important because almost all CD-R music blanks are the blue/green variety. I hope its true. I've used 5-6 different CD-R music blanks, and they're all blue/green, in fact I've never seen a silver or gold blank. Thanks Ramstl, and Good Luck to us all. Craig