What makes a good quality CD-R?
CD-R quality is measured by three things: 1. Reflectivity of the disc 2. Completeness of the burn process without errors 3. Quality of the dye used 1. Good CD-R’s are comparable to a mirror on the data (non silver) side of the disc. Look at your reflection on the data side, bad CD-R’s will have a foggy reflection. Good CD-R’s will have a clear, crisp reflection. 2. CD-R’s have the data coded into them from the burner in the form of pits and grooves. The data is encoded as binary from the inside out in a spiral fashion. Good CD-R’s will allow the laser to complete the burn process without the interruption of the laser on/off process. Bad CD-R’s interrupt the process and cut the laser completely off. The disc is rendered useless and you will have to start over with a new one. 3. CD-R’s are blue, green, gold and several other colors, because a dye is added to them upon manufacturing. A good CD-R will hold the dye upon burning without coming off. With a bad CD-R the dye will come off upon
