Re: (TV) screenplay question

[Robin Dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>]

Well, I think the color varies.  But it's the same thing -- on home-burned DVDs you can see the "writing" on the playable side.  






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On Nov 24, 2012, at 3:16 PM, "Scott Simpson" <SSimpson@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> That's exactly the info I was looking for, and why I went to the source.
> This is the distinction I was looking for.
> 
> How does it work for dvds?  Commercial dvds are silver and home dvd-r's are
> pinkish? 
> 
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> a "silver disc" is one that is commercially burned -- rather than the type
> we burn as home, which are cd-rs.  on dime, people will say "from silver
> disc" to indicate the rip is straight from the original (fewer chances for
> digital errors).
> 
> you can tell when you buy a bootleg cd if it is a cd-r or a "silver"
> (commercially burned) disc by looking at it -- cd-rs sort of "show" the
> burned material -- you see the alternation in the silver disc.  "silver
> discs" are just straight silver -- you can't see that they've been "burned."
> 
> not sure if i've over- or under-explained.  hope that helps.
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