Blue DVD or Silver DVD

[gabbar]

One of my friend had told me that DVDs with blue coating are the fake ones made using cheap chemicals and which can harm the DVD player. Now when i went to buy some empty DVDs, every single one of them including moserbaer, samsung is blue.

Even the ones from SONY showroom have blue coating.
So could someone clear this doubt whether the DVDs with blue coating are originals or fake ??

Thanks in advance.

[GeekyBoy]

Your friend misguided you for sure.

[Tech Geek]

nothing like that
i use the one ich are coated with blue

[Sukhdeep Singh]

Think Logically, had it been damaging the DVD...do you think Sony, Moserbear, Samsung would be making it in the first place

[sivarap]

What ur frnd said wld have been for a CD not DVD......

Blue coloured CDs were usually fake and used to peel off......

[gabbar]

Thanks a lot friends, for your replies.
Actually, the pirated electronics market in india is so strong that its hard to find out whats being sold is authentic or not.

Anyways, since you all have given it a clean chit. I will definitely try that out.

[techtronic]

Originally Posted by sukhdeepsinghkohli

Think Logically, had it been damaging the DVD...do you think Sony, Moserbear, Samsung would be making it in the first place

Lol

[sauravktr]

I also use blue coated DVD's

[=CrAzYG33K=]

On another note, I guess DVD-5's are blue coated (at the bottom)
and DVD-9's are usually gold OR silver colored...
Isn't it ?

[gabbar]

Whats the diff. bet. DVD-5 and DVD-9 ??

[Apollo]

Originally Posted by gabbar

Whats the diff. bet. DVD-5 and DVD-9 ??

DVD-5 = 4.7GB (Single Sided Single Layer)
DVD-9 = 8.5GB (Single Sided Double Layer or Dual Layer)

[kooldude]

I think Blue coated DVD's are better then the silver coated ones

[╬Switch╬]

Whats the difference between both of them?

[thetopcyborg]

Originally Posted by =CrAzYG33K=

On another note, I guess DVD-5's are blue coated (at the bottom)
and DVD-9's are usually gold OR silver colored...
Isn't it ?

ya as far as i have seen, DVD5 are bluish-purplish and DVD9 are pure silver

[vinyas]

Originally Posted by thetopcyborg

ya as far as i have seen, DVD5 are bluish-purplish and DVD9 are pure silver

no dude.... Dvd9 have a Burnt Finish to them & a Brownish finish

[ambandla]

Originally Posted by gabbar

One of my friend had told me that DVDs with blue coating are the fake ones made using cheap chemicals and which can harm the DVD player. Now when i went to buy some empty DVDs, every single one of them including moserbaer, samsung is blue.

Even the ones from SONY showroom have blue coating.
So could someone clear this doubt whether the DVDs with blue coating are originals or fake ??

Thanks in advance.

Really really funny. There is no such thing. You can trust Moser Baer, Sony etc. You need not go to Sony showroom to buy Sony blank media. You can get them from any computer hardware dealer/reseller for much much lower price (authentic media)