Found a load of dreamcast GDR's are they blanks?

[Bad_Ad84]

Read the post?

Its all in there.

The inner low density area has a different color/glare than the high density one, even when not burnt. I don't know why though, maybe blank media are a bit different for the different density, or maybe it's alignment stuff. What I can tell is that a blank GD-R will have the two section visible and distinguishable even when not burnt at all.

[-=FamilyGuy=-]

Are these GD-ROM's re-writable?

No.

[l_oliveira]

Wait a sec. Ignore the small ring next to the spindle which is first noticed. Take a look at the far edge of the GD-ROM, and you will see another tiny ring.

Are these GD-ROM's re-writable?

No. These are pretty much like standard CD-Rs at the first part but with an special zone with an higher density track... Not rewriteable also as the Dreamcast laser pickup is not setup to read CDRW discs (while it's optical pickup is capable of CDRW read, it's controller board is not designed for that.)

I said put on a normal CD-ROM/DVD ROM drive and see if the disc is detected. If it is detected, then it's already written. The CD-ROM will be able to see the low density zone just fine. :shrug:

[Nano Babe]

thanks guys for all the info, probably put them up for sale as i am not a dreamcast groupie lol... though it is good to know they are unused as the box suggested, now to find the box of beta games lol...

[Sokky]

I'd buy them off of you if I had a Devbox and money. ;^;

[Anthony817]

thanks guys for all the info, probably put them up for sale as i am not a dreamcast groupie lol... though it is good to know they are unused as the box suggested, now to find the box of beta games lol...

Yeah maybe what you have is a beta of something? Not really just kidding, but wouldn't that be something if it was.

[Nano Babe]

yeah, i did have one or two given to me but i think they fell into the wrong hands as they did not work on a standard console, i think they were binned anyway, i have stuck the blanks on the assembler..

[k1379]

That its blank?

Its not rocket surgery.

now im rather curious, what is rocket surgery? O.o :confused:

[alphagamer]

now im rather curious, what is rocket surgery? O.o :confused:

A wordplay on rocket science and brain surgery.

[LeGIt]

The high density area on a burned GD-R looks just like the low density area on a blank so you can easily spot which is burned or blank at first glance due to the shiny low to high ring and a dulled high area. A blank's high density area is shinier because there is no data there.

My blurred pic doesn't help resolve matters (shit camera on my shit 'phone) but that disc looks blank to me, but it doesn't hurt to check them all using the wombat method.

[Nano Babe]

Cool thanks for that