Talk:Gold compact disc

This article was nominated for deletion on 18 May 2019. The result of the discussion was keep.

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Technology, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of technology on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TechnologyWikipedia:WikiProject TechnologyTemplate:WikiProject TechnologyTechnology articles

Media Low‑importance

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Media, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Media on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MediaWikipedia:WikiProject MediaTemplate:WikiProject MediaMedia articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

WikiProject Media To-do List:

Here are some tasks awaiting attention:

Article requests : Mackay Radio
Cleanup : Media influence, Video game culture, Sound bite
NPOV : Content (media and publishing)
Verify : Multimedia, Alternative media, Alternative newspaper
Other :
- Answer requests for comments

what the hell does all this mean?

The list of albums that are 'Gold discs' are not gold. Are they re-issues. All the ones i own out of them are silver, not gold. The only gold discs i know are gold are Michael Jackson's HIStory and Steps greatest hits (I don't own it, by the way!!!). Some say the UK Now 65 is gold as well, but on my two discs is silver. So basically, what type of issue has the albums in the list got - do they mean that all these were reissued by gold blah blah and that is why they are listed? --77.99.231.37 (talk) 19:04, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It means they have been reissued in gold. Blenheimears (talk) 20:28, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

better sound?

here it is stated (in German), that the remastering was done and adding deeper and higher sound giving a maybe fuller sound. Saemikneu (talk) 21:18, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, maybe. I never noticed a difference, though. Many of them are still analog not digital so you have to wonder whether the gold really makes a difference, and I doubt that it does. Geeky Randy (talk) 18:30, 13 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gold does not make any difference in sound on NEW CDs, but the advantage is that gold stays like new forever, whereas aluminum corrodes and quickly becomes more and more transparent. The remastering and other sound treatment, if done, is the same as with aluminum CDs, there is no difference whatsoever. -- Alexey Topol (talk) 09:57, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lift-lock cases

@John M Wolfson: Are lift-lock cases unique to gold CDs? If they are, it is not unreasonable to include the information here. SpinningSpark 12:16, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't know, but it doesn't necessarily seem like it, and it was mentioned as a potential contract in the AfD. I guess it could be reverted but not as emphasized as it was before. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 16:20, 19 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There are many types of gold CDs

Only embossed CDs, which are gold-coloured, use gold. Burnable CDs are gold-coloured, but there is no gold in the photosensitive chemical inside the disc.

CDs are digital so the material has no effect on the sound quality. 81.197.157.212 (talk) 11:07, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]