Is shiny side of CD/DVD facing up or down

dvd compact-disc

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Solution 1

Depends on how the drive is mounted; the "Burning side/ Image side" must face the optical reader generally down (always at the bottom of the tray so if it is sideways look for that)

The other option to consider is weather the disk is dual sided in which case it depends on which side you want to read/ write to.

Hope that helps!

Solution 2

The shiny side is always facing down.

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baz

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Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

baz over 1 year

Is shiny side of CD/DVD facing up or down when inserting into CD/DVD RW for reading out or writing in?
- Thalys over 13 years
  
  just remember its not a cup holder :)
- invert over 13 years
  
  ... nor an automatic cat feeder :) engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2006/08/23/automatic-cat-feed‌er
- Thalys over 13 years
  
  though more seriously, i've seen cds with two shiny sides, only one of which is burn/readable...
Xavierjazz over 13 years

Unless it's facing sideways. :-)
baz over 13 years

Thanks! What do you mean by "if it is sideways look for that"? What do the sideways look like?
Xavierjazz over 13 years

My CD player has a clip that allows me to set it on it's edge rather than on the "bottom". There for it is in a vertical position. The shiny side faces the "bottom" of the tray.