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Computer help: Labeling DVDs
Is it bad to use a felt tip pen?
by azloafer - 8/4/06 2:13 PM In reply to: DVD labeling by reschI have been using a felt tip pen. Will that cause a problem? They have been working OK.
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It's not just the tip...
by GeeBee - 8/5/06 5:02 AM In reply to: Is it bad to use a felt tip pen? by azloafer...it's the ink!
CDR pens have a felt/fibre tip (which avoids scratching the top), but they also use ink which isn't harmful to the reflective layer.
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It's the heat
by vidyman - 8/4/06 2:27 PM In reply to: Labeling DVDs by geneceThe problem with the "stick on lables" is the fact that DVD run hoter than CDs They spin faster and the lazer that reads the disk is hoter. So after a while the stick on lable doesn't hold and begins to shift. Now if you have a tray feed drive you might not have a problem but if you have a slot loading drive like most cars have then you could have a problem. the one thing I'v notice is that if only part of the label peals off this thows off the balenec of the disk and it won't play or it will skip horrably, like my spelling.
Labeling DVDs
by rick5446 - 8/5/06 5:18 AM In reply to: Labeling DVDs by geneceThe labeling does not shorten the life span of the Disc.But do take particular attention to the Disc.DVD Player have a tendancy to heat the Disc a little & your paper label can peel off in the player.This has happened to a couple of my friends.Just watch the outer edges for curling or fraying
As far as life span of Disc.Buy reliable Disc.At a retail level buy Verbatims,Fuji.Office Depot store brand the last I bought were good Disc [Ritek]
Verbatims,Fuji are useualy [Ritek or Taiyo Yuden]forget which but both are very good
Don't label your DVDs
by wh5916 - 8/5/06 6:45 AM In reply to: Labeling DVDs by geneceI'm not speaking from second hand experience...I'm speaking from genuine hands-on experience. Do NOT put a paper label onto a DVD!
I used to label DVD-R discs all of the time, but about a year ago I began checking these discs with Nero CD Speed, which includes a CD/DVD quality test. Every DVD that had a label on it performed abysmally during the test, with very low quality scores in the 30s or under, and numerous readback errors. DVD video that had been burned to these discs would either block up or freeze completely in my Panasonic standalone DVD player.
Discs burned from the same spindle of DVD-Rs, with no labels except what I had put on with a Sharpie marker, checked out beautifully with the Nero utility.
Still not wanting to totally believe this, I burned a DVD (Taiyo-Yuden media), then checked it out with Nero. It earned a beautiful quality score of around 95%.
Afterwards, I applied a paper label to that same disc (decent label, by the way--manufactured by Fellowes, and applied with a special circular applicator, to ensure that it was properly centered) and checked it with Nero again. The quality score, which had previously been around 95, plummeted down into the 30s, with numerous readback errors.
That was all the convincing that I needed. The discs certainly don't look as attractive when using a Sharpie marker, but that's all that I use on DVD media now.
Lightscribe would be another option if you want a professional look--but stay away from the paper labels. I don't pretend to know why they cause these readback issues, it honestly is unclear to me...but I can't argue with the results.
LABEL DVDS
by GWS001 - 8/7/06 1:05 PM In reply to: Labeling DVDs by geneceMy experience is that the risk is that they may become unbalanced and cause unsteady play.
Labeling CD/DVD
by V_Cox - 8/8/06 12:36 AM In reply to: Labeling DVDs by geneceThe labels will move under heat. Not just peel, but wrinkel as well. I made this mistake making a CD for my car and the label wrinkeled enough that it no longer plays.
You can write directly on the disk with a soft felt perminent marker.(Sharpie)
CDR and DVD Labels
by ProToolsGeek - 8/8/06 2:30 AM In reply to: Labeling DVDs by geneceIt's best never to apply labels to a DVDR or CDR. In fact, never do it. It's a nice idea but they cause a large increase in errors. Also, they'll eventually want to peel off and peeling them off can destroy the CDR or DVDr by peeling off the top lacquer surface and probably some of the data foil.
If you want to make neat professional looking discs, get a disc inkjet printer and buy discs with a matte white top surface designed for ink jet printing. You can do some amazing cool things without using those labels.
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