DVD labels

Ogilvy · Member Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Location: Germany

This problem with sticky labels....does it also apply to .avi(XViD) content or are we only speaking of „full-dvd“ content?
Also, is the problem limited to stand-alone players?

minidv2dvd · .com Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Location: United States

stick on adhesive labels should not be used on any type of disc for any purpose.

LCSHG · Member Joined: 25 Jan 2005

A Quote
'stick on adhesive labels should not be used on any type of disc for any purpose.

-------------------------------------------

Why

minidv2dvd · .com Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Location: United States

added weight wears out drive motors. increased imbalance wears out laser focus motors. adhesive is bad for the plastic.

jagabo · Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: none

I think the labels warp the discs. The coefficient of thermal expansion is different for paper and plastic. And the label and glue may expand or contract with age, humidity, etc.

I used to think it was a balance issue but I once removed half the label from a disc that wouldn't play. The thing rattled like hell but the video played.

Of course, the problem doesn't have to be the same with every player, label, and disc. So there may be a combination of issues. And yes, it's a problem for data discs as well as movie DVDs.

INFRATOM · Member Joined: 23 Mar 2005 Location: USA

I think I was the only one who did it successfully because I made a jig to precisely center it. But some were freezing on my son's portable player and every now and then on mine so I gave up the idea, marker is the easiest and light subscribe probably next and print on after that. Media and dvd players are not that expensive to ruin things go ahead and try a few but buy thin labels if you can and glossy with small holes so it would be easier to center. You can remove the labels by putting them in water over night and label comes off and residue if any clean with alcohol. Before anyone jumping at me I said for fun and sake of trying, I bought a bunch of dvds from fry's $14 for a hundred pack and they were all Taiyo Yuden labeled as CG and they were printables too. I played SAW 5 recently and the dvd player goes crazy it make it spin up and down and at super speed with such a noise that I took it out, I didn't want it to ruin my Oppo so even a manufactured dvd could ruin a player.

Cole · Posted: Feb 07, 2009 03:42

In the dim distant past when I experimented with stick-on labels (VCD days) one of the labels peeled itself off the CD, within the DVD Player, during playback.

I never used them again.
_________________
Cole
*My video pages

LCSHG · Member Joined: 25 Jan 2005

Labels

I had put on a number of self -s tick labels
I was having problems and this was blamed on the labels, Balance, weight, etc.
I was advised that the labels were at fault, TAKE UM OFF
OK so I went to remove them This was not easy and very sticky, the Verbatim disks were the worse because of a film that was on them.. I gave the whole removal thing up.

This was all, a long time ago.
In the mean time I was having problems with the DVD drives themselves. Evan though the advice was to replace them I felt they could be saved and spent a lot of time on them

I finally pulled the drives on alll 12 of my personal units and some 35 fiends units and replaced them. At the same time I developed [found ] a proper way to use and reuse RW disks.

I still have more than 300 disks with labels. They are 3-4 years old, are not out of balance, create excessive wear, warp the disks, come loose, etc. They work perfectly

I gave up using Labels some 3 years ago, BECAUSE the time spent wasn’t worth it

jagabo · Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: none

I probably made about 30 discs with labels several years ago when I first started making DVDs. They all played fine in my DVD player at the time and in the computer. Then one day I got a new DVD player. Almost all the discs with labels didn't play properly in the new player. After removing the labels they all played fine once again.

Now, several DVD writers and DVD players later I occasionally stumble across a disc with a label still on it. They usually don't play. Removing the label has always fixed them.

Ogilvy · Member Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Location: Germany

Goodbye labels & thanks for the useful information

hayleyjd · Member Joined: 01 Mar 2009 Location: New Zealand

lordsmurf · Posted: Mar 01, 2009 03:47

If you insist on having pretty pictures on your discs, then use inkjet media.
_________________
digitalFAQ.com -- Help with VHS to DVD, DVD recorders, other video/photo issues.
NoMoreCoasters.com -- How to avoid bad burns, how to find the best blank DVDs.

pepegot1 · Member Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Location: South Florida

I have used sticky labels for years with issue.

turk690 · Member Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Maybe you mean without issue...?
_________________
Let us part now as friends and be lovers again when spring comes.

jagabo · Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Location: none

It's only a matter of time...

piano632 · Member Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: U.S.A.

Some of the public libraries around me put clear labels on all their CD's with metal theft strips underneath. They don't seem to harm the discs, but they do strain the player sometimes.

I don't know what possessed me to buy some of these labels, but I did. I was thinking about protecting the vulnerable label side of CD-R's, but is it worth it. The ones I got aren't totally clear, more of a frosty clear and it's hard to put them on without getting trapped air bubbles. It's practically impossible to take them off without destroying the disc.

But if you ever need some frosty clear labels, here's where to get them:
http://www.vernonlibrarysupplies.com/cgi-bin/vernlib.cgi/6690CD.html