DVD labels

1. tjborek
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   The latest issue of Videomaker says placing printed DVD labels directly on the disc itself can adversely affect playback. The writer instead recommended using just a Sharpie Pen. I'm having a hard time swallowing this one. So far I've put labels on home-burned DVD-Videos for all my clients, and they've had no problems. Paying customers prefer the look of a pretty, custom-created label. During a consultation, one of the first things I do is show my packaging. As a prospective customer, I'd laugh if a vendor told me a DVD would be labeled with a marker. The Videomaker article cited no specific study or proof of its claim that disc labels were bad. Can anyone personally attest to this argument?
   
   I'm ranting a bit because I just purchased another 100 blank Neato labels. The only playback problems I've had are the result of cheap DVD media or incompatible set-top players.
   
   T.J.

   Posted 8 years ago #

2. mrvideo
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   This is an issue on which experience is divided. I had no trouble with labels until I did my first long-form video. After 40 minutes gross pixellation occurred eventually followed by disk failure. I had the identical material on an identical disk with no label and it played perfectly. My reading on this suggests two things; paper labels are not recommended by anyone involved in manufacturing disks or players, and some people have experienced no problems while others have learned to avoid them. Printers like the Epson 900 are a great alternative, printing direct to disk. But even here I've read cautions about ink coverage having to be relatively uniform to prevent the disk going out of balance when spinning at high speed.
   
   David Hurdon

   Posted 8 years ago #

3. nobody
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   i WAS LABELING MY DVD'S WITH QUITE A NICE LOOKING LABEL AND EVERYTNING WAS GREAT UNTIL ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS WITNESSED DISC FAILURE, THERE MACHINE ACTUALLY SHUT DOWN. REMOVING THE LABEL REMEDIED THE PROBLEM...THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME TO STOP LABELING...INSTEAD i USE LARGER DVD CASE AND DESIGNED A NICE SLEEVE FOR IT...AS FAR A PACKAGING....i DONT WORRY ABOUT IT...MY WORK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

   Posted 8 years ago #

4. cfulton
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   No need to shout, we hear you loud and clear. It seems that heat becomes an issue when labels are used with DVDs, whose players generally run a bit hotter than CD players. (DVDs also spin at higher speeds than CDs, as well.) -Charles Fulton, Associate Editor, Videomaker Magazine

   (p.s. Happy Thanksgiving!)

   Posted 8 years ago #

5. nobody
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   hey gess what... Lexmark just came out with a printer that prints ono the disc...this means ink on disc minus the label...could be the answer..if you jump on this soon please email me and let me know if it works...thanx , Pat

   Posted 8 years ago #

6. nobody
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   I bought an Epson 900 for that reason. The only downside that I have found is trying to find quality ink-jet printable discs. Most brand names have not begun to sell them yet and my experience with off brands discs has not been good. Even with Verbatim,(the only brand name making them)I had a high rate of burning failures and a high incompatibility rate. Memorex is supposed to begin selling ink-jet printable dvd-rs this month which could solve the problem.

   Posted 8 years ago #

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