| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1517 |
| Total number of notes: | 13349 |
I can find no discussion of this particular topic, so I thought
I enter a new NOTE. What substances can/cannot harm a CD? I've
been watching ads for "newfangled" storage devices (those that don't
use Jewel Cases), and some say " ... our device uses no harmful
plastic pockets ..." while others ARE plastic pockets! Of course,
there are lots of kinds of plastic.
One company, UNIVENTURE, has a storage system that looks like a
photo album - on the left, pockets for 4 CD booklets, on the right,
pockets for 4 CD's.
DISCover co. has a holder that's a "liner" that you slip the CD
into, then this goes into a plastic "sleeve".
Blakeman Enterprises' DISC-GO is a "take 'em with you" wallet-ish
thing that holds 20 CD's, again in some sort of plastic "sleeve".
Can these be potentially harmful to CD's?
-Jim
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| 1477.1 | From what I gather.....treat them like lp's! | VEEJAY::ECTOR | Chicago blues=Bears lose | Fri Jan 13 1989 12:05 | 25 |
I'd think that anytime you put "soft plastic" (as in these sleeves)
next to laquered, plastic coated aluminum (discs), you have to be
concerned about a few things. Heat, for one....considering that
soft plastic WILL stick to discs, thus making it difficult to pull
the disc out and making it accesible to damage. Another is cold
- which hardens the "soft" plastic sleeves, allowing for the same
possiblity. Beside all that, soft plastic has a tendency to sweat,
and I'd think that a damp environment for discs wouldn't be good.
I'd stick to the jewel box and those storage devices that are made
for the jewel box to fit in (including carrying cases).
CD's basically are susceptible to the same damages incurred by lp's
- scratching and warping. Handle a cd as you would an lp - by the
edges & in the case of CD, you can also touch the center hole with
no adverse effects. Don't use them for mini-pizza trays, leave them
in direct sunlight or leave them out to collect dust. Blow lint
off and for finger oil, etc., use only a slightly dampened, no-lint
cloth and lightly sweep from the center out.
The Cruiser
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| 1477.2 | Jam on it | WELMTS::THOMPSON | Oh He With BRIGHT Tie (:-)*- | Tue Jan 17 1989 04:12 | 12 |
I have found that even fingerprints can degrade the playing quality
of the CD so i invested in a cleaner from W.H. Smith (uk shop) that
uses a spray and then a circular motion cleans the disck with a
supplied pad this cleans the cd and removes any marks such a grease
or general finger marks. also i have found scratches by just putting
the cd into the player . I was under the impression that you could
play a CD with jam on it (iam not sure if jam is the write term
for the States) so I know look after my CD colletion with kid gloves
and store them in the origional package.
regards Ray (@wlo uk)
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| 1477.3 | where's the data? | HPSTEK::BROWN | Tue Jan 17 1989 11:28 | 9 | |
Whilst on the subject of marks, fingerprints and other surface
blemishes, it has suddenly dawned on me that i don't know which
surface matters!
Does anyone know if the information, or "tracks" are on the same
side of the disc as the writing, or the plain side?
Barry, at marlboro,mass
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| 1477.4 | plain side | GLASS::HULL | Hallalujah!! The Resurrection (Plan A) has come! | Tue Jan 17 1989 12:10 | 5 |
>> Does anyone know if the information, or "tracks" are on the same
>> side of the disc as the writing, or the plain side?
All the music information is read through the clear side (no printing).
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| 1477.5 | PROTECT THAT LABEL | FREEBE::RIEGLE | Tue Jan 17 1989 16:02 | 5 | |
The foil layer on which the information is recorded is read
through the clear side. However, the foil layer is very close to
the "label" side. A scratch on the lable side is more likley to
hurt the foil. I belive this is done so that small blemishes on
the clear side will be out of focus when the disk is read.
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