RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

VisArt puts stickers on all their DVDs, which rotate at a higher rate 
(AFAIK) than CDs, and they seem to do OK.

Having said that, stickers on CDs suck. They make it difficult, 
sometimes, to insert/eject in those slot-loading players that are common 
in cars. They *could* give cheap CD players balance issues, as you 
suggest. They're also affixed directly to the usually-flimsy top layer 
of lacquer or ink that protects the data on the CD . . . do you know for 
sure whether the adhesive won't either eat through that layer & into the 
data, or stick to it so firmly that it pulls some off if the sticker is 
removed?

Anyhoo, if you're gonna do it, put it as close to the center as possible 
to minimize the wobble it'll cause.

James Hepler wrote:
> Would it ruin a CD to put a small, say 3/4 inch
> sticker on it?  That is to ask, do you think it would
> throw off the balance of a cd to do that?
>
> There are CD players with a mechanism that holds the
> CD steady, so I think in those it would be fine, but
> other CD players have the spindle that comes up from
> below.  That's the kind I'm worried about.
>
> What say ye?