It has come to my attention that the new DVD’s that are arriving over are tattletaped. The tape is actually on the DVD so you will need to desensitise them (this can be done through the case). So if you hear the bells going off this may be why!!
For secuirty reasons I think we need to continue to sotre DVD’s out of their containers as it is not hard to remove this tape.
It was my understanding that putting labels on CDs or DVDs or Blue Ray discs should not have labels, tattle tape or anything attached to them. Personally I would label the protective containers (envelopes) that come the discs in, but not the discs.
Why I hear you exclaim…
1. The tattle tape can unbalance the disc causing the player to worker harder to play the disc and reduce the player’s life.
2. A unbalanced disc will make a lot of noise playing. Whirling, grinding type noises.
3. The label could fly off (or catch) and get stuck inside the player.
4. Discs can be beautiful, why mark them?
Dave, maybe you should pass this on to collections? I know nothing about the workings of DVD’s! I wasn’t even told it was happening- It was only my public library experience that led me to recognise what the metal strips were when I unpacked our new stuff.
The sticker that holds the metal tattle strips in place is clear so the majority of the disc is still visable….
It is also a bad idea to tattle tape the disks for conservation reasons – anything acidic (like the glue that the tattletape is stuck on with) will cause deterioration. Plus you are not supposed to expose such media to magnetic fields which can cause the data stored on the disc to degrade over time.
The tattle tapes used on these discs are designed specifically for this purpose and are precision balanced so as not to affect performance. There is a clear film overlay with strong adhesion over the entire surface of the disc. The magenetic strips can’t be removed without removing the overlay and stuffing the disc in the process. Archival quality adhesive is used to avoid degradtion of the discs. (Although conservation is not a consideration for the vast majority of our DVDs and CDs.)
Thanks for your reply Cynthia. It is good to know that conservation concerns are being considered, we may not want these things to last forever in all cases but presumably we want them to last for the span of their useful life.