It waited 31 years just for me to do this.

  • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)OPEnglish
    11•1 year ago

    The damage was done from label side, however with CDs there’s just a thin lacquer layer below the label and that’s it.

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    Which is why you also shouldn’t write onto CDs with permanent markers.

    DVDs on the other hand have a relatively thick plastic layer on top, offering fairly good protection.

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    Edit: Added white background to 1st image

    • verdare [he/him]
      7•1 year ago

      Can’t CDs also have two layers of plastic? I thought it was just cheap CDs that printed the label directly onto the data layer.