PSA - Sure Thing Labeler

[Candace]

Most people probably aren't using it anymore since you can buy CDRs and use a labeling in the CD burner, but back in the early aughts the Sure Thing CD labeler was a tool that seemed to allow you to easily label your CDs. Well, in the last month or so I've undertaken two projects, one to get all my DATs onto a hard drive and one to rip all my CDs at full resolution to an external drive, both official releases and some of the many shows I burned to CD over the years. The ones that have a Sure Thing label stamped onto the CD are really, really difficult to rip and seem to not play well. So, if anyone still uses that, I'd advise against it and just use a marker to label your CDRs. 

[vanark]

Most people probably aren't using it anymore since you can buy CDRs and use a labeling in the CD burner, but back in the early aughts the Sure Thing CD labeler was a tool that seemed to allow you to easily label your CDs. Well, in the last month or so I've undertaken two projects, one to get all my DATs onto a hard drive and one to rip all my CDs at full resolution to an external drive, both official releases and some of the many shows I burned to CD over the years. The ones that have a Sure Thing label stamped onto the CD are really, really difficult to rip and seem to not play well. So, if anyone still uses that, I'd advise against it and just use a marker to label your CDRs.

I think many of us would only write on the hub. In many trading circles you would only write the disc number on the hub and out a piece of paper in the sleeve. 

[phil_er_up]

Had some CD's that had labels on them that someone sent me and found that different CD players would act differently with those CD's. Had a plexor and 2 CD read/writers on two different PC's. Only one would read the label CD. So what I am getting at Candace is you have different CD players then you could try them. Also found if you have holes on top of the CD through the label then it would have trouble reading those. Can try and cover holes on label with markers and fill in the holes areas on the CD label.