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[Health Nut]

Just wondering what people recommends as the best brands as well as places to buy:

1) CD-R Blanks (Best Quality)

2) CD-R Labeling Software (CD Stomper, Sure Thing, etc...)

3) CD-R applicator and Printing lables, etc...

I have CD Stomper which apparently broke away from Sure Thing.  CD Stomper apparently uses a different companies software, and Sure Thing is now up to version 4 (I have version 1.X which is three years old and was sold with CD Stomper in the past).

I have the problem with labels bubbling up with those sold from CD Stomper... Do other people have labels that don't stick well enough?

I'm looking to start burning a new round of CD's, now that J River's has me so organized!  I'd like to start fresh with today's latest/best recommendations on all 3 items mentioned above.

I really like lots of cover art and stuff like that that came with Sure Thing... Just don't know if I should upgrade to version 4 or get someone elses's CD labeler or something...  Can Sure Thing read the tag info from J Rivers Media Center?  I haven't played with J River's CD labeler, but it looks fairly sparse compared to dedicated labeling software?  What do you think?

Either way, I'd appreciate recommendations on all three above!



Thanks!!!

[zevele10]

Cd
Verbamine

[JimH]

I think that was "Verbatim" but it is hot here.

[zevele10]

Verbatim -yes

VERY hot here

More than 90 in your degrees

[glynor]

This is kinda related, though only slightly so ...

We just got a BravoII CD/DVD Printer/Duplicator and it works WONDERFULLY!  If you happen to be in the market for something like that (it prints directly on the CD's and includes a burner too ... does it all in one step), it might be worth checking out ....

http://www.primera.com/

We use Verbatim media too and have had no problems.  I can't recommend any labels, since we print on the discs themselves.

[Health Nut]

1)  Verbatim, ok, sounds good to me.  If I may ask, why?  No big deal, but if you happen to include reason, that would be great.

I appreciate the dedicated CD burner/Printer since technically THAT IS best in class... but that would likely be a little much (probably >$500)  

2 and 3) Any other software/labeling systems recommendations?  I only know of "CD Stomper" and "Sure Thing"

I'm so sick of the labels bubbling off, so if anyone else has this problem, let me know or give me a recommendation please...

[Nolonemo]

I always burn Imation's, wait for 100s to go on sale at Best Buy or Office Max etc with a rebate, end up costing about $0.10 each.  Started using them because the silver bottoms would play in an old auto cd player that gagged on blue bottoms.  Kept with them because I like the silver color.  Never had a coaster.

If I were going to burn and print a bunch of CDs, though, I would buy an inkjet that and print directly to CDs, I expect you can find one for around $100 by now (previous model closeouts via ebay or liquidator) and print on white-tops.

[lee269]

Any other software/labeling systems recommendations?

I use Sure Thing Deluxe v4. I bought it because I got sick of being tied to various software for various manufacturers label stock with the free software you get in the packet, and I was too lazy to mess around creating custom templates.

Its pretty full featured, although I use very few of them. I dont bother too much with multicoloured designs for my labels.

Its pretty flexible as far as getting playlist data onto the label. It will read playlist info from CD-TEXT, CDDB (or somesuch internet lookup service), a playlist m3u file, mp3 files on a CD, or seemingly pick playlists straight from Windows Media Player (not tried this cos of course I dont use WMP ). For a data CD it'll pick up playlists from a directory file list. Of course you can just type stuff in.

However the playlist fields are limited to name, artist, album, playtime, filename, track # - basic stuff. I dont think it will read any other mp3 tag data, or other MC library fields. Cover art, if not stored within files, can obviously be used in the label design.

Oh yeah, STv4 came in a nice box with a little plastic gizmo to help you apply the label to the CD. It seems to work OK.

Overall, I reckon its pretty good, and suits my purposes, although a lot of its design features are overkill for my use. Id recommend it, but Ive not tried anything else in detail. Interestingly though, looking at the MC labeller it too doesnt seem to allow you to use all MC library fields, which might be a killer feature. MC labeller is basic compared to Sure Thing, but I reckon it probably does the job if you dont want fancy features.

Hope this helps.