CD's Stand upright and lay flat?

KAM

Good evening,
Once again I'll ask:when storing CD-R's- do I lay them flat or stand them up on end? I can't remember which...my memory is going ....going....:dunno
Thanks a bunch!
KAM

gus

I keep some on the desk...on the monitor...on the fridge...on the floor...on a chair...even one under the cat beside me at this very moment.

Xtopherous

It really shouldn't matter which way you store your disc media (in terms of horizontal vs. vertical, at least).

ziggy53

Phonograph records were sensitive to how they were stored because they were made of polyvinyl plastics, which can be distorted by improper storage.

CDs are made of much more stable plastics (polycarbonate) and are relatively immune to storage orientation. I actually store my backup CDs/DVDs on an old bulk spool, so they are stacked flat, just like bulk blank CD-Rs are stored and shipped.

ziggy53

SpeshulEd

storing cds on a spool is a good idea - the cds themselves actually have a small ridge on the center circle, so when stacked on top of each other, the burnable part of the cd isn't actually pressing against each other.

Plastic cd cases also offer this same protection, as they keep the cd slightly raised above the plastic case.

be very careful if you store your cds in booklet/cases as they have no protection, and can be scratched when you insert or pull out the cd.

another note on cds, the ones with just the silver top aren't as good as the ones with the plastic coated top. the silver top is actually what you're burning when you burn the cd. if the top of the cd gets scratched, or flakes at all, you're screwed far more than if scratch the bottom of the disc.

hope that info is helpful.

JamieC

It's also advised to keep the CDs away from light, especially sunlight.

jamie

cabbey

Much of this thread on dvds is just as applicable to cds.

KAM

Whenever I learn something new I consider it a "wrinkle in my brain"...so here's to wrinkles of the best kind.....thank you so much everyone!
Kindest Regards,
KAM

rgbivens

The only reason you should worry about this is if you store them in a cd/dvd book. And then you only need to worry about it if you are accessing the cd/dvds a lot.

The reason for 'standing it up' is to keep the rubbing force on each cd/dvd down to a minimum. When you lay a book flat the dvd's on bottom have a large force pushing down and if the book is shifted any this might cause micro scratches, ie disk rot...

But cd/dvd's are very tough like somebody above said. So in my world it doesn't matter if i lay the book flat or sideways...

-Grant