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Topic	Do you have any dvds or blu rays that just won't play anymore but have no
Zeus 10/21/19 7:17:35 PM #13:	I'm not sure I've observed it so far. Even the ones with discoloration have still seemed to play. I've avoided buying ones where the color has started to turn black, though, since that seems like something has pretty seriously gone wrong with it. Normal discoloration -- where it just looks a shade different -- I'm pretty leery about as well. Granted, I've picked up a lot of used movies, shows, and games, so I might own some with issues that I have yet to discover the problem. ParanoidObsessive posted... If memory serves standard DVDs are supposed to last somewhere in the range of 70 years or so. And the decay happens regardless of care? ParanoidObsessive posted... Mead posted... Data rot is a thing. Its one of the reasons I dont really care about having physical versions of games. Those discs wont last forever. Most of them will last longer than the people who own them, though, which is more than you can say for most online services and servers. Well, that's depressing. ParanoidObsessive posted... True, but if everything is impermanent then it stops being a question of permanence and becomes a question of duration. ie, the better option is the one that has the highest probability of lasting longer. The only kinda plus is that media today will likely always exist somewhere in some form and generally be more available to the public. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:929066208] in Do you hav... [t:78097637]...</cite> <quote>I'm not sure I've observed it so far. Even the ones with discoloration have still seemed to play. I've avoided buying ones where the color has started to turn black, though, since that seems like something has pretty seriously gone wrong with it. Normal discoloration -- where it just looks a shade different -- I'm pretty leery about as well. Granted, I've picked up a lot of used movies, shows, and games, so I might own some with issues that I have yet to discover the problem. ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>If memory serves standard DVDs are supposed to last somewhere in the range of 70 years or so.</quote> And the decay happens regardless of care? ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>Mead posted...</cite> <quote>Data rot is a thing. Its one of the reasons I dont really care about having physical versions of games. Those discs wont last forever.</quote> Most of them will last longer than the people who own them, though, which is more than you can say for most online services and servers.</quote> Well, that's depressing. ParanoidObsessive posted...</cite> <quote>True, but if everything is impermanent then it stops being a question of permanence and becomes a question of duration. ie, the better option is the one that has the highest probability of lasting longer.</quote> The only kinda plus is that media today will likely always exist somewhere in some form and generally be more available to the public. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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