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| Warmsignal:
Two opinions here. I too think disc rot is a myth unless stored in the wrong connditions. It seems like disc rot conspiracy changes the life expectancy every time people can prove they have old discs that work just fine. Also just want to point out that some PS2 games have already risen in value. The market no longer needs to wait for the games to become antiquated before becoming collectable. Especially niche games. Back in the days of SNES I bet there were no NES games that were worth more than msrp already. |
| darko:
Blueray disks have a really heavy coating. Anything on a blueray should last a long while. The coating is pretty nuts on them. It's almost difficult to scratch unless you throw them around. |
| thecrypticodor:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on April 22, 2014, 04:59:11 pm ---I personally think disc rot is a myth started by people that don't take care of their discs or bought bad discs. Like has already been mentioned by others, I have CDs that came out in the early-to-mid 80s that work perfectly fine and that's about as old as discs get. And these are CDs I've listened to A LOT (I'm big on the 80s). --- End quote --- Same here I tons of early 80's CD that are absolutely perfect not a single one has any read errors. I've only ever heard of disc rot happening to laser disc's and that's even rare. It's only CD/DVD-R that has a 20-30 year shelf life. As long as you have a drive to read it optical media will last a hell of a lot longer than a hard drive will. |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: burningdoom on April 22, 2014, 03:53:53 pm --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on April 22, 2014, 02:19:13 pm --- --- Quote from: burningdoom on April 22, 2014, 12:23:49 pm ---I really need to get Gradius III & IV and Gradius V before they get there! I love me some shoot-em ups, and Gradius is one of the best series! I have the NES, SNES, and GBA ones. --- End quote --- Musha's better. :D --- End quote --- Great game, but you can't really call it a series, there's only 1. --- End quote --- Not true its on sega master system powerstrike 1,2 lol. |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: 90snostalga on April 22, 2014, 05:31:10 pm --- --- Quote from: burningdoom on April 22, 2014, 04:59:11 pm ---I personally think disc rot is a myth started by people that don't take care of their discs or bought bad discs. Like has already been mentioned by others, I have CDs that came out in the early-to-mid 80s that work perfectly fine and that's about as old as discs get. And these are CDs I've listened to A LOT (I'm big on the 80s). --- End quote --- Here me out on this one doom. Disc rot does occur; however, it's a time frame issue. When I using to produce music for local studios I learned a lot about the cd dye. CD's made after I believe 2000 or so, are made with less quality and the dye does fade over time. CD's from the 80s were produced hell of a lot better. As well as not just the dye but the coating. The coating after the dye since the late 90s or so, is not as heavy as a compact disc from the 80s. One of my grand mothers who used to work in the Silicon Valley for IBM back in the 60s, said they actually used cds back then (a little different form) and she claims those were fantastic durability compared to now. You are probably right about it does depend on how well cds are treated but it seems that most of my older cds from the 80s and early 90s do have less scratches. Hell, sometimes I will buy a new cd and it will get a scratch on it immediately after I take it out of the cd player from its first play. --- End quote --- How the hell does that work anyway? Shouldn't things be improving instead of going backwards. 1980s not really that long ago problems start after 30 years. http://www.rlvision.com/blog/how-long-do-writable-cddvd-last-400-discs-put-to-the-test/ |
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