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| dreama1:
--- Quote from: scoobs22 on May 25, 2018, 01:41:36 am ---That's cool, I look forward to your petty "I told you so." --- End quote --- Don't worry there's millions of those PCE-CD games in circulation it'll be awhile before it affects your anecdotal 5 disc collection. |
| scoobs22:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on May 25, 2018, 02:59:51 am --- --- Quote from: scoobs22 on May 25, 2018, 01:41:36 am ---That's cool, I look forward to your petty "I told you so." --- End quote --- Don't worry there's millions of those PCE-CD games in circulation it'll be awhile before it affects your anecdotal 5 disc collection. --- End quote --- Lol I'm glad I don't take forum posts personally like you do. Seems a miserable way to live. |
| telly:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on May 23, 2018, 10:27:49 pm ---Disc life is 25 years before it starts eroding. If you want to see what the process looks like speeded up, look at VHS tapes. --- End quote --- And what's the hard evidence that it's 25 years? It seems to me like your evidence is just as anecdotal |
| tripredacus:
--- Quote from: telly on May 25, 2018, 08:12:07 am --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on May 23, 2018, 10:27:49 pm ---Disc life is 25 years before it starts eroding. If you want to see what the process looks like speeded up, look at VHS tapes. --- End quote --- And what's the hard evidence that it's 25 years? It seems to me like your evidence is just as anecdotal --- End quote --- Recordable optical media have a life span of 15-30 years (estimated) due to the fact that organic dyes are used to make them writable. Pressed optical media has the estimated life span of 200 years. For magnetic tape, there is a bit of confusion on the subject. Most magnetic tape lifespan information uses the period of 10-20 years, but this value comes from a study regarding using tape to store data, and it was recommended to verify and overwrite the data every 10-20 years to verify storage. This is not a lifecycle statement at all. As it should be obvious that magnetic tape from 40-50 years ago is still usable today. |
| telly:
Well and I think the issue with the statement that "Disc life is that 25 years" (or x years for that matter), is that it implies that all discs have a hard, definitive lifespan of that time. Which as scoobs mentioned, isn't the case. If you said "25 years give or take depending on how it's stored and used" that would be a more accurate statement. But it seems like according to trip it stretches well beyond 25 anyway. |
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