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| dreama1:
--- Quote from: scoobs22 on May 25, 2018, 07:55:28 am --- --- 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. --- End quote --- Lol strange it sure looks like you do? What's with the angry messages and what's it got to do with what I said? Maybe stay on point? "Seems a miserable way to live." I think your projecting about yourself buddy. |
| dreama1:
--- Quote from: telly on May 25, 2018, 10:04:42 am ---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. --- End quote --- I didn't mean it has spontaneous combustion the day it turns 25 years of age. Who the hell knows how long the erosion period would last, it could easily take another 25 years. Adding the anecdotal of I own 5 discs that are older than 25 years doesn't add much or mean anything. In fact it could easily be eroding without showing obvious signs. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on May 25, 2018, 12:03:34 am --- --- Quote from: scoobs22 on May 24, 2018, 10:45:33 pm --- --- Quote from: dreama1 on May 24, 2018, 10:15:43 pm --- --- Quote from: scoobs22 on May 24, 2018, 06:15:29 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 --- There's no firm, predictable number of years as you're suggesting. I have nearly 40 TG-CD/PCE-CD games that have survived 25 years and not a single one has signs of becoming degraded. The quality of manufacturing and the way the disc has been handled are two factors that you have to consider. --- End quote --- scoobs22, anecdotal evidence means nothing you know? 25 years passing doesn't mean the suddenly break, it means the risk starts to climb from this point onwards. --- End quote --- Yes, I understand that. I also understand that when media manufacturers put a lifespan on their products, they don't really know if it's accurate, and they err on the side of caution to cover themselves. When it comes to how discs are holding up, I guess my collection is all I care about, and my collection is fine. --- End quote --- Worth bumping this thread in the future then. The PCE-CD is a regarded as a high risk with it's discs in particular. Dracula x has a lot of dead discs from disc rot. --- End quote --- I have rarely seen disc rot discussed on any forums etc as far as dead discs go from disc rot let alone of a paticular game such as rondo of blood for the pc engine cd. It is an earlier cd based system so on paper it should have a higher risk than newer cd based systems nothing else. in general I have not seen many people complain about disc rot and if they have in many cases the discs were abused not the greatest shape found at a flea market garage sale etc etc, it is out there for sure but It's never very clear how the discs were kept not to mention the scale of disc rot on even the older sega based cd games it's pretty rare atm. I'm very curious where you got this info from as far as the many supposedly dead discs of rondo of blood by disc rot. and while older cd based games have a higher chance of disc rot these are still game discs they were made allot sturdier than normal discs wich have an even higher chance of disc rot since game discs were products that would have been expected to be used/ replayed allot not to mention by kids. |
| telly:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on May 29, 2018, 03:12:06 pm --- I didn't mean it has spontaneous combustion the day it turns 25 years of age. Who the hell knows how long the erosion period would last, it could easily take another 25 years. Adding the anecdotal of I own 5 discs that are older than 25 years doesn't add much or mean anything. In fact it could easily be eroding without showing obvious signs. --- End quote --- That's pretty much exaxtly the claim you made though, which is why I brought it up. And it's why scoobs called you out on it too. |
| scoobs22:
--- Quote from: dreama1 on May 29, 2018, 03:05:58 pm --- --- Quote from: scoobs22 on May 25, 2018, 07:55:28 am --- --- 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. --- End quote --- Lol strange it sure looks like you do? What's with the angry messages and what's it got to do with what I said? Maybe stay on point? "Seems a miserable way to live." I think your projecting about yourself buddy. --- End quote --- I think it's all there for anyone to read. You accused me of using anecdotal evidence (which I absolutely did), then insulted my collection after I said that none of the discs are degrading, then used your own anecdotal evidence (Castlevania). Like a truly miserable person who's just looking for a fight. I'm finished with you. |
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