The dream of DivX is alive at Warner Brothers
This is also a big problem for police, courts and public archives who have lots of interview records on DVDs.
I suppose you guys have never seen LaserDiscs before. Disc rot is nothing new.
Plastic shopping bag: lasts 1000 years stuck in a bush outside a Tesco without breaking down
Carefully engineered storage medium stored in ambient temperature indoors in a case:
CRUMBLING
Back them up while you can.
Disc-rot. -It happens but it’s not as common as its made out to be. In my collection it’s only occured in 2 out of 500+ discs.
apparently xbox 360 discs were particularly susceptible.
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I’m old enough to remember people lying that compact discs were practically indestructible.
I think the early rounds of those trying to get people to switch to the format were motivated by the fact that tapes were easily recordable by everyone.
Well, compared to vinyls, they’re a lot more durable. Vinyls degrade by each play a lot more than CDs.
I have Audio-CDs from the 80s that are still playing 40 years later. And I have CDs with deep scratches that also play without problems.
I think the early rounds of those trying to get people to switch to the format were motivated by the fact that tapes were easily recordable by everyone.
Tapes tear and require mechanical parts. But it wouldn’t happen were there not commercial interest.
Tapes are overall simply worse. The fact that the more you use them lends to them becoming worse quality overtime is a big reason they suck.
you could run while listening to tapes - CDs kind of but not really
I remember having a cd player with a skip buffer in it. Still didn’t really work for running like you’re saying but at least I could bounce around on the bus to and from school without it constantly skipping.
The CD wasn’t really suited to be played Mobile (though I did have a portable CD player). It should rather be compared to vinyl in that regard.
I think tapes are great because no portable audio player ever came close to the Walkman regarding its cultural impact. The fact that anyone could record tapes opened up a lot of creative options.
For properly mastered music to be enjoyed at home on a potentially expensive setup, the CD was very close to perfect.
If we are talking portables, then just get a simple mp3 player and rip the CDs.
There was a time before mp3 - pepperidge farm remembers! But yeah, now? I still have a cowon mp3 player that I just can’t find myself to throw in the trash…
Cowon made some amazing hardware at one point.
Was an interesting time to be in love with music and hardware for sure!
