Subj : Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
To : Nightfox
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Jul 18 2022 02:39 pm
-=> Nightfox wrote to Kaelon <=-
Ka> Considering optical media starts to decay in around 20 years, this is no
Ka> longer a theoretical. Any DVD or Blu-Ray purchased at the start of the
Ka> millenium is nearing its end-of-life. Best to rip it soon before quality
Ka> begins to decline.
Ni> That's what people say, but I have some old discs that I still
Ni> haven't had any problem with. I have a DVD movie I purchased a
Ni> little over 20 years ago, and I just watched it again a couple
Ni> months ago and it didn't have any problems. I also have a CD-R
Ni> that I backed up my original 90s BBS onto in 2000, and I was
Ni> still able to read it recently.
I agree with this. I have 25 year old CDRs (and CDRWs!) that I recorded
myself, and I just checked a couple of them right now. Worked fine.
Ni> For those who have experienced optical media "decay", I have to
Ni> wonder if those discs were stored somewhere that was too warm or
Ni> perhaps in sunlight or something.
I'd almost be willing to put money on that being the case. I don't
think the life of a CD/DVD is *infinite*, but I do think it's a *LOT*
longer than 20-ish years.
... So easy, a child could do it. Child sold separately.
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