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.



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