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xelement5x

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Re: What's your thoughts on disc life?
« Reply #15 on: February 02, 2014, 01:33:40 AM »
Quote from: EvilEvoIX on February 01, 2014, 01:59:45 PM
I know laserdiscs get laser rot, is this similar?

Laser rot is/was caused by issues with the manufacturing process that cause the metallic parts of the media to degrade.  It's possible that this could happen with modern stuff, but they've perfected the process pretty well of making CDs/DVDs at this point that I don't think rot in the traditional sense is an issue.
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Re: What's your thoughts on disc life?
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2014, 05:01:20 AM »
I have games and music CDs that are 25 years old and they all still work.  The only one that ever died on me was a copy of Rebel Assault that was left forgotten atop a table lamp; poor little guy got baked, warped to hell and stuck to the manual.  :(
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Re: What's your thoughts on disc life?
« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2014, 06:29:53 PM »
at the risk of offending: i'm quietly grateful for the emulation scene preserving these ISO's, at least we've got options.
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