Life Expectancy of DVD's?
FusionFury
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Just wondering how long a DVD should last with average use?
And is it easy to rip my DVD collection to my computer? how much space does it take up? I've some classic DVD's which mean more to me than the materialistic value.
And is it easy to rip my DVD collection to my computer? how much space does it take up? I've some classic DVD's which mean more to me than the materialistic value.
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I imagine Blu-Rays would last longer?
Does that include all the bonus content on the DVD such as deleted scenes, alternate endings, and commentary?
There were widespread pressing errors in the late-80's/early-90's, which mean that a relatively large number of CDs are now showing "bronzing" or "tea-staining" discolourations as the data layer slowly rots. Most of them still play OK, but will almost certainly become faulty sooner or later. There are also instances from the early days of full colour label printing on disks, where the screenprinting inks & process "ate into" the plastic layer over time, affecting the data layer.
Those error-based instances aside, the vast majority of CDs from the first days of the format over 30 years ago still play fine, and there's no reason to believe they won't continue to do so for decades to come, DVDs likewise, ironically enough almost certainly lasting at least until the formats eventually become obsolete in themselves. (NB this doesn't apply to recordable media, which is proving to have an average shelf-life in the region of 5 years or less!!)
Probably best to start ripping your DVD collection though - as anyone who still owns floppy computer disks will tell you, you never know when you might wake up one morning and find you've nothing to play them on!