‘Disc rot’: If your old DVDs stop working, here’s what to do
Disc rot occurs when CDs, DVDs or similar optical discs deteriorate, becoming unreadable or creating playback issues such as ...
Your old DVDs are suffering disc rot — Warner Bros. will replace them: ‘They curdle like milk’
The YouTuber compiled a master list of “reported and confirmed” Warner Home Video DVDs that have rotted. In another Google Doc he created, he blames the faulty discs that were manufactured “roughly ...
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What Is Disc Rot? Physical Media's Greatest Boogeyman Explained
Maintaining and preserving physical media is more important than ever, but the depressing reality of disc rot plagues film ...
Check your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing them
Disc rot is not a new phenomenon, but as ArsTechnica notes, properly-cared-for DVDs should be playable for up to 100 years, ...
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Digitise old photos, tapes and disks before your history and memories fade to dust
We live in a world with an abundance of media. It wasn’t always that way. So digitise memories on analogue media before they disappear.
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What is Disc Rot And How Can You Prevent It?
Nowadays, collecting physical media is all the rage. With networks and studios disappearing, shows and movies, owning something on a disc means you have it for life.
“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases
DVDs, if taken care of properly, should last for 30 to up to 100 years. It turned out that the problems that Bumbray had weren't due to a DVD player or poor DVD maintenance. In a statement to JoBlo ...
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Warner Bros says it will replace certain DVDs damaged by 'disc rot', but you might not get the same movie you sent in for replacement
Disc rot (sometimes referred to as laser rot) is the tendency of CDs, DVDs and other optical discs to oxidise underneath the reflective layer, causing the adhesive to de-bond and often resulting ...
Alarm bells ring as many iconic movie DVDs stop working
The physical format is suffering a major setback in the movie business, and many users of Warner Bros. printed DVDs are in ...
Hundreds of Warner Bros. DVDs from the 2000s are rotting away
Film collectors recently discovered that potentially hundreds of Warner Bros. DVDs released between 2006 and 2008 have become unplayable due to laser rot. The company has ...
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Warner Bros. responds to ‘disc rot’ issue with its movie DVDs
Movie fans with a lovingly curated DVD collection might want to check the condition of any Warner Bros. discs in their library. It turns out that hundreds of DVD titles manufactured by the ...