Well, those 60 year old vinyl records that are still playable were no doubt treated pretty reverentially by their owner over that time. CDs that were handled a

Well, those 60 year old vinyl records that are still playable were no doubt treated pretty reverentially by their owner over that time. CDs that were handled as carefully as people handle vinyl have lasted at least as well (I don't have any 30 year old CDs but I do have some just getting to 20 years, and those still play fine).