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Flash media has capacitance based charge that degrades with time, a CD will degrade approximately never.
by throwaway2048 8y ago
Flash media has capacitance based charge that degrades with time, a CD will degrade approximately never.
- TheOtherHobbes 8y agoCDs do absolutely degrade. CD-Rs are so unreliable they're almost useless as an archival medium, and not a few commercial CD run had manufacturing defects which affected long-term stability. CDs are also imperfect. There are two levels of error correction. Both affect the sound. The only perfect format is digital storage of a lossless source such as a bit-perfect CD rip or direct digital master copy, with multiple copies in different locations.
- ahartmetz 8y agoCD-Rs are not so bad if you don't write them at maximum speed (you'll still need to store them in a dark place / case). It is pretty well reported that writing at maximum speed causes higher initial error rate and worse longevity, yet most people don't even seem to consider the possibility to reduce speed.
- TazeTSchnitzel 8y agoDisc rot is, sadly, a thing, but in general commercially produced CDs are pretty reliable.
- stordoff 8y agoThe possibility of getting a bad batch exists. Slightly different I know, but of the Warner HD DVDs I own, approximately 80% are now unreadable due to IIRC the glue used.