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Old? I feel like a dinosaur because I still watch shock DVDs. Still no ads. No DRM. No funky software needed, though, TBH, the bits are encrypted. Not sure how
by titzer 7y ago
Old? I feel like a dinosaur because I still watch shock DVDs. Still no ads. No DRM. No funky software needed, though, TBH, the bits are encrypted. Not sure how long optical media lasts, but I am hoping these things last a few more decades.
- scarface74 7y agoDVDs don’t have DRM????
- flo123456 7y agoThey do. But it’s been broken for 20 years or so.
- rollingbarreler 7y agoI believe CDs and DVDs used organic compounds for their data layer, which begins physically rotting and destroying the data later Later disks like M-disc type DVDs and Blu-ray don't use living components and don't really age
- titzer 7y agoPrinted CDs and DVDs have nothing but plastic and aluminum. If you are referring to CD-R(W) and DVD-R(W), these use phase change materials, the exact composition of which I am not sure. https://volga.eng.yale.edu/teaching-resources/cds-and-dvds/methods-and-materials https://volga.eng.yale.edu/teaching-resources/cds-and-dvds/m... Also remember organic != living. Organic is basically hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen and carbon chains in molecules. They vary greatly in their durability and may or may not be useful to carbon-based life.
- swilliamsio 7y agoYour DVDs don't have unskippable anti-piracy ads and ads for movies that released decades ago?