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> The variety in Walmart’s DVD bin is seemingly endless: and for a price of about $5 per disc that you can hang onto forever, you can’t really go wrong. Am I t
by juujian 3y ago
> The variety in Walmart’s DVD bin is seemingly endless: and for a price of about $5 per disc that you can hang onto forever, you can’t really go wrong.
Am I the only one who thinks that this premise is flawed? DVDs, like any physical storage medium, have a limited lease on life. If I was serious enough about movies to go into a store and pick them by hand, the first thing in would do is to create a digital backup. And when you already have a social copy, why not just watch that one instead?
- dkasper 3y agoPeople forgot about scratched dvds, it’s been too long ;)
- babypuncher 3y agoDVDs and Blu-Rays can be easily backed up.
- bcraven 3y agoI can vouch for MakeMKV and Plex as a good solution. Now I have a streaming service that's only full of my media, and my interests.
- silverquiet 3y agoWhat's going to live longer - a piece of plastic stored properly, or you? I have vinyl records from owners who are now deceased, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.
- bsjxjeb 3y agoUnless you have an illness, it's most likely you. I'm not worries about the plastic part of a DVD at all but the metallic layer will last you 10-20 years if stored away from any UV
- silverquiet 3y agoHow does the metallic layer degrade? I was under the impression that disc rot was solved rather long ago.
- timw4mail 3y agoEven LaserDiscs, which are probably the format most prone to "laser rot" are mostly fine. Laser rot is kind of a non-issue: it's generally down to manufacturing defects.
- elzbardico 3y agoWell. With DVDs you CAN rip them and store the backups. Not sure though about blueray disks.
- yoyohello13 3y agoYou can with blueray too, but the legality is dubious.