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Factory stamps are still not immune to bit rot, even when stored in ideal conditions.
by asciimov 3mo ago
Factory stamps are still not immune to bit rot, even when stored in ideal conditions.
- xienze 3mo agoMaybe not, but I think the concerns are a bit overblown. Just like the other poster, I've had CDs and DVDs that lived for over 10 years in an attic and a fair number of them are 25+ years old. No problems reading them!
- asciimov 3mo agoNearly a decade ago I digitized my families cds and dvds. The stamped discs had about a 10% failure rate, which was higher than I expected. Fortunately the vast majority of discs people own aren’t particularly rare, so if they loose a disc from a top 40 artist, they can easily get a replacement.