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  • Gary D
    Lord of Digital Video
    Lord of Digital Video
    • Dec 2005
    • 2266

    Brand new "DVD Rot"??

    DVD Rot??

    I have been accused of wrecking a brand new dvd by a member in my household. She says that my burner destroyed this DVD. Since I had bought it, I exchanged it. BTW, I own about 100 pressed DVDs now and this was the only one I ever had problems with. It would not play in my computer or 4 of my players.

    I started doing some research and found this article dated Jan 2003 called DVD rot. LINK

    Here is a link to another article that calls it fact or fiction: http://hometheater.about.com/cs/dvdl.../aadvdrota.htm

    But the better question is "Can a DVD burner/rom damage a pressed DVD?"

    I thought for a drive manufacturer to use the DVD logo/copyright that it could not do damage to a pressed disc. Is this a fallacy?

    I have ripped several of my discs numerous times and the originals still play fine. I need some evidence to explain to a newb(ie) why a DVD drive/burner will not harm a pressed DVD.

    Thanking you in advance,

    Gary D
    Gary D
  • Chewy
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2003
    • 18971

    #2
    first off the plastic in the pressed disk is not a phase change organic dye and the laser in read mode is no different from a standalone laser.

    heat does destroy pressed disks, a friend at a rental store told me the buffers they use can ruin a disk real quick.

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    • Gary D
      Lord of Digital Video
      Lord of Digital Video
      • Dec 2005
      • 2266

      #3
      Originally Posted by Chewy
      heat does destroy pressed disks, a friend at a rental store told me the buffers they use can ruin a disk real quick.
      My kids once left a DVD in their player for 4 days when we were camping. I came back and the "burned" disc was unplayable then. I figured it had overheated as I had that movie on a continuous loop for them.
      Gary D

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      • Chewy
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2003
        • 18971

        #4
        from extensive summer car dash tests, cd-r's seem real sensitive

        2 hours in direct sun in a cd wallet will cause fuji's reflective coating to start flakeing

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        • katzdvd
          Lord of Digital Video
          Lord of Digital Video
          • Feb 2006
          • 2198

          #5
          from extensive summer car dash tests, cd-r's seem real sensitive
          2 hours in direct sun in a cd wallet will cause fuji's reflective coating to start flakeing
          I am bad for this; I have some maxell "deep brown" colored cdr's. After a full summer of "baking" in the car. they turned light yellow & had playability problems; not really skipping, but more of a "screeching" sound when playing some of the tracks, esp. near the end/edge of the disc.

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