Dont all cds degrade over time? I love cartridges for that reason. I reckon Blurays will last quite a bit longer, as well.

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Posted by Mental on November 25, 2015 at 13:50:19 EST in reply to Is it your opinion that Saturns destroy genuine CDs as they play them? (n/t) from SignOfZeta.

Dont all cds degrade over time? I love cartridges for that reason. I reckon Blurays will last quite a bit longer, as well.

n/t

No. They don't. Ever. That's basically their main selling point.

(SignOfZeta)

(08:11:21 11/26/15 EST)

they totally do, unless they really are well made, which most are not!

(exodus)

(11:55:51 11/27/15 EST)

I own over 600 Laserdisc releases. I know what disc rot is. Its hugely HUGLEY over rated in the LD world and CD is probably 100,000 times more reliable than LD because they are single sided. CD is one of the most durable media in history. You certainly aren't going to be able to copy it to anything (yet invented) that's more reliable because there is no such thing. Maybe a glass CD with gold reflective layer I suppose, but its the same thing in the end. if you scratch it, its fucked, but otherwise its immortal. Now, its true that The Internet, with its infinitely redundant cave of ISO images would be more reliable than YOUR specific collection (or anyones) but your discs aren't going to rot away. That's total BS.

(SignOfZeta)

(21:31:34 11/29/15 EST)

well, alright! I've had some cheap CDRs that are no longer with us, but maybe the rest will be fine.

(exodus)

(14:07:01 12/01/15 EST)

CD is not CD-R. They aren't made in even vaguely similar ways. I don't have much of an opinion on CD-R, but since Saturn games aren't on CD-Rs I didn't think that's what we were talking about. Of course your shitty burns will die, just make more shitty burns.

(SignOfZeta)

(18:16:19 12/04/15 EST)

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