I've heard that CDs last, at most, 50 years. Is this true? If yes, how exactly does it happen? They suddenly decompose after that period? I can't see any traces of oldness on any CDs, which should appear if the statement is true.

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probably means more like wear and tear kinda shit.

CDs will eventually go away as a storage media, like vinyl, then 8 track tapes, then casettes. YOu can burn them on DVDs now. Suspect there will be more advances forthcoming. Damn, I still got the vinyls.


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Originally posted by smokeape CDs will eventually go away as a storage media, like vinyl, then 8 track tapes, then casettes. YOu can burn them on DVDs now. Suspect there will be more advances forthcoming. Damn, I still got the vinyls. [[[smoke]]] Paul van Dyk - Crush (Vandit Club Mix)

I'll never get anything else than CDs. I love them just like the vinyl generation loves vinyls.

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haven't they only been around about 25 years?
i don't see how they could know that, unless cds have a half-life or something

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Originally posted by mezzir haven't they only been around about 25 years? i don't see how they could know that, unless cds have a half-life or something

I think they did some "extreme conditions" test that was supposed to include what otherwise would happen over 50 years.

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basically, yeah..they break down over time and get "holes" in them. They are starting to notice it in the old school cd's circa 1990. Now given the quality of the CD's have improved over the past 15 years as well, but they are still subject to the same thing over a period of time (probably longer)

I'm not sure if it's UV exposure, or chemical breakdown...I read an article on it a couple months ago...I believe posted here, even.

google it...I'm not interested in looking it up. I'm too scared to find out when I'll lose all my classic choons...

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Originally posted by PhloTron basically, yeah..they break down over time and get "holes" in them. They are starting to notice it in the old school cd's circa 1990. Now given the quality of the CD's have improved over the past 15 years as well, but they are still subject to the same thing over a period of time (probably longer)

But I have CDs from around that time, and I can't see, feel or hear any sign of decomposure.

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Originally posted by DJ Cinos But I have CDs from around that time, and I can't see, feel or hear any sign of decomposure.

Wait until they're 20 and see if that still holds true. I've heard of some CDs manufactured in the 1980s that are already going. I guess the only positive thing to say about old CDs that are not 'remasters' is _that_ music actually had care during mastering back then and wasn't the in-out thing it is today where they just try to make the music louder than anything (and squeeze all of the dynamic range out of the music) (some people call this the 'loudness race' and it took place in the 1950s as well).

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Originally posted by DJ Cinos I've heard that CDs last, at most, 50 years. Is this true? If yes, how exactly does it happen? They suddenly decompose after that period? I can't see any traces of oldness on any CDs, which should appear if the statement is true.

i red in some paper or smth that the japanese actually found some sort of cd-virus ro smth like that - i know it sounds funny but they can get infected by that sort of cd-fungus and kinda "rot" from that shit... so...

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