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Tick tock, buyfriends.

>> No.5669478

>>5669473
Every one of my optical disc playing systems are modded to play burned discs. Failing that, there's emulation. And not a single one of my authentic discs is afflicted with disc rot.

This thread is retarded.

>> No.5669492

>>5669478
How's that laser assembly holding up without all those CD-Rs it's reading, friendo? Tick tock...

>> No.5669494

>buyfriends
Yeah, you know, back in the day, downloading emulators wasn't a thing.
The fact you're younger and weren't around in actual /vr/ times doesn't turn people who were actually alive back then into "buyfags" or collectors all of a sudden. We just didn't sell or throw away our stuff and still have them.
Anyway carts > CDs.

>> No.5669496

>>5669492
Quite well, actually. and there are hundreds and hundreds of new old stock lasers still available. NEXT!

>> No.5669503

Being a person who has like 5000 CDs lying around, I can confirm disc rot is a myth. I don't have a single CD(!) with disc rot.
The only thing I have seen, is DVDs(!) that are glued together from two halves going dead and changing color (I can scan a few if you wanna see them).

>> No.5669528

>>5669473
A collector is likely to die before his collection suffers from disc rot, or any other passive aging. Did you forget we're mortal?

>> No.5669536

>>5669528
this. the fact that people give people views on this kind of crap worries me.

>> No.5669560

>>5669473
I have CDs that I bought in the 80s that still play fine

>> No.5669568 [DELETED] 

>>5669473
This is not "disc rot" its literal damage

>> No.5669570

>>5669528
>Early CDs already rotting away
>These discs were created before the race to the bottom and the rush to ever cheaper manufacturing
>Thinks he's likely to die before it decimates his precious collection
I'm sorry about you stage four cancer?

>> No.5669571

>>5669492
That's why they're bringing out optical disc emulators for consoles likes dreamcast, saturn and ps1 with more to come.
>emulator
That's emulating the transfer of data the exact same or faster than from a cd which will not change anything, though I'm sure some of you dunderheads will confuse it with cpu emulation.

>> No.5669583

>>5669571
They emulate the CD drive and all the security bypass needed. Been done on PCs since forever.

>> No.5669592

>>5669492
>>5669473
>I can't take care of stuff

>> No.5669597

>>5669473
Is he destroying it with his wizard mind-powers?

>> No.5669642

>>5669473
take care of your games
stop treat them like shit
it's that easy

>> No.5669679

Is disc rot a real thing? Every disc based game I own works fine still.

>> No.5669979

>>5669679
if you live in a damp basement yes, so that's why /vr/'s afraid of it.

>> No.5669983

>>5669473
>unkempt guy
>unkempt item

Checks out.

>> No.5669986

>>5669473

Printed CD's last between 25 and 500+ years. Depending how well you store them. Go home feggit.

>> No.5669993

>>5669679
>Is disc rot a real thing?
Yes, I fully relate except once a DVD did spontaneously turn to static one day. It was stored properly with the rest of them and hadn't been touched in months at least, so it had to be disc rot. Also I own some Laserdiscs, and air getting between the two sandwiched platters that are glued together causes "chips" or bits of static, like a worn out tape on some parts on some discs.

>> No.5669998

>>5669473
I only have had one retro game get rot. That was Daytona and I posted it here before. None retro shit rots like crazy though. Whole batches of Wii games are known for rot. The don;t get spots like in the pic, they get cloudy.

>> No.5670002

>>5669979
lol

>> No.5670003

>>5669979
AHhahahahhhaahahahaha oh shit anon

>> No.5670032

>>5669503
I've notice Warner Bros DVDs are shitting the bed at an extremely high rate.
My Superman TAS DVDs are trashed, and I've gotten WB-pressed discs from netflix(Attenborough wildlife shows) that fail reads.

>> No.5670042

>>5670032
>My Superman TAS DVDs
What DVDs? I want to know how safe my Superman DVDs are. I got a box set of 1-4, Supergirl (Limited Edition), and Superman II: The Donner Cut(almost as good as the ABC TV cut).

>> No.5670049

OH "The Animated Series"...huh, that sucks, but I still wonder how long my stuff will hold out. I got a Warner Bros. Goodfellas flipper disc from 1998 that seems fine.

>> No.5670053

>>5670042
It's the three-vol set of the animated series from the late-90s. Part of the DCAU(Bruce Timm).
Great show. I'm wondering now about my Looney Tunes and Animaniacs collections.

>> No.5670062

What's the argument here? Things eventually fail and shitty made things fail faster? Yeah I guess so, did I miss the memo when it stopped affecting any other form of storage such as cartridges

>> No.5670069

>>5669473
Cartridge, cassette, and VHS Master Race!

>> No.5670072

>>5670069
These things really don't get the respect they deserve.
Yes, shit quality. But at least they fucking work.

>> No.5670691

>>5669473
Jokes on you I keep my games in cryostasis

>> No.5670704

>>5669993
Laserdiscs are not CDs or DVDs. They are heavily affected by disc rot because large numbers of them were manufactured in factories with improper conditions.

>> No.5670709

>>5669478
He's making fun of buyfags, not backupcopyfags

>> No.5670710

>>5669503
Please do. I'd like to see them

>> No.5670720

Disc rot is not even a thing for digital mediums

Disc rot is a term that is being misused, it's only a problem for poorly-manufactured laserdiscs

You can see examples of actual disc rot on youtube. None will be CD, DVD or BD. Because when digital doesn't work, it doesn't work at all. With analog, you get errors but can still watch the shit.

>> No.5670726

Why does anyone care if discs are rotting? It's a digital format, you can back them up and never worry about losing the information. I'm a bit of a collectorfag myself, but it's silly getting yourself worked up over the inevitable, especially when there's really nothing on the line except a bit of sentimental value

>> No.5670731

>>5670720
You're just using different terminology then, the process is the same. CD/DVD decay is still called disc rot, and it is very much real. One of my Dreamcast games developed pinprick-sized holes despite looking brand new.

>> No.5670732

>>5670731
Nope, not the same thing at all. Again, misusing a term that's already being used for a different kind of issue with a different medium.

>> No.5670734

>>5670726
because for game hoarders there's no such thing as "preservation", you're supposed to use your old vintage discs on your dying console until they break

>> No.5670740

>>5669570
uh.. is this your attempt at bait lol?

>> No.5670742

>>5670732
Well then, supply me with a better term. If not disc rot, what do you call decay in digital discs?
>>5670734
I hope there aren't too many people like that.

>> No.5670746

tick tock, organic human beings.

>> No.5670753

>>5670049
>>5670053
How did you respond before you even knew he was going to say that? Samefag?

>> No.5670757

>>5670072
>vhs
>works

>> No.5670761

>>5670753
He just didn't realise what TAS stood for until that reply, weirdo

>> No.5670762

>>5670732
Are you the same autist that refuses to acknowledge how the term 'aged' is used?

>> No.5670926

>>5669473
Only if you don't look after your discs. I have a Utah Saints single that I bought in 1992 that works just fine.

>> No.5670934

>>5669473
'bout to post some real disk rot on some old CD-Rs that I have

>> No.5670949

>>5669494
>Yeah, you know, back in the day, downloading emulators wasn't a thing.
Your day had better refer to 1995 or earlier.

>> No.5670952
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5670952

this cd is from around 2000 or 2001. i used to collect cds and make mix cds and trade them with people back in high school and all that.

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5670956

This is not a CD-R, this is a real album from 1997 from a cheap record label. Not all CDs are equal. I have bought defective albums in the past and seen several defective and low quality CDs.

>> No.5670992

>>5670949
Seriously, late 90s was peak emulation, if you didn't think you were looking into the future as you downloaded roms (and deleted them within 24 hours!) you weren't paying attention.

>> No.5671029

>>5669494
zoomers on /vr/ can't comprehend that people did things before they were born; they act like people over 30 just decided last year to drop bills on retro games, it never occurs to them that we've had most of our games since they were new

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>>5670746
Nice try meatbag.

>> No.5671035

>>5669473
>Some day I'll be old enough to grow facial hair and post here

>> No.5671037

>>5671034
arigatou, discount t-800

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>>5671037
There's only one discount T-800 in my heart

>> No.5671256

>>5669679
>>5669979
Most of the people who should fear the discrot will die in his 40s for a heart attack or suicide.
Is not something to fear.

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5671385

>>5669473
>that balding wizard

>> No.5671589
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5671589

Tic tac, bygenfreonde.

>> No.5671598

>>5671029
They grew up in an era where selling your used games back to the store for credit was considered acceptable.

>> No.5671635

>>5669528
>>5669536
You fellows cannot even imagine how many cds are currently affected by disk rot. It's a lot more severe than you probably thinking.
T. no-intro / tosec supporter.

>> No.5671649

>>5669473
Making retarded threads about this shit should be a bannable offense.

>> No.5671654

>>5671649
The problem with that is it could just be a joke.

>> No.5671671

>>5670742
>Well then, supply me with a better term.
I thought about this and it's just better to just use disc rot as you're doing. For disc rot on laserdisc I'll use laser rot. Seems to be the common practice right now.

But I'll get you next time sucka!

>> No.5672241

>>5671654
So? There's no such thing as pretending to be retarded. You act that way or you don't.

>> No.5672356

>>5669473
I live in the North East where it can get really hot (over 100 degrees F) in the summer and very cold (-10 to -50 F) in the winter. As long as you keep your games/other CDs out of the attic or your car and in a place where the temp is comfortable they should be fine. Extreme temps can destroy CDs though and encourage rot. The hilarious thing is that I remember when they first introduced CDs. They said they would last forever and were even unscratchable when they first came out (not kidding) then the Milli Vanilli on stage incident happened.

>> No.5672358

>>5672356
BTW, I still have CDs from the early 90s that are fine because I take care of my stuff.

>> No.5672396

delicious bait OP really convinced those people with separate arbitrary standards from your own

it's not like we have mutual interests to talk about instead

>> No.5673980

>>5671635
every single one of my CDs including pc cd-rom games like putt putt, psx games, and sega cd are still completely fine and run without error. im not sure how people are actually convinced of the fact that discs 'rot' lmao

>> No.5674017

>>5673980
dude i posted a picture of real disk rot

>> No.5674032
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>>5669473
Lol I have laser discs from the 70's that are less rotted then that sit down fag.

>> No.5674043

>>5669473
How does this happen? None of my CDs have this problem, not even my hair metal CDs from the 80’s.

Do people do this to their discs on purpose?

>> No.5674727

>>5670753
I figured out what "TAS" meant and didn't want to waste his time.

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5674752

THIS IS IT GUYS! YEAR OF THE DISC ROT! REPENT!

>> No.5674773

>>5670952
>>5670956
How/where were these stores? I have music cds from the 90s and never had one issue. I think the owner is to blame for "disc rot". I think we need a new term for this, it's very misleading.

>> No.5674775

>>5674773
>stores
**stored

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>> No.5674865

>>5671589
Nice touch on the robe.

>> No.5674992

>>5670072
not if you live in a humid environment and don't keep them air conditioned

there is a reason VHS never took off in most of Asia, and VCD did

>> No.5674994

>>5672356
>>5672358
>>5674043
>>5674773
yes and no. disc rot is a combination of poor storage conditions and poor manufacturing processes.

if you store you discs properly: away from sunlight, away from extreme levels of humidity, they should be fine, IF the manufacturing standards were high. If the plant that pressed the discs was shit, your discs will rot eventually, no matter what you do.

bit rot is real too, but your optical media is likely to fail before your cartridges flip so many bits as to be unplayable. either way, this is all boogeyman bullshit. don't store your discs in a damp cave with the sun blaring on them and you'll be fine.

bait thread.

>> No.5675009

>>5674773
>>5674775
The burned one was always in a binder and the original stayed in the gem case on a shelf.
I have some disks that are just as old or older which are in much better condition, this is why I think it has to do with cheapness of materials used in production.