I'm under the impression that disc rot has only occurred on CDs
manufactured by PDO in th 80's and early 90's due to a manufacturing
error, i.e. it's not something that we generally have to worry about.
However, entropy is a whole 'nother issue.
-marco
quoted 37 lines K - here you be :
> K - here you be :
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> Disc rot (from what I gather) is a mfg. defect in CD pressing wherein the
> CD becomes "bronzed" at the edges and produces static-like noise when
> played. It's apparently cause by aluminum oxidation in the media and can't
> be rectified - only replaced.
> It's more common in laser discs but has happened in CDs as well.
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> jeff
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> http://www.brainwashed.com/c93/discog/discrot.html
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> http://www.foetus.org/misc/rot.html http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/
> (looks like most "help" infos are about replacement)
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> http://foetusized.org/cdrot.html
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> http://www.mv.com/ipusers/richbreton/m/files/cd_rot.htm
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> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/cdrot.htm
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> At 10:19 AM 1/28/2003, thorsten Sideb0ard wrote:
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> >i'd quite like to see replies on list as well.
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