The Horror, the Horror!!

[Alec]

Now this article will keep you awake at nights!

My private nightmare!

[king ubu]

Part of the problem is that most people believe that it's the clear underside of the CD that is fragile, when in fact it's the side with the label. Scratches on the underside have to be fairly deep to cause skipping, while scratches on the top can easily penetrate to the aluminum layer. Even the pressure of a pen on the label side can dent the aluminum, rendering the CD unreadable.

(taken from link above)

Is this true? If so, count me among "most people"...

ubu

[Jazzmoose]

Is this true? If so, count me among "most people"...

ubu

Well, I didn't know that for a long time, but thanks to careful reading here at this very forum, I already knew that. (Just don't ask me for a link; I don't remember which thread...)

What I want to know is, what is this clown doing with his vinyl that it less permanent than CDs? Teaching his dog to catch them?

[Alexander]

I notice that the rot seems to affect CDs from the eighties. Those of us who have been upgrading are in pretty good shape, it turns out!

[BruceH]

I hope so!

[king ubu]

Is this true? If so, count me among "most people"...

ubu

Well, I didn't know that for a long time, but thanks to careful reading here at this very forum, I already knew that. (Just don't ask me for a link; I don't remember which thread...)

What I want to know is, what is this clown doing with his vinyl that it less permanent than CDs? Teaching his dog to catch them?

Thanks, Mark! Wow, I really wouldn't have thought so!

ubu

[nmorin]

"Soft water-based marker..."

So, seriously, the fact that I write on my CD-R's with a Sharpie means my discs are going to die on me? #$&^%#&!!!

[JohnS]

My experience was that 80s cds actually came with the holes.