Warner Bros is replacing some DVDs that ‘rot’ and become unwatchable – but there’s a big catch that undermines the value of physical media
People who rip discs to make a backup aren't necessarily immune either: rewritable Blu-Rays and DVD discs may only have a lifespan of five to 10 years. But it's more understandable than ever that ...
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phase change disc
A rewritable optical disc. First used in drives by Panasonic in the late 1980s, the phase change technology was subsequently employed in all major optical drives, including CD-RW, DVD-RW ...
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End Of An Era: Sony Cuts Production Of Writable Optical Media
Let’s examine what’s going on, and explore the near future for writable optical discs. These will soon be a rarity. Sony’s plant in Tagaze, Japan was the home of its optical disc ...
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External backing stores - optical discs
CD-R - meaning CD-Recordable, the user can write data to the CD once or fill it over time using multi-session (writing to the same disc on separate occasions). CD-RW - meaning CD-ReWritable ...