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Got around to replacing the drive on my BD player - very pleased with the upgrade. Visually apparent it's a quieter, sturdier drive:

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KenMasters said:
Got around to replacing the drive on my BD player - very pleased with the upgrade. Visually apparent it's a quieter, sturdier drive:

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What was the reason for the upgrade, or should I rather ask, what issues did you have with the older one?
 
AdrianH said:
What was the reason for the upgrade, or should I rather ask, what issues did you have with the older one?
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This past year I've come across two discs where the player gets to a section where the image starts to pixelate and then freezes up, prior to that I'd never had a problem. On the one disc I know it wasn't doing it in that scene before and the other disc I put in my new region A player and it had no problem playing it back.

The player is six years old and the laser does wear out after a time.
 
KenMasters said:
This past year I've come across two discs where the player gets to a section where the image starts to pixelate and then freezes up, prior to that I'd never had a problem. On the one disc I know it wasn't doing it in that scene before and the other disc I put in my new region A player and it had no problem playing it back.

The player is six years old and the laser does wear out after a time.
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Something a little off topic is my experience a few months ago is that a lot of my burnt CDs/DVDs from the 00s have deteriorated and can't be read. These are of various media like study material, projects, source code, documents, old MPs, various app, etc I tried in both an external USB DVD drive, and an older DVD drive in my old laptop. Only about 4 of the 20 discs would read. Fortunately, two of discs were ones I wanted to get stuff off, so happy about that. Some other stuff I have already backed up to the cloud a few years ago, but a lot of my varsity stuff is gone forever 😞

Theres a significant difference between burnt and pressed discs with burnt surviving 10 years, at most 15 years under good conditions. Pressed I believe easily survive 50 years if looked after and push 80 odd years if really really looked after.
 
AdrianH said:
Something a little off topic is my experience a few months ago is that a lot of my burnt CDs/DVDs from the 00s have deteriorated and can't be read. These are of various media like study material, projects, source code, documents, old MPs, various app, etc I tried in both an external USB DVD drive, and an older DVD drive in my old laptop. Only about 4 of the 20 discs would read. Fortunately, two of discs were ones I wanted to get stuff off, so happy about that. Some other stuff I have already backed up to the cloud a few years ago, but a lot of my varsity stuff is gone forever 😞

Theres a significant difference between burnt and pressed discs with burnt surviving 10 years, at most 15 years under good conditions. Pressed I believe easily survive 50 years if looked after and push 80 odd years if really really looked after.
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Blu-rays stored properly are expected to last 80-100 years. They're also less susceptible to damage from scratches and the like than DVDs.

Anecdotally I watched a 20+ year old DVD of mine just last week (that was stored in a damp garage for 15 years) and it was perfect, then my Dad called me over the weekend to help him set up his BD player so he could watch his old Fawlty Towers DVDs again (also from said garage) - still working no problem.
 
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KenMasters said:
Anecdotally I watched a 20+ year old DVD of mine just last week (that was stored in a damp garage for 15 years) and it was perfect, then my Dad called me over the weekend to help him set up his BD player so he could watch his old Faulty Tower DVDs again (also from said garage) - still working no problem.
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I think it is time for a rewatch :p

fawlty towers funny walk GIF
 
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