Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCheck your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing themwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1171arrow-down11
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minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoHow does one find the manufacturing date of the discs?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoCut it open and count the rings
minus-squarestankmut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIf you turn the disc over, you can actually count the rings without needing to cut into it! This lets you skip having to glue the disc back together after checking the age.
minus-squareyessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIf you have the dvd case, it’s in the back of it, at the bottom somewhere
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 days agoNo, it is not. I just scrutinized half a dozen DVD cases with a magnifying glass. They had copyright dates, but no disc manufacturing dates. I wonder if the numeric codes printed around the hubs of the discs can be decoded into manufacturing dates.
How does one find the manufacturing date of the discs?
Cut it open and count the rings
If you turn the disc over, you can actually count the rings without needing to cut into it! This lets you skip having to glue the disc back together after checking the age.
If you have the dvd case, it’s in the back of it, at the bottom somewhere
No, it is not. I just scrutinized half a dozen DVD cases with a magnifying glass. They had copyright dates, but no disc manufacturing dates.
I wonder if the numeric codes printed around the hubs of the discs can be decoded into manufacturing dates.