Do dvd-r's self destruct?

[slackerinabox]

I have a princo brand dvd-r that I tried playing two years after I burned it (early adaptor, baby) and the thing doesn't work.. No scratches, nothing.. Worked fine a year ago on the same dvd player.. Anyone have any similar experiences? I've switched to Ritek now but wonder if it's the media or the nature of DVD-r...

 

[Maverick]

I've heard that...seems scary to me considering the vast majority of my burned stuff is on princo DVD-R

maybe I should try backing some of them up to Ritek.

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
I've heard that...seems scary to me considering the vast majority of my burned stuff is on princo DVD-R

maybe I should try backing some of them up to Ritek.

I'm not sure if it's princo or dvd-r in general .. Anyone have 2 year old riteks to test?

 

[AnitaPeterson]

I don't know about DVD-R, but I have some Princo CD-Rs - recorded last spring - which won't play anymore in my car CD player, and I have a feeling that soon they will cease to play in my home stereo systems as welll...

Maybe it's some freaking cheap plastic and/or bad manufacturing... Anyway, Princo is on my "avoid at all costs" list... and it's been there for almost one year...

 

[Silex]

That is just scary to think about. Spenind money on something, you don't expect it to break on you, but since this is reality, I guess I'm not too surprised that weird stuff happens occasionally.

 

[stickshift]

my princos "self destructed" as well...i think mine died in around 4-6 months...

that's why I don't buy much media anymore..dumped way too much money on princos and generics from cdrecordable.com (out of business now, i think) that don't even work anymore.

 

[slackerinabox]

I hope this is limited to princos! Sure, forget about movies - I backed up all of my important documents, school projects, etc. etc. to DVD-r and hope they're not screwed... I refuse to buy princos now but I hope Ritek's hold up longer,,

 

[Howard]

Crap, I burn my stuff to Princos...

 

[Jugernot]

Alot of it has to do with humidity... if you are in a very low humidity environment, they will not last as long.

 

[GoodToGo]

I have had Riteks for more than a year and no problems here but I have some Princo's as well so I guess I will burn them on TDK's to be on the safer side.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Cheap media (espeically DVD media) will not last long.

EDIT: The dye used is cheap and degrades quickly (in a year or two) rendering the DVD useless.

Lethal

 

[Maverick]

is there any way to get it to not degrade? Like any sort of protective coating? Or maybe just a different storage method? Right now mine are all in a big cd wallet.

 

[notfred]

you get what you pay for.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
is there any way to get it to not degrade? Like any sort of protective coating? Or maybe just a different storage method? Right now mine are all in a big cd wallet.

Buy a better quality DVD blank. They dye just degrades in cheap media 'cause they use cheap dye. Nothin' you can do to stop that.


Lethal

 

[SuepaFly]

Only if you have data from a top secret mission on it.

Har. Har.