• lost_faith@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    I have 20+ yr old optical media cdr/dvdr and they are still good, the cheap ones like Pine and the ones with no name at all

    • nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works
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      23 minutes ago

      What is this 10 year thing? I’ve also got CD RWs and CD Rs from 1998 that still work. And DVD Rs from like 2002 that are still fine.

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        18 minutes ago

        That was my point, hehe. I also never spent on the “quality name brands” of disks, $10 for 100 cds, deal! $15 for 100 dvds insert fry meme. Maybe we just “took care” of our media better than others did? Personally, they are in spindles on a bookshelf, I just made sure no direct sunlight would hit them where they are, some days get warm before I can turn on the ac.