CD not as indestructible as they made us believe back in the 80’s

This thread is devoted to beginning of the CD.

I don’t know if you remember but when it was first launched it was hailed as near enough indestructible back in the 80’s.

In Fact one TV programme (tomorrows world UK science/entertainment programme) demonstrated what they claimed was the indestructible properties of the CD.

I remember they actually poured hot tar onto a music CD.. left it for a bit and then wiped it off and placed it into a CD player and it “played” perfectly.

At last I though the end to the scourge of Scratches.

But now its seams like for some CD a fly could buzz pass while your taking your CD out the holder only to have a unreadable scratch across the surface.

Well this thread is devoted to the pain of lost CD & DVD and the method of their demise.


Here are some not well known ways of loosing a CD & DVD add your own if you have them.

• Cat pee, yup for some reason cat pee not only smells bad but it rots the plastic and eats way at the CD surface.
• Cheap CD cleaner , I have actually lost a CD to some shoddy CD cleaner.
• the plastic prongs on the CD case, I actually bought a CD album where the prongs were broken off and were lose inside the case. It looks like some of the plastic shards scraped the read side (lucky for me it was sealed and I could return it and get a refund)
• PC CD drive dying on me (problems with the CD tray , this one was actually a PC zone cover disk and I was lucky it wasn’t a new game or something.

[nO-One]

NOOKLEAR GAMMA RAYS WILL DESTROY EVERYTHING, INCLUDING PRIMITIVE CEEDEE\'S

[videoholic]

I put toy story in yesterday from my box set that I have never watched.  The disc was discolored and only played for 2 minutes before it stopped and restarted again.  No scrathes at all.  It blows.

Originally posted by videoholic
I put toy story in yesterday from my box set that I have never watched.  The disc was discolored and only played for 2 minutes before it stopped and restarted again.  No scrathes at all.  It blows.

Take it back, or call the manufacturer

[videoholic]

I\'ve had it for a very long time.  They wouldn\'t even believe me that I didn\'t take it out of the wrapper till yesterday.  Shit, I can\'t even remember where I bought the thing.  Probably when I was doing all of my Columbia House shopping a couple years back.

[Kurt Angle]

My GT3 won\'t play any more, the ps2 keeps telling me to put a ps2 format disc in. Hardly any scratches on it either.

yea i think they saw they could make them cheaper, by making them not as hard wearing, i remeber my bros mate had a cd when they first came iut, dropped oin the oad, or something, and played perfectly after

[nO-One]

well I bought a box of el-cheapo cd r\'s a few days back and those things are by far the most fragile things I\'ve ever seen. Seriously if one looks at them too long they won\'t play.

[Living-In-Clip]

In my experience , Memorix cd-rs are the worst . I bought a 100 pack of them and I know one out five would not play / record . Only brand I\'ve had that problem with.

Optical discs suck for REAL longevity.  I would think a minidisc would last longer since it sits in a protective caddy.  I can\'t count how many CD-R\'s I\'ve scratched in my car...

This is why I REALLY want a PhatBox for the car.  The Home Theater geeks on the boards I visit who have HTPCs burn their bought DVDs to their Harddrives, convert to mutli-pass DivX, keep the multi-channel DD/DTS audio intact, and when they wanna watch movies they simply double click on em.  No scratch worries there.

[Living-In-Clip]

I have personally taken the care to carrying almost all my cds into MP3 format, just in case something was to happen.  And I\'ve been seriously thinkin\' about an MP3 jukebox for my car.

Some CD\'s tend to get scratched very easily - you won\'t even notice - while some CD\'s fly around the room and still play perfectly.

Originally posted by videoholic
I\'ve had it for a very long time.  They wouldn\'t even believe me that I didn\'t take it out of the wrapper till yesterday.  Shit, I can\'t even remember where I bought the thing.  Probably when I was doing all of my Columbia House shopping a couple years back.

I have worked in retail before and you will be shocked at some of the things people do. Most likely if you take it back and all you want to do is exchange it for the same thing, they will do it.

Originally posted by nO-One
well I bought a box of el-cheapo cd r\'s a few days back and those things are by far the most fragile things I\'ve ever seen. Seriously if one looks at them too long they won\'t play.

The writing surface of a lot of CDR\'s is actually stuck to the back of the label, if you scratch the top of the disc with a coin or other metallic object you can flake off the writing surface and see straight through the clear plastic! Normal discs just have far too little protective plastic on the read side.

It\'s a joke, we pay £15 for a music CD and the quality has deteriorated since it\'s conception, the disc shown on tomorrows world was brilliant, the guy could drag metallic objects over it and everything and it just kept on playing.

My best CD loss yet was an AR2 disc, it was the pocket of my tight jeans while I was transferring it to my PS2 upstairs, I got to my room and sat down and heard a huge crack, £30 just to sit down, it\'s the most I\'ve ever paid anywhere. Although I did shoot a GnR album to pieces once but that was intended.

[CHIZZY]

I can vouch for the cat pee thing. Before I got his nuts snipped off, My cat relieved himself in a box of cd\'s in my living room. All ruined.

I think TDK makes great CDR\'s... never had a prob, also nice writing surface...not too spendy.