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==Why it is a problem== | ==Why it is a problem== | ||
'''Preservation:''' Optical media is currently the most common medium that media is physically distributed on. When the media it is for goes out of print and additionally is no-longer digitally distributed, these discs are the only way for the public to access this media. Physical discs are also how most digital media is accessed by public libraries, which many consumers continue to rely upon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 Apr 2010 |title=An important note to Video Game Sellers and Buyers |url=https://www.rfgeneration.com/news/Disc-Rot/An-important-note-to-Video-Game-Sellers-and-Buyers-1337.php |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=RF Generation |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251231134235/https://www.rfgeneration.com/news/Disc-Rot/An-important-note-to-Video-Game-Sellers-and-Buyers-1337.php |archive-date=31 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> | '''Preservation:''' Optical media is currently the most common medium that media is physically distributed on. When the media it is for goes out of print and additionally is no-longer digitally distributed, these discs are the only way for the public to access this media. Physical discs are also how most digital media is accessed by public libraries, which many consumers continue to rely upon.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=16 Apr 2010 |title=An important note to Video Game Sellers and Buyers |url=https://www.rfgeneration.com/news/Disc-Rot/An-important-note-to-Video-Game-Sellers-and-Buyers-1337.php |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=RF Generation |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251231134235/https://www.rfgeneration.com/news/Disc-Rot/An-important-note-to-Video-Game-Sellers-and-Buyers-1337.php |archive-date=31 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> | ||
'''Accessibility:''' Many consumers purchase physical media with the intent that they can have prolonged access to the content that they paid for. If the disc they buy happens to have been poorly-manufactured, consumers may have a limited and ambiguous time before they cannot consume the media they purchased anymore. | '''Accessibility:''' Many consumers purchase physical media with the intent that they can have prolonged access to the content that they paid for. If the disc they buy happens to have been poorly-manufactured, consumers may have a limited and ambiguous time before they cannot consume the media they purchased anymore. | ||
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It has been reported that DVDs manufactured from 2006-08 have been rotting away,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bumbray |first=Chris |date=8 Mar 2025 |title=Hundreds of your Warner Bros DVDs probably don’t work anymore; UPDATED with response from WB |url=https://www.joblo.com/warner-bros-dvds-dont-work/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=JoBlo |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251230165506/https://www.joblo.com/warner-bros-dvds-dont-work/ |archive-date=30 Dec 2025}}</ref> especially ones stored in their own cases.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Sharon |date=7 Mar 2025 |title=“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/they-curdle-like-milk-wb-dvds-from-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=ArsTechnica |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260109124950/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/they-curdle-like-milk-wb-dvds-from-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/ |archive-date=9 Jan 2026}}</ref> Unlike most distributors, Warner has been offering replacements for these degraded discs for consumers.<ref>https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-replacing-disc-rot-dvd ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251216220601/https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-replacing-disc-rot-dvd Archived])</ref> Toshiba HD DVDs made by Warner were also reported as having disc rot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/hd-dvds-any-help-please.379100/|title=HD DVD's Any help please!|work=Home Theater Forum|date=2023-04-11|access-date=2025-03-12|author=Sega |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251007084425/https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/hd-dvds-any-help-please.379100/ |archive-date=7 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/HDDVD/comments/sm7bom/my_experience_with_disc_rot/|title=My experience with disc rot : r/HDDVD|author=u/TheFiZi|date=2022-02-06|work=Reddit|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220206205823/https://old.reddit.com/r/HDDVD/comments/sm7bom/my_experience_with_disc_rot/|archive-date=6 Feb 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- I wonder if they would replace UMDs... --> | It has been reported that DVDs manufactured from 2006-08 have been rotting away,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bumbray |first=Chris |date=8 Mar 2025 |title=Hundreds of your Warner Bros DVDs probably don’t work anymore; UPDATED with response from WB |url=https://www.joblo.com/warner-bros-dvds-dont-work/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=JoBlo |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251230165506/https://www.joblo.com/warner-bros-dvds-dont-work/ |archive-date=30 Dec 2025}}</ref> especially ones stored in their own cases.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Sharon |date=7 Mar 2025 |title=“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/they-curdle-like-milk-wb-dvds-from-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 Mar 2025 |website=ArsTechnica |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260109124950/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/they-curdle-like-milk-wb-dvds-from-2006-2008-are-rotting-away-in-their-cases/ |archive-date=9 Jan 2026}}</ref> Unlike most distributors, Warner has been offering replacements for these degraded discs for consumers.<ref>https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-replacing-disc-rot-dvd ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251216220601/https://www.avclub.com/warner-bros-replacing-disc-rot-dvd Archived])</ref> Toshiba HD DVDs made by Warner were also reported as having disc rot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/hd-dvds-any-help-please.379100/|title=HD DVD's Any help please!|work=Home Theater Forum|date=2023-04-11|access-date=2025-03-12|author=Sega |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251007084425/https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/hd-dvds-any-help-please.379100/ |archive-date=7 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/HDDVD/comments/sm7bom/my_experience_with_disc_rot/|title=My experience with disc rot : r/HDDVD|author=u/TheFiZi|date=2022-02-06|work=Reddit|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220206205823/https://old.reddit.com/r/HDDVD/comments/sm7bom/my_experience_with_disc_rot/|archive-date=6 Feb 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- I wonder if they would replace UMDs... --> | ||
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Consumers have reported disc rot in games of other various disc-based game consoles, such as Sega CD, PC Engine CD, Turbo CD, CDi, 3DO, Sega Saturn, and Dreamcast. This appears to be much less common in Sony-based consoles like the Playstation, but among Sega and NEC, it is common. <ref name=":2" /> | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
DVD-D<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-D ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251228121030/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-D Archived])</ref> | |||
==References<!-- For anyone needing a date for when these sources were collected: Mar 11, 2025 -->== | ==References<!-- For anyone needing a date for when these sources were collected: Mar 11, 2025 -->== | ||