Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Check your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing themwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down15cross-posted to: homevideo@feddit.uk
arrow-up1408arrow-down1external-linkCheck your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing themwww.theverge.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square67linkfedilinkcross-posted to: homevideo@feddit.uk
minus-squaremoxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 年前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.
minus-squareyessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 年前Huh, if that doesn’t work there are a few websites that will show you info about when the dvd was released
minus-squaremoxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前Unfortunately, that doesn’t help, since most DVDs in the world were not manufactured in the first production run.
minus-squareyessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前Sorry that wasn’t clear, there are websites that let you look up info from the barcode
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.
Huh, if that doesn’t work there are a few websites that will show you info about when the dvd was released
Unfortunately, that doesn’t help, since most DVDs in the world were not manufactured in the first production run.
Sorry that wasn’t clear, there are websites that let you look up info from the barcode