However, some fresh fuel has just been dumped on the fire: did you know that your physical game collection is rotting ... those experiencing premature disc rot, sometimes known as laser rot.

If you, like us, came of age during the CD era and consequently ... that a phenomenon known as 'disc rot' could potentially destroy your CDs, DVDs and games over time. The first signs of the ...

The overall problem of disc rot has affected all sorts of products for decades, from LaserDiscs to CDs to video games across various platforms, since any disc is susceptible to chemical ...

DVDs might be a thing of the past, but if you’re someone who kept your collection, you’ll want to check if they’ve fallen victim to disc rot — especially ... shared a video in 2021 that ...

It's a great time to play old video games on modern TVs ... the MegaSD is one of the easier classic game-backup solutions to recommend, since Sega CD discs didn't ship with copy protection.

TVs, game consoles ... Putting aside the current disc rot situation affecting Warner Bros. DVDs, owning a physical copy of media — be it a Blu-ray, a CD, or a vinyl record — is the only ...

Some of those little silver discs ... a CD of classical piano rhapsodies by Erno Dohnanyi. It crackles, and eventually the sound just cuts out. This is a variant of what's called "CD rot," Youket ...