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.

compiling a list of more than 300 Warner Home Video DVD titles “reported and confirmed” to be victims of disc rot. According to the Post, the Crusader blamed the faulty discs on a Cinam ...

I'm currently in a purge phase, and trying to get rid of some old CD's. I have some old video games that ... retaining the disc. Click to expand... Old computer games on CD are worth a lot now.

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 ...

Some of the discs, which he always took good care of ... His collection was suffering from "CD rot," a gradual deterioration of the data-carrying layer. It's not known for sure how common the ...

Unfortunately though, DVDs still have some drawbacks—one of which is the dreaded disc rot. Also known as CD rot, disc rot happens when the reflective layer on DVDs, CDs or other media discs ...

Nowadays, collecting physical media is all the rage. With networks and studios disappearing, shows and movies, owning something on a disc means you have it for life. But that shelf life is ...

The phenomenon, called "CD rot," can ruin a disc in as few as five years ... President of American Magnetic Media, Inc., a video duplication company, located in Aurora, as he examined a music ...

CDs later became a popular storage medium for video ... The game is forever damaged, and likely to get worse over the years. Now, many sources online will claim that disc rot is a limited-scope ...