whats up with disposable dvds

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whats up with disposable dvds

Postby bobbystills on Wed Jul 07, 2004 8:30 pm

ive been seeing thoes vending machines more and more. i got a copy of daun jaun form the pizza joint the other week but havent taken it out of the wrapper?
just wondering how they r burned and why it wears off??
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Postby Purple.Nightmare on Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:41 pm

no idea, but seems a terrible waste to me (then again can't be worse that AOL!!!!!)
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Postby dinky on Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:50 am

Purple.Nightmare wrote: (then again can't be worse that AOL!!!!!)

:lol:
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Postby MCMLXXXVIII on Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:56 am

I think they are coated with chemicals which when exposed to air begin to slowly disintergrate the disc surface, making it unplayable after a certain period of time.
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Postby El Mariachi on Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:33 am

MCMLXXXVIII wrote:I think they are coated with chemicals which when exposed to air begin to slowly disintergrate the disc surface, making it unplayable after a certain period of time.


them bastards!!!!!

I remember 8 years ago when CDR were very expensive they had a 10 year expire date on the box
so basicly all my old games are gone in 2 years
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Postby mw2merc on Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:15 am

Purple.Nightmare wrote:no idea, but seems a terrible waste to me (then again can't be worse that AOL!!!!!)

Absofuckingloutly!!!

El Mariachi wrote:
MCMLXXXVIII wrote:I think they are coated with chemicals which when exposed to air begin to slowly disintergrate the disc surface, making it unplayable after a certain period of time.


them bastards!!!!!

Geeze! You'd think it takes more money to develope such a medium than any money it'd ever make.

El Mariachi wrote:I remember 8 years ago when CDR were very expensive they had a 10 year expire date on the box
so basicly all my old games are gone in 2 years

Time to back 'em up.
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Thu Jul 08, 2004 5:51 pm

I've never seen em, I guess its just an american thing?

Just DVDdecrypt the bugger anyway :lol:
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Postby bobbystills on Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:31 am

MCMLXXXVIII wrote:I think they are coated with chemicals which when exposed to air begin to slowly disintergrate the disc surface, making it unplayable after a certain period of time.


:oops: i hope its not a coaster all ready

spudthedestroyer wrote:I've never seen em, I guess its just an american thing?

Just DVDdecrypt the bugger anyway :lol:


err i was thinking it was a japan thing- they alwas have cool shit b4 the states

a & i hate to admit it but i havent had 5free gigs in weeks
i gotta get on the ball ive got like 200blank cdr
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:00 pm

I never have any free space but its normally two 2dvdr burning sessions away :)

You got no one elses pc to rincewind for space? That's always my plan B.
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Postby bobbystills on Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:11 pm

ive gave up trying to store my files on dvdr.
my burnner blows, making new sessions and multiple files is one prob after another
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one of these days...
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