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Post by Caduceus » Wed Jun 10, pm I have a collection of Blu-ray discs that someone is offering a very good price for that were made in If blu-ray discs have good longevity, I think I will hold on to them, but if not, then I might just sell them. Can I expect them to last for at least the next twenty years?
Re: How long do blu-ray discs last? Post by dukeblue » Wed Jun 10, pm If these are commercially produced media in good condition they'll last until blu-ray players are long gone.
If they're homemade recordable blu rays, which it doesn't sound like they are, then 10 years would surprise me. Keep them if you will actually watch them.
Don't keep them just for their perceived value. Post by alfaspider » Wed Jun 10, pm Unless you've watched them in the last year or two, I'd just sell. Physical media will be a historical curiosity in 10 years. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. What is the lifespan of DVD and Blu-ray discs? Ask Question. Asked 10 years, 8 months ago. Active 7 years, 11 months ago. Viewed 54k times.
Improve this question. Mehper C. Palavuzlar Mehper C. Palavuzlar To be clear, are you talking about consumer-writable discs or discs that have been professionally printed? Some have been known to wear out quickly due to excessive use. A safe bet is that a cassette tape lasts between ten and twenty years. Photo by Tony Webster.
Instead, you would earn passcodes to skip to various levels as you progressed. Eventually, though, video game cartridges were given small batteries that powered the memory that saved your progress in the game.
Anybody who still owns an NES system with some memory-capable cartridges will probably run into trouble saving games as the cartridges get older. Since the memory relies on batteries, a lot of game progress can be lost due to failing batteries. Batteries only last about ten years.
The same is true of Super Nintendo and Gameboy cartridges. Batteries will last somewhere around ten years, but you can replace them for more years of enjoyment. This one is really tricky. It seems that some floppy disks have lasted for a considerable amount of time, though the storage method was largely replaced by compact disks and hard drives before the degradation of the magnetic field was much of an issue.
It took me only 13 discs to find one that would no longer work at all, and 11 more to find another. These hardly scientific results were actually rather stomach churning. A few years ago, I sent all of my original DVD and Blu-ray packaging to recycle and I put the discs in a series of heavy-duty suitcases fitted out with rows of hanging plastic envelopes. In effect, I need one less room in my house now.
But in doing this, I may have risked early demise for many of my movies and TV shows. Nonetheless, even perfectly-stored discs have an expiry date.
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