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How long do VHS tapes, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays last?

posted 5 years ago by [deleted]
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Are there any studies done on this?

A lot of people think if they buy a DVD that they own the movie forever, but realistically that depends on how long the disc is readable.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Earlier DVDs had real gold in them and they would supposedly last 100 years. After the price of gold skyrocketed it was cost prohibitive to make them like that. The ones without gold are good for a few decades at best

[–] samoanjoes (50912) 5 years ago

I hear the span ranges from 30-100 depending on where it's stored.

[–] Knish (1721) 5 years ago

At least vhs tapes don't scratch, some dvds just stop playing.

[–] Starman (412) 5 years ago

My VHS casettes are 40 years old and still playing without scratch, I can't imagine they'd just stop playing all of a sudden at least within the next about 60 years, it would not surprise me if the oldest of them all like VHS would outlast them at the end, the more we go into the past the more we find out how things were built to last a lot more than most recent things.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Msuic CDs seem to last forever

[–] janelsenor (2042) 5 years ago

I have DVDs that already have disc rot and won't play.

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

I have DVDs and CDs that are 20+ years old and they are still good.