Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoCheck your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing themwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1381cross-posted to: homevideo@feddit.uk
arrow-up1381external-linkCheck your DVDs for disc rot — Warner Bros. says it’s replacing themwww.theverge.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square39fedilinkcross-posted to: homevideo@feddit.uk
minus-squareyessikglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 day agoIf you have the dvd case, it’s in the back of it, at the bottom somewhere
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 day agoNo, it is not. I just scrutinized half a dozen DVD cases with a magnifying glass. They had copyright dates, but no disc manufacturing dates. I wonder if the numeric codes printed around the hubs of the discs can be decoded into manufacturing dates.
minus-squareyessikglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoHuh, if that doesn’t work there are a few websites that will show you info about when the dvd was released
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoUnfortunately, that doesn’t help, since most DVDs in the world were not manufactured in the first production run.
minus-squareyessikglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoSorry that wasn’t clear, there are websites that let you look up info from the barcode
If you have the dvd case, it’s in the back of it, at the bottom somewhere
No, it is not. I just scrutinized half a dozen DVD cases with a magnifying glass. They had copyright dates, but no disc manufacturing dates.
I wonder if the numeric codes printed around the hubs of the discs can be decoded into manufacturing dates.
Huh, if that doesn’t work there are a few websites that will show you info about when the dvd was released
Unfortunately, that doesn’t help, since most DVDs in the world were not manufactured in the first production run.
Sorry that wasn’t clear, there are websites that let you look up info from the barcode