Disc Rot

I just read about this and I was surprised. This issue has been known for several years apparently; however, I had never heard of it. Disc Rot refers to DVDs that have stopped working due to poor manufacturing. The DVD never has to be played or touched, it happens after time, and there is no way to fix the disc. In this case, a great number of DVDs produced by Warner Brothers between the years 2006 and 2008/2009 are no longer working.

If you are into movies, and you have a stupidly large quantity of DVDs (like we do), then you likely have some DVD’s that are no longer functional. I haven’t gone through our DVD’s yet, and there is a list, not likely complete, but I may check out some of those listed and check ours.
There turns out to be a great number of threads and conversations and posts about this subject. I have only read a few parts of a couple of these. They are mostly the same conversations in which people are upset.

Blu-Ray discs are unaffected, as are Laser Discs, if you’ve ever heard of those. Back in the day, we had several hundred of those monsters.

I’m putting a link in to a conversation on this subject, and in particular, it has a video (rant) in the link which I’ll include as a separate link for you. It’s a 40 minute video (seriously, a rant) of a VERY nerdy guy talking (he’s quite upset) specifically about his experiences. He’s clearly into his DVD media (and collectibles, look behind him) and highly knowledgeable about what’s going on. Feel free to skip portions as you see fit, particularly near the end.

He has some good advice about backing up your collection, if you can, or have any interest in that. All this lends support to the concept of never owning physical media but instead, buying content stored online and streaming it.

There is some suggestion that the manufacturing plant for the defective discs were pressed at the Olyphant, Pennsylvania Cinram plant.

Also suggested was that affected discs have the following:

• Originally released between 2006 and 2008
• Mould code: IFPI 2U** (this is right above the spindle hole on the data side)
• Master code: IFPI L906 / IFPI L907 / IFPI L908

 
Link to the forum HERE. 
Click below to watch video