Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algorithms

Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by ziari on Friday May 17, 2019 @06:33AM (#19938153)

The polycarbonate substrate could degrade due to temperature, humidity, exposure to sunlight, and other environmental variables. These are concerns for institutions with large CD-based archives (e.g., Library of Congress). [1]

In practice, though, it's far more likely that the the disc will get corrupted from small scratches.

[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/08/18/34...

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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by tarcyanm on Friday May 17, 2019 @08:21AM (#19938785)

I have taken several CDs (mainly my Dad's, not my own) from unusably scratched to relatively pristine. The really bad cases need fine grit sandpaper (wet!) followed by plastic polishes. I generally start with Meguiar's plastic polish and work my way to Radtech Ice Creme. In my own collection I have CDs that are around 30 years old and are error-free. I'm not interested in formats or services that won't last at least as long or can't be backed up to my own NAS (nor am I interested in anything less than Red Book quality).

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Re:Why play a music CD? No ads, no privacy terrors, no algor... by npongratz on Saturday May 18, 2019 @01:28PM (#19948576)

And don't forget about the fungus that eats CDs!

https://www.nature.com/news/2001/010628/full/news010628-11.h...

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