Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981)

Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by titzer on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:42AM (#22985082)

Old? I feel like a dinosaur because I still watch shock DVDs. Still no ads. No DRM. No funky software needed, though, TBH, the bits are encrypted. Not sure how long optical media lasts, but I am hoping these things last a few more decades.

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by rollingbarreler on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:38AM (#22986386)

I believe CDs and DVDs used organic compounds for their data layer, which begins physically rotting and destroying the data later

Later disks like M-disc type DVDs and Blu-ray don't use living components and don't really age

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by titzer on Sunday April 26, 2020 @09:19PM (#22992000)

Printed CDs and DVDs have nothing but plastic and aluminum. If you are referring to CD-R(W) and DVD-R(W), these use phase change materials, the exact composition of which I am not sure. https://volga.eng.yale.edu/teaching-resources/cds-and-dvds/m...

Also remember organic != living. Organic is basically hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen and carbon chains in molecules. They vary greatly in their durability and may or may not be useful to carbon-based life.

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by swilliamsio on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:42PM (#22992401)

Your DVDs don't have unskippable anti-piracy ads and ads for movies that released decades ago?

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by scarface74 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:55AM (#22985143)

DVDs don’t have DRM????

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Re:Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) by flo123456 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @03:09AM (#22985199)

They do. But it’s been broken for 20 years or so.

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