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FILMFREAK087 04-15-08 03:30 AM

Condition of your dvds
 
I take really, really good care of my dvds and cds as well. I can't stand it when people leave discs lying around loose! They make me so mad I could bite the wings off the demons crawling from my ears!:mad:
How do you keep yours?

Sexy Celebrity 04-15-08 03:41 AM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Originally Posted by FILMFREAK087 (Post 427835)
They make me so mad I could bite the wings off the demons crawling from my ears!:mad:
When was the last time you used Q-tips?

FILMFREAK087 04-15-08 03:43 AM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
When I visited the 8th dimension and got a back-rub from a golumn.

Ash_Lee 04-15-08 01:55 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
I keep my DVD's in their boxes when I'm not watching them. It also annoys me when I see my Screen Histories lecturer holding a dvd with his thumb rubbing against the shiny half of the disc, who himself gets annoyed when the film keeps skipping. Is it really so hard to hold a DVD with your fingers around the edges?

FILMFREAK087 04-15-08 02:27 PM

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I know!
Gee, I wonder why it doesn't work?
I have OCD when it comes to discs.

daib0y 04-15-08 03:24 PM

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In the box everytime!!
Hate it when one of my discs skipps!!!

HASSARD1994 04-15-08 03:24 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Originally Posted by FILMFREAK087 (Post 427835)
I take really, really good care of my dvds and cds as well. I can't stand it when people leave discs lying around loose! They make me so mad I could bite the wings off the demons crawling from my ears!:mad:
How do you keep yours?

i'm really fussy too, i can't stand when they leave my discs lying around or in the DVD player, it drives me mad :mad:

adidasss 04-15-08 03:27 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Did anyone else see a news story about a research that supposedly shows DVDs don't hold data forever but rather about 5 years? http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...ower/vruce.gif

HASSARD1994 04-15-08 03:33 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 427940)
Did anyone else see a news story about a research that supposedly shows DVDs don't hold data forever but rather about 5 years? http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...ower/vruce.gif
Thats crazy talk

FILMFREAK087 04-15-08 09:37 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Actually, I did see that.
Supposedly they degrade, but I have dvds older than 5 years.
I think it's probably over decades, not years.

7thson 04-16-08 12:35 AM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 427940)
Did anyone else see a news story about a research that supposedly shows DVDs don't hold data forever but rather about 5 years? http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...ower/vruce.gif
Reminds me of a blonde I once knew. I forgot her name though.;)

Ðèstîñy 04-16-08 12:43 AM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 427940)
Did anyone else see a news story about a research that supposedly shows DVDs don't hold data forever but rather about 5 years? http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...ower/vruce.gif
I've heard that, and I once heard that VHS wouldn't last long, either. Tell that to my movie from 1985, that still plays just fine.
I have DVDs that are older than 5 years, as well.

Powdered Water 04-16-08 09:25 AM

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And if you have trouble playing an older DVD most likely its the DVD player not the disc.

FILMFREAK087 04-16-08 12:15 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Older dvd player skipped and stuck like motherf**Kers!
And that damn pixelation thing...

Sexy Celebrity 04-16-08 02:07 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
I read that DVDs can last about 100 years.

Anyway, I keep mine in their cases and I am the biggest FREAK in regards to keeping my cases nice. Security sticker residue on a DVD case KILLS me -- I swear that glue is my kryptonite. I also always make sure I have the DVD that's in the best condition before I buy it. Any imperfection on the DVD case bugs me.

Someone once borrowed one of my Kill Bill DVDs and the case came back scratched in several places AND I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT.

The Gnat 04-16-08 02:09 PM

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I keep mine in my cases as well. I won't freak out or anything if they are out, but they are a whole lot easier to find if they are in the cases, and it keeps them in better shape.

Darth Stujitzu 04-16-08 02:19 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
I'm completely manic about keeping my DVD's well cared for, there's nothing worse than when I rent from Blockbuster and the DVD has thousands of fingerprints over it,:furiousdevil: makes me want to hunt down the last person that rented said DVD and........ I'd better stop now!:yup: :scream:

FILMFREAK087 04-16-08 03:18 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
When I buy a dvd, usually used and there's a scratch on it, or (gasp) several, it bugs me bad, even if the dvd plays fine!

FILMFREAK087 04-16-08 03:38 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
Oh, this will be like nails on a chalkboard!
My brother-in-law, to "fix" them scrubs them on the carpet!
Then wonders why they don't work.

christine 04-16-08 03:57 PM

Re: Condition of your dvds
 
weeeell, I'm going to be in the minority here, yeah I keep mine in their cases an all but I'm not precious about them. I buy a lot of asian dvds from my favourite sites and I like to lend them out and people leave my house with dvds pressed into their hands as long as they promise to watch 'em I'll be happy. I love it when people are knocked out by a film they've never heard of and would never have dreamed of watching.

Sometimes the dvds don't come back, but I know they might've made their own way out into the world converting other people with their magic...or they might be on someones floor somewhere...but that's a chance I'll take :)


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