Difference between a commercial and burned CD…

[@rsssl]

finally found what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing the knowledge.

[@HartfordHD125]

All of my commercial CD's play perfectly. The burned on PC ones are failing one by one. Now I know why.

[@mav6771]

Thank you for this video! Super neat explanation. Been collecting lots of demo CDs for years, always interesting how certain eras of CD-Rs are dying more. Assuming it's poor manufacturing. CD-Rs from the early 2010s I find are dying much more than stuff from the early 00s.

[@derekroberts6654]

Are bootleg discs burned? is that what make them bootlegs?

[@lordbacon4972]

Thank You! I recently bought the "Alien 6-Film Collection" Blu-ray on eBay for cheap - $24. Turns out it is a "counterfeit" item since it did not contain the collector's cards inside the package. I remember looking at the blu-ray disc underside and it was a dark purple-ish color, so safe to say it is burned, not pressed. I should have known -- if it's cheap, it's because it literally is. If you want real pressed media buy from reputable vendors and expect higher prices (though it may not be a guarantee also but at least you should be able to return for refund if you later discover it is burned and not pressed).

[@chibugoihegihu6977]

I belive stamped disc's have better playback than computer burner disc's. I have been having trouble with burning. After burning the quality is not as good as the original. I've tried burning slow and all that. I have to increase the volume on my stereo to increase the clarity

[@TriangIe]

There’s actually now a type of recordable Blu-Rays that uses a burning process called M-DISC which claims to have a lifespan of well over 1000 years. Only downside to them is finding a blu ray player capable of reading them.

[@RusRus72]

All blu ray drives can read m disks, but you need a m disk burner to burn m disks

[@explosivedonuts3764]

homie got me scrambling for my cds and dvds now ngl

[@sorenschultz1144]

I think dvds and cds are all degrading pretty fast by virtue of them being irrelevent

[@380stroker]

lol, the only media to survive hurricane Katrina was optical disc. Hard drives, whether hdd, ssd (servers) or tape were forever ruined. How's that for irrelevance?