Things have never been easy for Metallica’s 1996 album Load, a multiplatinum record nobody ever admits to liking, especially the band’s most avid fans. In early 1995, Metallica had a “good problem”: ...

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If, like me, you have a bunch of DVDs on your shelf, some recent reports may have you worrying if any of your collection has, in fact, rotted. More like this Iconic - Official Trailer Many ...

The CD had disc rot, which gave the EP an eerie, haunting feeling to it. People thought that was the end of the band, short-lived but early practitioners of shoegaze. However, one day a fan of the EP ...

Unfortunately though, DVDs still have some drawbacks—one of which is the dreaded disc rot. Also known as CD rot, disc rot happens when the reflective layer on DVDs, CDs or other media discs ...

DVDs have even shown some issues due to their age, with disc rot reportedly affecting Warner ... There are bands that only have albums released on vinyl or CD. The only way to watch the original ...

but they can be affected by disc rot, a form of physical deterioration that affects optical discs, causing them to become unreadable over time due to corrosion or damage to the reflective layer.

new DVD exchange program for those experiencing premature disc rot, sometimes known as laser rot. Regardless of the name, disc rot refers to the chemical deterioration that affects all discs ...

Skip skip skip! Only after having tried this a couple of times did I think to flip the CD over and check whether it needed cleaning. It didn’t. It needed chucking out, because the edges were suffering ...

But what if your old DVDs stop working? The New York Post reports “disc rot” has become a growing concern after Warner Bros. Home Entertainment confirmed many of WB’s DVDs manufactured ...

DVDs might be a thing of the past, but if you’re someone who kept your collection, you’ll want to check if they’ve fallen victim to disc rot — especially if they are titles distributed by ...