Comments for CD Rot

Comment on CD Rot, How & Why it Happens by C.L.JEWELL

C.L.JEWELL — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:50:28 +0000

We need a class-action lawsuit if they don’t make good on these defective CDs. I have a very large collection of CDs and LPs. I have no problems with my 30+ year old LPs. I also think they had a statement on the early CDs saying how great they were! C.Jewell1980.

Comment on CD Cleaning Solution - How to Make Your Own by stuart booth

stuart booth — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:34:31 +0000

I OWN A VIDEO CLUB AND FIND YOUR CLEANING SOLUTION VERY GOOD. ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL ME ON HOW TO MAKE THE SCRATCH REMOVAL SOLUTION WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

Comment on Polygram Records balks on its LIFETIME agreement by Kenn

Kenn — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:17:43 +0000

I have a polygram music CD that emits a loud grinding sound from the drive during play. No other discs do that.
It looks like there is no reason to send it back.
Thanks for the heads up!!

Comment on CD Rot, How & Why it Happens by Tom Snyder

Tom Snyder — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 15:17:57 +0000

I’d like to know if writing on the label side with a marker pen will lead to shortened life for the CD?

Comment on CD Repair Guide by Rob

Rob — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 15:20:52 +0000

Hey, I Was Wondering What Product I Could Use If I Don’t Have Any Vasoline?

Comment on CD Cleaning Solution - How to Make Your Own by jp book

jp book — Wed, 10 May 2006 23:40:48 +0000

It be cool if you left the links to my site in the article. That way it’s worth it for me to keep writing. How about giving my site a little link love. Heck, if you ask, I might even create an original article so you won’t end up in a suplemental index. You have my email so ask.

Comment on Welcome to the Community by Paul MacDonald

Paul MacDonald — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:21:34 +0000

Good to see your site. I have collected Dance Music since 1987 and have come across a number of CD’s with problems. I will try to send some pics in the future.

First I had about 50 UK CD’s and CD singles from the late 80’s and early 90’s made by the P.D.O. pressing plant in Blackburn, England. These CD’s began to darken/bronze on the label side in varying degrees. I sent PDO many of the discs in 1994 and they replaced many but not all of the discs (some were even bootlegs pressed there they couldn’t replace!). To this day I have some, and have bought some thru ebay, that continue to bronze. Luckily I have had no info loss and have backed them up on CD-R. PDO has been good about recognizing and helping with this problem and even have a website set up for customers.

Second I have about 40 UK CD’s and CD singles made at the UK Swindon pressing plant in the early 90’s, including a number of Pet Shop Boys discs. I always try to keep my CD’s in controlled enviroments but when I moved from Chicago to Ohio in the cold winter of 1995 I loaded a van with all my CD’s and I am sure it stayed very cold for awhile only to warm up when I brought them back into the house. Nearly all these CD’s ended up with a sticky crystalline film on the info side, in many cases clouding the CD and making the it completely unplayable. Calls to EMI Swindon before they closed down in 2002 (very suddenly how suprising!) were not too helpful although one engineer hinted at some type of release from the CD layers (maybe a gas?) when exposed to a temperature shift. They suggested using isopropyl alcohol to clean the CD’s which has worked in some cases but leaves its own film. They said it was a rare problem and they didn’t have replacements for the few affected. I have copied some but not all to preserve the music and I will probably need to replace some if I can find them.

I have seen other defects on occasion such as pinholes in early Warner Brothers US CD’s, silver flaking off the edge of a few CD’s, and other weird spots appearing on the edges of UK CD singles.

In all these cases it comes down to one thing: poor manufacturing methods in order to cut costs. Makes one paranoid as I love my music and want it to last!!

Comment on CD Repair Guide by Ignia

Ignia — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:17:03 +0000

This actually works. At first I was skeptical but I became decided to try it anyway when my brother’s favorite game was damaged by his PS2. I called Sony to replace it but since my PS2 was out of it’s warranty, they couldn’t. So I figured I had nothing to lose if it didn’t work. So I followed all the steps as written, it took two times to get it right. But when I was finished the disc played as if it was new. This article is a lifesaver. A big kudos goes go to the aurthor of this site.

Comment on CD Scratch Protection by king richard the 666th

king richard the 666th — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:37:02 +0000

When I Purchse some cd’s I notice little notches which look like dust, but are actually scratches. Will this affect playback in anyway. Also some cd’s I buy have undersides which look like the glue flaked while the cd was being manufactured. Then I buy cd’s that have tiny holes in the top foil before I play or handle them. Is it just me or do other people have these problems with newly purchased cd’s.

Comment on CD Rot, How & Why it Happens by Steve Glennie-Smith

Steve Glennie-Smith — Sun, 05 Jun 2005 00:19:54 +0000

Interesting, though the problem I have is with home-burnt CDs.

I produced a number of copies of ‘cleaned up’ tapes of a mate’s band on CDs for him, and some of these have developed the ’static’ noises you describe, particularly on the last track, but none has any discoloration. They were all Vivastar CD blanks - not a household name, but seem to be OK according to a number of articles I’ve foudn on the Web.

The problem is also dependent on the CD player - all the affected copies play badly in his car, but only some are bad in other machines. Some are bad in my hi-fi CD player and my computer.

Any ideas? Could it be his car player’s laser is too powerful and is burning the discs even more? That player is always OK with commercial CDs. I’ve tried using a laser lens cleaner with no success.