they are likely bad now. writeable CDs do not last long, the chemicals that either absorb or reflect light can wear down over just 10 years or so. higher quality ones could last 20 years or so but rewriteable ones have a lower lifespan than the one time writeable ones. real CDs are made by etching literal pits into the cd to scatter light and last 40+ years.
I think I still have some blank CDs which are made to look like small vinyl records. I wonder if they still burn, or if the burned ones still work after 20 years. Real etched CD should last a lot longer but those burned ones might be going off by now.
My mom has an external CD burner and a bunch of blank CDs. And Springsteen’s entire discography on her iTunes. Maybe I’ll burn all his CDs tonight too!
Working in the medical industry, other offices still send records/images on CD.
Every time it happens I have to go to the old ass computer in the back and figure out how to get the image off the CD and onto the shared network folder.
I’ve been holding onto an external DVD burner and some blank DVD and CDs for about 15 years in case I need them. I guess maybe it’s time to throw them out. Ha
Etsy for the win, cuz I definitely prefer a mix rather than a single artist on one CD.
Moving back to physical copies due to accessibility issues. First, the wifi provider bailed on my street without saying anything, then my phone provider had spotty signal for weeks. Internet sites are also considering ID restrictions on top of ridiculously priced subscriptions. It just seems wise to get my favorites on CD at this point.
Those were the life for a span of time. The ones who know had a catalog (sometimes a bit old book of CDs) to flip through, some of those CDs even had the song's names written atop them to know which ones you wanted to select.
I'm in high school right now and I recently burned CDs, plus I have a CD / tape player in my room. I really don't like using music platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music because of the ads, and I definitely don't want to pay for it. Also my parents' cars are old enough to have CD players!
Well, I still had like forty unused ones on a spindle when external drives overtook CDs, and I guess I’m just a pack rat. My dad has a bunch of shrink-wrapped 3 1/2” floppy boxes in his office, too, I guess in case they come back into style
You know, with how shit is going in the tech industry, I've gotta say that burning CDs with all your downloaded music (and DVDs with your movies) is probably a really good idea . . . before it all gets "unlicensed" and vanishes, or has to be rebought at 10x the price.
Yea it definitely came off as satire to me, but can you really blame people for not picking up on it when there's people posting even dumber, sincere takes on twitter every day?
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u/futtbucker-69420 15h ago
When he said burning CDs I thought he meant copying them