Moving away from opinions, our testing laboratory has conducted tests on both CD and DVD discs containing such defects, both of our own fabrication and obtained from Philips Laboratories. Results are as described in my initial contribution.
Simple fingerprints should never interfere with playback unless the read drive is of very poor quality. The real risk of fingerprints is in the oils from the body. Those of each person are distinct, and some can degrade discs over an extended period of time.
Jerry Media Sciences, Inc. http://www.mscience.com/
-----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Hartov Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 5:58 PM To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Longevity
That is part of the hype. You try it. I know from experience that a simple finger print will mess up playback on either CD or DVD. I don't know where the notion of a whole in the CD/DVD being recoverable comes from but it's definitely nonsense.
Alex
On Jul 2, 2006, at 5:31 PM, phillip holmes wrote:
>> CD and DVD error detection and correction algorithms will "play"
>> discs with
>> 2 mm diameter holes. Some DVD systems require a 6 mm defect before
>> data loss
>> occurs, and the problem is then loss of servo lock by the read
>> drive. Can
>> 78s do this?