RuudJacobs.NET Share Posted November 12, 2004 (edited) A friend of mine had some prob's with the DVDs I burned for him. I burned them for another friend and I have the originals. The 3 sets all worked fine with me and the other friend, but not with the first friend. :ninja: He asked the other friend to lend him his set.. They were out in the mailbox all night, and he put them in: HOORAY they worked... When he tried 'em again half an hour later (eg. when they were warmer) they did not work anymore. :alien: He got they idea to put em in the fridge... I told him that it wouldnt work 'cuz its just plastic... :blink: He put em in, got em out next morning tried em and they WORKED.... :D Is his PC seeing ghosts, :alien: is this coincidence or is it explainable? Edited November 21, 2004 by ruudjacobs 1 Share Link to post Share on other sites
kyro Share Posted November 12, 2004 i think is just a good time by ur friend when he puts disks in there. the cooling wont do any good for reading dvd. Link to post Share on other sites
vincent Share Posted November 12, 2004 You need to get out of the house and meet some other humans :s Link to post Share on other sites
zhangm Supervisor Share Posted November 12, 2004 There is a remote possibility that the low temperature affected the physical characteristics of the disc. First, the components would have gotten slightly denser. Second, any conductive elements in it would have gotten more conductive. How this might pertain to a bad disc becoming readable, I don't know. Link to post Share on other sites
Ironman273 Share Posted November 12, 2004 What's happening is that the droplets of condensation that is forming on the disc are amplifying the laser light so the the laser light is stronger so it reads better. If you could get it to read while the drive was open you could probably get yourself some laser eye surgery, too. Link to post Share on other sites
BroChaos Veteran Share Posted November 12, 2004 that really doens't seem like it's possible to me...but i could be wrong... Link to post Share on other sites
vincent Share Posted November 12, 2004 any conductive elements in it would have gotten more conductive. :rofl: thanks for the laugh i needed that, this is like the batteries in the freezer myth. Link to post Share on other sites
Vice Share Posted November 12, 2004 Id say your friend has a bad drive, and its just coincidence. in the past when my old laptops DVD drive started to go, it would only read discs when it felt like it, it would take about 6 - 7 tries at putting the disc in / out of the tray before it would finally read the data on the disc. Link to post Share on other sites
IK47 Share Posted November 12, 2004 If you but DVDs in the microwave for 10 secs, when you play them, your dvd player will output it in 1080i. Something to do with chaning the data slightly, or something. Careful not to melt the dvd so much that it changes shape. 1080i is alot better than 480p. I have tried this myself with movies and xbox games. Trust me it works! Link to post Share on other sites
Liquid Share Posted November 12, 2004 If you but DVDs in the microwave for 10 secs, when you play them, your dvd player will output it in 1080i. Something to do with chaning the data slightly, or something. Careful not to melt the dvd so much that it changes shape. 1080i is alot better than 480p. I have tried this myself with movies and xbox games. Trust me it works! 584910595[/snapback] Hahaha :rofl: That would be funny if he did it, the dvd would blow up Link to post Share on other sites
Jason S. Global Moderator Share Posted November 12, 2004 i think that was the joke :p Link to post Share on other sites
Garry Share Posted November 12, 2004 Probably works the same way as putting broken hard drives in sealed vacuum bags and placing them in the freezer. Which has worked for me on more than one occasion. Link to post Share on other sites
iMonkey Share Posted November 12, 2004 omg the crap that flies around this place sometimes :D Link to post Share on other sites
Liquid Share Posted November 12, 2004 Probably works the same way as putting broken hard drives in sealed vacuum bags and placing them in the freezer. Which has worked for me on more than one occasion. 584910640[/snapback] Since when is there static in discs :blink: The harddrive freezer thing works because cold kills static Link to post Share on other sites
RuudJacobs.NET Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 In my opinion the cause is indeed static crap (the hard-disk thingy)... but ehrmm... dvd's? I think the DVD-drive (which is a 1st generation dvd-reader) has something to do with it.. but what? Link to post Share on other sites
RuudJacobs.NET Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 What's happening is that the droplets of condensation that is forming on the disc are amplifying the laser light so the the laser light is stronger so it reads better. If you could get it to read while the drive was open you could probably get yourself some laser eye surgery, too. 584909590[/snapback] Dude... you must kindda dumb if you think im gonna put WET stuff in to my DVD-player... Link to post Share on other sites
RuudJacobs.NET Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 There is a remote possibility that the low temperature affected the physical characteristics of the disc. First, the components would have gotten slightly denser. Second, any conductive elements in it would have gotten more conductive. How this might pertain to a bad disc becoming readable, I don't know. 584909584[/snapback] Hmm sounds nice, but the 'conductive elements' part is bs... there ain't no current running through the dvd.. at least I hope so :ninja: Link to post Share on other sites
RuudJacobs.NET Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 i think is just a good time by ur friend when he puts disks in there like.. wtf :huh: ?! Link to post Share on other sites
RuudJacobs.NET Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 Id say your friend has a bad drive, and its just coincidence. in the past when my old laptops DVD drive started to go, it would only read discs when it felt like it, it would take about 6 - 7 tries at putting the disc in / out of the tray before it would finally read the data on the disc. 584909595[/snapback] Yep.. you're right... thats exactely whats happening .. but how to explain it..? Link to post Share on other sites
Dodgy Share Posted November 21, 2004 either way its not exactly useful, cos the disk is gonna get hot when u put it in the dvd player anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
RuudJacobs.NET Author Share Posted November 21, 2004 Yup... thats why he copied the whole dvd ... but another important thing is .. I burned 2 sets of DVD's .. 1 DVD was an old Emtec/BASF DVD the others were new. The old DVD worked, the others didn't (untill they were fridgerized). The new ones have a different top-layer.. the old ones were just plain silver-colored... Link to post Share on other sites
Maria Ebbeskog Share Posted May 25, 2013 A friend of mine had some prob's with the DVDs I burned for him. I burned them for another friend and I have the originals. The 3 sets all worked fine with me and the other friend, but not with the first friend. :ninja: He asked the other friend to lend him his set.. They were out in the mailbox all night, and he put them in: HOORAY they worked... When he tried 'em again half an hour later (eg. when they were warmer) they did not work anymore. :alien: He got they idea to put em in the fridge... I told him that it wouldnt work 'cuz its just plastic... He put em in, got em out next morning tried em and they WORKED.... Is his PC seeing ghosts, :alien: is this coincidence or is it explainable? Hi it is not a joke! We are storing our DVD'S and CD's to hot if we store when in room temperature. I read about it in a Swedish paper. They said that a data security company recommended that. Link to post Share on other sites
Crisp Share Posted May 25, 2013 Plot twist: People still burn DVD's? Holy bump batman, 2004... lulwuuuttt Link to post Share on other sites
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