People still can't hold a disc properly after 15+ years

[GundamSentinel]

You'd think people who've used vinyl would be more careful with discs. At least, that's where I learned how to handle discs.

It's not that fingerprints do much harm, but it's just a sign of disregard of other people's property. And I don't like that. Just like people 'breaking' the back of books they've borrowed. I'll never let anyone borrow my books ever again. Except my father, because he's even more proper with his stuff than I am.

 

[Zack Alklazaris]

I hold them right, but I tend not to clean them right. That "in to out" wipe never seems to work. Lots of hot water and a good scrub with a high thread count cloth works so much better.

Besides any DVDs I do get I tend to just covert to a H264 on my HD anyway. I really wish we could of found a way to have the same technological advantages we have with DVDs while maintaining the durability of VHS.

 

[Ethan Asia]

I'm amazed at the amount of anger in this thread.

 

[Dogstile]

I haven't got a clue. Its even worse when people either lose the case or put the disc in the wrong case because "they couldn't find the actual case".

Would help if they looked next to the damn xbox >.>

 

[Palademon]

CD's have been around for at least 20+ years. What I don't get is how people lose the cases to their dvds, cds, and video games. It makes NO sense to me.

My brother puts the previously used disc into the case for the one he's putting in. Eventually he has tons of discs everywhere without a case because he's too lazy to just put it in it's own after using it. And this is a person so OCD he has to check the taps aren't dripping before he leaves the house. It really annoys me.

 

[Denamic]

CD's have been around for at least 20+ years. What I don't get is how people lose the cases to their dvds, cds, and video games. It makes NO sense to me.

If you count LaserDiscs, well over 30 years.

 

[Gottesstrafe]

RedBox is abysmal when it comes to proper DVD care, especially since there are no workers present to do damage control or keep records of who mistreats their wares. I've been getting movies from them for almost a year now, pretty much every movie I've gotten from them was scratched to sh*t. I've actually had to get refunds 6 times because the disks were virtually unplayable.

 

[x EvilErmine x]

If it's someone else's property I will treat it with care, as it's not mine and I am a firm believer in the philosophy of 'if you borrow something from someone then give it back in the same condition as you got it'.

With my own disks though I tend to not be so careful, however i have never had a disk that was scratched or marked so badly that it would not work. CD/DVD/Blu-Ray's, are quite robust and can take a fair amount of punishment before failing.

 

[Kargathia]

I'm amazed at the amount of anger in this thread.

People conditioned for years to handle fragile equipment very carefully have a habit of that. I owned an early LCD screen, and whenever people touch a monitor I still get the urge to break a few fingers.

 

[Esotera]

Like I said, anal behavior. The chance of scratch a CD/DVD with the flat of your finger is almost zero. A normal fingerprint does not contain enough material to do anything to the reading of the DVD/CD. Little brother's problem is probably not the fingerprint.

Not enough to do anything permanent, but it's bloody annoying having to clean off a disc with a babywipe just because someone couldn't be bothered to hold it on the side or through the hole. I've had a lot of experiences of scratched discs due to people holding them incorrectly, so I'm fine with being anal about it if it means I won't have to buy a sixth copy of Civilization III anytime soon.

 

[Spy_Guy]

Having some discs for the PS3 gives me an excuse to have some CD cases on my shelf. The essential decorations for the discerning gamer.
I really like the discless solution provided by Steam, it's way more convenient than having to swap out the discs whenever I want to play something else.

It doesn't feel as substantial, though.

I don't understand;

Why people get their fingers all over disks. You put your middle-finger through the centre, and your index finger along the edge! That is how you hold a disk!

Why people put disks in cases that don't belong to that particular disk.

Spoiler: I beg to differ

I have NO idea where that dust came from... I only take it out of the box in order to put it in the PS3.
>.>

 

[James Crook]

How the bloody hell did we get started on talking about DRM? I thought we were talking about how inconsiderate people were about hardware.

 

[Frostbite3789]

CD's have been around with widespread use for at least 20+ years. What I don't get is how people lose the cases to their dvds, cds, and video games. It makes NO sense to me.

I have a legally deaf/blind brother who will just walk off with such things. This isn't something most people encounter though.

 

[Kordie]

I know in the scheme of things this rant is very "important" but I'm aggravated.

I used to go to Blockbuster a long time ago. In the present, I now use Redbox or Netflix.

Every time, without fail, there are multiple finger prints all over the discs.

Why are people still doing this?

It's been FIFTEEN YEARS since dvds came out and people still don't know how to hold the disc correctly. It's even worse when I get blu-ray and they have fingerprints, you'd think, at least those people especially would know better. But no, they don't.

Its been a century since cars first came out and some people still dont realise the oil needs to be changed. Some people just do not care/have a clue about how to care for things regardless of how often they use them. And this is not people who are driving clunkers exclusivly, a car salesmen buddy of mine had a lady sell him a porshe that "wasn't running too well" that needed 5 back to back oil changes to flush the system.

TL;DR Consumerist mindset can make people think, if it stops working I'll just get a new one.