How long do Blu-rays last?

[facepalmmonkey]

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[Johnny Vinyl]

Should be no different than DVD. Actually they'll likely last longer, but how long depends greatly on how well you take care of them (read: avoid getting scratches on them).

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by facepalmmonkey

I take great care of them. If they do not have any scratches, should I expect them to last for atleast a decade?

For sure! I have DVD's from the early days of that format (1995) and they still play fine. Same with CD's. No need to worry !

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by facepalmmonkey

Awesome! I am going to hang on to them

I'd be surprised if they lasted less than 20-30 years

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by wormraper

I'd be surprised if they lasted less than 20-30 years

Agree ~ I have CD's I bought back in the 70's that are all scratched up & still play just fine.

[MaCruz]

I think the real question is.... how long will your BDP last?

[filmfilm]

Originally Posted by crazyBLUE

Agree ~ I have CD's I bought back in the 70's that are all scratched up & still play just fine.

Weird considering CDs didn't exist as a format in the 1970s.

[LordoftheRings]

• http://www.historyofinformation.com/...ed.php?id=3541 ... 1984
♦ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc

In the 70s we were buying 8-track tapes, LPs (analog vinyl) and cassette tapes.
My 8-track tapes still play, but they lost their effervescence. My cassette tapes; I can hear noise coming from the other side, during quiet passages..even music snippets. ...Commercial tapes.
Albums? They are the very best, even better than CDs from the 80s and 90s.

Blu-rays? It's been with us for only ten years (2006).

HD DVDs? I have few rotten ones.

DVDs? Some from Universal and Criterion Collection went totally caput.

Laserdiscs? I have no clue.

CDs? Pinholes from the 80s pressings...bad. Some factories in Canada =- very bad.

VHS tapes? Usually the machines goes caput before the tapes (extensive use).

Reel-to-reel tapes? They need careful storing or else ...

What did I forget? ...Audiophile downloads from HD Track? Hi-res music/movie downloads? Tidal? AM/FM radio? HD radio? Youtube?

[moreorless]

I'm guessing most of those examples are the result of faulty pressing rather than expected life of disks.

So far I can't say I'v ever had an issue with any CD or DVD besides scratching them up myself.

[bluray_and_cds_fan]

Why would the plastic degrade? I could imagine them lasting centuries.

[mrbones]

That's a really good point, I've never considered it before when it comes to physical media. I've always just assumed that disks would last long enough, and that I always worry with digital media about the service one day shutting down and loosing access!

[AmishParadise]

To date it's only been pressed discs that have gone bad on me, albeit a very, very low percentage of them and in each case other people online had the same issue with the disc(s) in question, i.e. bad pressings. I backup everything I own to BD-R. Not a single BD-R has turned sour on me. In fact, not a single DVD+R has turned sour on me and we're talking about backups I made during the early years of the DVD format. Personally I don't understand why so many on these forums get their panties in a bunch over BD-R releases. To each his own naturally.

[AkinaSpeedstar]

I believe 100 years if kept in good condition.

[sexylust]

Manufacturers claim a life span from 100 up to 150 years.

[Ceasardelao]

The oldest blu-ray I own is 11 years and it still plays perfectly fine. I imagine the discs longevity mostly revolves around maintaining/lack of scratches.

[JJ]

I've had four discs stop working on me, but it turns out they all had pressing issues -

Paramount's Cloverfield, FaceOff, Spiderwick Chronicles, and New Line's The Orphanage - all bought between 2007-2008.

Clear signs of disc rot on the underside.

Replaced them all with newer pressings. None of the other movies I've bought from back then have had issues.

[cerealtofu]

As others have said, blu-rays are currently rated 100-150 years, though we'll see in 20 or 30 whether that really holds up - I believe CDs were originally marketed as long-term storage, which was significantly downgraded once people started seeing disc rot irl.

It's worth noting that any physical media is subject to enviromental conditions. Excess heat, humidity, or direct light will accelerate the degradation of anything. I stored some stuff in a place that I wasnt aware experienced extremes of heat and humidity during the summer, and some otherwise clean DVDs became coasters.