Among the manufacturers that have done testing, there is consensus that, under recommended storage conditions, CD-R, DVD-R, and DVD+R discs should have a life expectancy of 100 to 200 years or more; CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD-RAM discs should have a life expectancy of 25 years or more.

Hi, The CD-R, originally named CD Write-Once, you can only burn once. If you want to burn the CD and then erase the CD and re-burn it again. I would suggest you to buy CD-RW (I.e. CD Re-Writable disk) You can find it any computer retailer’s shops.

Mix rubbing alcohol and water in a one-to-one ratio and use it to clean the DVD to remove fingerprints or other oily residue. Rubbing alcohol works well because it is mild and evaporates quickly without leaving a residue. Rub the disk with a little of the solution and let it dry.

In short, no. Optical media like CDs and DVDs does not wear out from repeated use. It can degrade or become damaged, however. Since information burned to a disc is stored in the dye layer it can cause failure in playback.

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20 to 50 years

The discs themselves may be perfectly fine and all of the data on them 100% intact, but if you have no means to read that data off, they’re worthless. Honestly, the best thing to do every 10 or so years is to refresh your backup/archival media.

This brings us back to the central question, should anyone buy DVDs anymore? For most people, the answer is almost definitely no. They’re more expensive than streaming, they’re harder to store, and they can become fatally damaged, ruining their rewatch value.

To be valuable, DVDs must be rare and in demand. For example, a DVD might be rare but if there is no demand for it, it’s won’t be valuable. Likewise, a DVD might be in high demand but if it’s not rare it won’t be valuable. As demand and rarity increase, so too does value.

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Absolutely Not! New technology continually replaces old one, so DVD is gradually withdrawing from our lives, more and more people tend to go to the cinema or watch movies online.