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Disc rot is the tendency of CD, DVD, or other optical discs to become unreadable because of chemical deterioration. The causes include oxidation of the reflective layer, reactions with contaminants, ultra-violet light damage, and de-bonding of the adhesive used to adhere the layers of the disc together.
For example, audio tracks on such media cannot be easily added to a personal music collection on a computer's hard disk or a portable (non-CD) music player. Also, many ordinary CD audio players (e.g. in car radios) had problems playing copy-protected media, mostly because they used hardware and firmware components also used in CD-ROM drives ...
Another deliberate violation of the Red Book standard intended to make the CD play only on CD players and not on computers by applying bogus data track onto the disc during manufacturing, which CD players will ignore as non-audio tracks. The system could be disabled by tracing the outer edge of a CD with a felt-tip marker. [3] MediaMax CD3
PDO also manufactured CDs that have an even yellowish-golden tint. This is due to a yellow dye in the disc and is unrelated to the bronzing effect. As bronzing is a progressive effect that cannot be stopped, any PDO- or Opti.Me.S-manufactured CDs that are not yet showing any signs of bronzing by now are very likely safe. [citation needed]
Portable players, more so portable CD players but also some portable DVD players, that invariably include an ASP feature (Anti-Skip-protection), struggle with CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW discs – due to the ASP feature being enabled. This is due to the limited read capability of such write-yourself media discs over retail pressed discs.
A CD could be a smart move for you right now with APYs of 5.00% still available. But if these situations apply to you, then you absolutely shouldn't open a CD. But if these situations apply to you ...
A CD doesn't align with my financial goals. I aim to not spend my entire paycheck each month and save the difference. And I hope I'll manage to save a little bit of money in November and December ...
The APY on my high-yield savings account is still on par with what I'd earn from CDs. Yes, my savings account has a variable interest rate, whereas with a CD, that 4%-5% rate would be locked in ...