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I got the Star Wars 'faces' laserdiscs today and am wondering how to store them to prevent laser rot.

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I once read an article (I'll try to find it and post the link) that had the true story about laser rot. Apparently a guy did a study of 99 laserdiscs and found that one of them got worse over time. The aluminum inside the disc began to oxydize. He called it laser rot. Everything I've read about it say that it's mostly caused by disc missuse. Mostly bending of the disc and poor handleing. I would say just be nice to your discs and they will be nice to you.

I'm off to find that link now...

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I have several and store them much like I store my vinyl albums (for you kids, vinyl albums are giant CDs made of fossil fuels and covered with grooves.. )- stored upright with 'bookends' to keep just enough pressure on them so that they don't sag or stand diagonally.

Also, if the inner sleeve is the cheap-o plastic one, I used to replace it with an aftermarket plastic-lined paper sleeve. That may not be better storage exactly, but it was a heckuva lot easier to take the discs in and out.
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From what I've read, if the LD has laser rot, there isn't much you can do about it. It's a natural chemical reaction, so unless you are willing to store your LDs inside an airtight chamber and can synthesize excited bromide in an argon matrix (Let's see someone get that quote ), you'll just have to wait and see which discs survive and which don't.

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From what I've read, if the LD has laser rot, there isn't much you can do about it. It's a natural chemical reaction, so unless you are willing to store your LDs inside an airtight chamber and can synthesize excited bromide in an argon matrix (Let's see someone get that quote ), you'll just have to wait and see which discs survive and which don't.


You'd have to be a Real Genius to have a set-up like THAT in your house!
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Ive heard similar to greencapt.

I also read here: http://www.answers.com/topic/laserdisc that laser rot is partly due to cheap adhesives between the disc layers which is how the aluminum inside the disc, as mackey said, is exposed to oxidation.

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Greencapt, you are SOOOOOOOOOOO the man. That movie rocks!

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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Greencapt, you are SOOOOOOOOOOO the man. That movie rocks!


Whatever happened to Val Kilmer man??? After RG and 'Top Secret' he had sooooo much promise.
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Perhaps keeping a small piece of chalk with the discs might help, as the chalk "sucks up" the humidity. Works to prevent magnetic tapes to develop mold and stuff.
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Perhaps keeping a small piece of chalk with the discs might help, as the chalk "sucks up" the humidity. Works to prevent magnetic tapes to develop mold and stuff.


For that matter, you could store your DVD copies of the PT next to the SW Laserdiscs- if anything 'sucks' its those films!
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Greencapt, you are SOOOOOOOOOOO the man. That movie rocks!


Whatever happened to Val Kilmer man??? After RG and 'Top Secret' he had sooooo much promise.


Didn't that kid in the movie look like a young Sara Jessica Parker?
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Perhaps keeping a small piece of chalk with the discs might help, as the chalk "sucks up" the humidity. Works to prevent magnetic tapes to develop mold and stuff.


For that matter, you could store your DVD copies of the PT next to the SW Laserdiscs- if anything 'sucks' its those films!


LOL!!

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"Didn't that kid in the movie look like a young Sara Jessica Parker? "

Shhhhhh...that used to *be* Sara Jessica Parker.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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LOL.
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