A thread over at the AVS Forums has highlighted a potential problem with the coating of Blu-ray discs, described by many as "disc rot" due to the mould-like spots that have made several owner's Blu-ray discs unplayable. The five page thread has reports from dozens of forum members, many of them discovering spots which can't be rubbed off on Blu-ray versions of "The Prestige." It's impossible to judge how widespread the problem is from a single forum thread, although it's not unheard of to see a product recall after a problem is discovered by users on a forum.
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Kevin writes: "Multi-GPU gaming was one of those things that seemed like a good idea for as long as it lasted. I mean honestly, the idea of a modular approach to graphics upgrades – be that SLI or CrossFire – was brilliant. I repeat, the idea was brilliant."
Im old school... when i hear the term SLI, I immediately think of 3dfx. I still have a pair of 12mb Monster V2's in an old rig. I never tried out the more modern take on SLI or Crossfire for that matter.
I mean, it was mostly for bragging rights. It was a very temperamental tech that improved with newer iterations, for sure. But folks like myself, who have used it, probably recall that troubleshooting was an integral part of the experience and the value that you got out of the setup was really low.
However, none of that mattered because it looked sick as hell on a well-built PC.
I remember doing my research at the time 😂 I got 2 GTX 460's, as they in SLI were meant to be better than the 480 at the time. Not all games were optimised at the time, which meant some games meant setting them up for 1 card alone. Never forget the time I came home from night shift, turned on my computer like normal, went and made a cuppa, come back and it was still off. Tried to turn on again, and one of the 460's caught fire... good times.
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It looks like the coating on the disc is deteriorating.
I thought it was caused by the sun...maybe not.
I wonder if the disc can be effected if you live in a hot/humid climate.
The reason I ask is because I've seen this before on a few other disc's in the SE.
its likely this may has to do with the replicator the company that produced the||that disc. it doesn't sound like its a wide spread problem, I have yet to find spots on my discs.
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By the looks of it, is the coating that is having a reaction. I'm in california, I play Resistance fall of man a lot of times and disc is fine. I'm certain it has to do with the replicator providing the discs.
None of mine are doing that. :/
No spots wonder if its just a bad batch or what? I'm sure all the companies involved with blu-ray did age testing and climate testing and various other tests to ensure it lasts.
at the same time.
Never had that happen is that a glitch on the site?