DVD life expectancy

[Cardfan]

I am about to give up on ripping DVD's. I have used several different brands (memorex is the latest) and it seems they work for the first year or two, but after that I start getting read errors (parts in the dvd that hang and can't be read). I'm wondering if you guys have the same experience? I've spent hundreds of dollars and one by one they are starting to deteriorate. I store them in a dark place away from any elements and at the most watch them 3 or 4 times a year...100 years my ass!

[ricky1756]

are you sure your lens isn't getting dirtier and dirtier?

[chipy66]

yeah try and watch one that is deteriorating on a new player

[Cardfan]

I've tried them on the computer and my set top and its a bad spot, I can't pull the vob file with decrypter or smartripper. I originally started out with a generic brand from cd-recordable.com (I think alot of people got burned on these) and after about a year I noticed a couple bad ones and checked out the rest of them. About 1/2 of them I couldn't salvage the rest I put on some memorex thinking a name brand would be a better choice. Now I have a couple of them doing it again, I won't be spending the money to back them up again. I was just wondering if anyone else has this problem.