^ No. Strictly from anecdotal/empirical evidence. Mine and others. My oldest hard disk is ~35 years old and still works. My oldest DVDs are ~20 years old and still work. My oldest CDs are ~30 years old and still work. Etc. I doubt I'm an outlier, except for the HDD (which is the first Winchester...
It might not be a bad idea to consider ripping your most favorite or difficult to replace DVDs while you can. The disc to look at, the rip to play. I say that to you, but I'll never do it myself! I did rip all my CDs though, quite a process, but mostly the tagging which the DVDs won't need.
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Can I take it that I'm quite likely to have problems with the Film Noir Classic Collection Vol. 4? I see some titles in this set mentioned a few times in the thread. Not sure if testing all the discs will do much, besides annoy me, since it's probably hard to get replacements here anyway. Best...