Technical DVD disc question... (1 Viewer)

[Robert Floto]

I hope this is in the right section, but I have a question regarding the possibility of damage to a disc if stored in a bad place...

I am rapidly running out of room on my shelves as my collection grows. The only shelf I haven't been using has an electrical outlet (socket) in the wall behind it.

I don't use this outlet, so is it safe to cover it with DVDs?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Stephane]

I would tend to say that you have no problem to store your DVDs there. It is not like tapes where any type of electromgnetic could just erase it.

 

[Brian McHale]

There should be no issues with storing DVDs in front of an unused electrical outlet. Since there's no exposed metal on a DVD to provide any kind of electrical connection, you wouldn't even need to cover the outlet. Even if DVDs were magnetic (like tapes), I don't believe that an electrical outlet has a strong enough electromagnetic field to cause any problems.

Bottom line: you're safe.

 

[Robert Floto]

Thanks, guys! This solves a lot of problems with storing my ever growing collection...