Three of my DVDs lost their gold-colored recorded surface and turned into clear plastic. How is this? ?

I would like to watch Spiderman 1 again and I was surprised that my player would not read the disc. After close examination, I found out that the underside of the disc turned from gold to clear plastic. My daughter told me that two of my other discs also turned this way (The Notebook and Frida) How did this happen? How can I prevent my other discs from suffering the same fate. Help!Three of my DVDs lost their gold-colored recorded surface and turned into clear plastic. How is this? ?
From the sound of it, you played the discs till they couldn't be played no more. My mom told me of a story where the same thing happened to one of her friends when their kids were watching Finding Nemo. I don't know if its preventable, but if your discs are like that, you would need to purchase a new movie.Three of my DVDs lost their gold-colored recorded surface and turned into clear plastic. How is this? ?
If these were factory discs, I'd take them back if I could find the receipt. There's no reason a disc shouldn't last forever. The information in a factory disc is actually pressed into the disc, it's not burned. The label covers the information and helps protect it. Since the information is actually in the disc and not in the coating, it should still be there. You could try coating the disc with something that won't harm the plastic and see if it can be read.






It sounds like you just wore out those discs. I've never actually heard of that happening. It might be a good idea to get you're DVD player looked at because it seems to be causing unusual wear on the discs. Of course, if there is something wrong with the player, it will probably cost less to replace than to fix.