Does huge magnetic stuff damages DVD game disc if leaving them next to each other?

[mgsvr]

Guys help me out.

I have a Logitech Z-5500 system with that huge subwoofer on my room. However I need to move my games disc storage from the old place now to a new place, and I plan to have the disc storage to be mount on the wall above the subwoofer.

My question is, does the game discs will be damage if leave near a huge magnetic subwoofer? Does games data even have magnet inside at all like tapes data?

Thanks

[HumanSnatcher]

It won't harm them at all. Its not magnetic media of any type so you're good...

[Quackzilla]

no, the disc has grooves in it that are read by a laser.

A CD/DVD is kind of like a small record coated in plastic.

[mgsvr]

So there's no magnet? The disc just contain segment of tiny track that read by laser right?

How come when I read on the instruction booklet from games, they tell us to never direct it to sunlight or leave it near magnet (something like that).

[Eastsidecracker]

So there's no magnet? The disc just contain segment of tiny track that read by laser right?

How come when I read on the instruction booklet from games, they tell us to never direct it to sunlight or leave it near magnet (something like that).
Think you mean lasers. Like the AOL cds say "do not scan", im guessing the laser can mess with it.

[NoRain]

So there's no magnet? The disc just contain segment of tiny track that read by laser right?

How come when I read on the instruction booklet from games, they tell us to never direct it to sunlight or leave it near magnet (something like that).

I haven't seen a disk say not to leave it near a magnet since things were on floppy disks. Sunlight can melt the plastic and screw with the organics. So heat bad, sunlight bad, magnets shouldn't have any effect unless its really strong and can somehow distort the foil layer on a optical disk which I'm not even sure is magnetic to start with. A quick google says that foil layer is generally made out of aluminum which is non magnetic. So unless its a substandard disk thats put in a MRI catscan thing I think you'll be ok.

[SpazX]

Direct sunlight=melting/warping of the disc, which wouldn't neccesarily damage the data, but would make it unable to be played in a player.

I don't know that it does say to keep them away from magnets, but it definitely won't do anything.

[Quackzilla]

Think you mean lasers. Like the AOL cds say "do not scan", im guessing the laser can mess with it.
um, no. It says do not scan because they are free.

The only thing that can damage a CD is heat. And force, of course...

[mgsvr]

Ohhh alright, thanks guy.

Talk about heat, I'm planning to get the x360. However I heard that its create a lot of heat, which some people touch their game disc after a play session and the disc is pretty hot. Anyone here have experience this?

Since heat = warp disc = damage

[NoRain]

Think you mean lasers. Like the AOL cds say "do not scan", im guessing the laser can mess with it.


LOL AOL disks say do not scan because they are free not because it would do them damage. Doh Quakzilla beat me to it. Thats so cashiers don't spend an hour trying to figure out how to charge you for it.

[epobirs]

If you have a 'Back To The Future' sized woofer putting out such an intense field it can distort optical discs, you should be more concerned with your electricity bill.

That or making sure you don't get so involved in a game that you forget to press the Button every 108 minutes.

[Graystone]

If you have a 'Back To The Future' sized woofer putting out such an intense field it can distort optical discs, you should be more concerned with your electricity bill.

That or making sure you don't get so involved in a game that you forget to press the Button every 108 minutes.

:lol:

Flux capacitors FTW!

[Photomotoz]

Subwoofers are commonly magnetically shielded anyhow.