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"choo"

03/05/2005 6:04 PM

DVD rack vs electricity

Hi, my mains is in a box in my living room (U.K.) and I was thinking of
making a dvd rack which would sit on top of this box to utilise the wasted
space above it. The DVDs would be about 14 inches above the mains and I was
wondering if the electric field would have any affect on the DVDs in the
short/long term.

Thx for any replies,

patrick


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Richard Clements

in reply to "choo" on 03/05/2005 6:04 PM

03/05/2005 8:20 PM

and DVD or CD that you put in the sun will go blank, not just CD-Rs
JeffB wrote:

> Absolutely no effect. DVDs utilize reflected light, not magnetism. The
> prewritten ones are not damaged by electromagnetic fields - well, keep
> them outside of a microwave oven. The user written ones can be damaged by
> sunlight or high temperature - but not your electric mains.
>
> JeffB
>
> choo wrote:
>
>> Hi, my mains is in a box in my living room (U.K.) and I was thinking of
>> making a dvd rack which would sit on top of this box to utilise the
>> wasted space above it. The DVDs would be about 14 inches above the mains
>> and I was wondering if the electric field would have any affect on the
>> DVDs in the short/long term.
>>
>> Thx for any replies,
>>
>> patrick
>>
>>
>

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JeffB

in reply to "choo" on 03/05/2005 6:04 PM

03/05/2005 6:39 PM

Absolutely no effect. DVDs utilize reflected light, not magnetism. The
prewritten ones are not damaged by electromagnetic fields - well, keep them
outside of a microwave oven. The user written ones can be damaged by sunlight or
high temperature - but not your electric mains.

JeffB

choo wrote:

> Hi, my mains is in a box in my living room (U.K.) and I was thinking of
> making a dvd rack which would sit on top of this box to utilise the wasted
> space above it. The DVDs would be about 14 inches above the mains and I was
> wondering if the electric field would have any affect on the DVDs in the
> short/long term.
>
> Thx for any replies,
>
> patrick
>
>

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"choo"

in reply to "choo" on 03/05/2005 6:04 PM

03/05/2005 9:47 PM

Thx, you have made SWMBO very happy, she keeps complaining that I have DVDs
all over the house.

Patrick

Jj

JeffB

in reply to "choo" on 03/05/2005 6:04 PM

04/05/2005 6:26 AM

From NIST Special Publication 500-252 on CD/DVD media - published October 2003:

Effects of exposure to sunlight on prerecorded (ROM) CDs/DVDs:
"Light effects on ROM discs, therefore, are considered negligible."

Moisture or humidity, and physical damage are the agents of degradation for
prerecorded CDs/DVDs.

JeffB

Richard Clements wrote:

> and DVD or CD that you put in the sun will go blank, not just CD-Rs
> JeffB wrote:
>
>
>>Absolutely no effect. DVDs utilize reflected light, not magnetism. The
>>prewritten ones are not damaged by electromagnetic fields - well, keep
>>them outside of a microwave oven. The user written ones can be damaged by
>>sunlight or high temperature - but not your electric mains.
>>
>>JeffB
>>
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