Scaremongering or Fact?

Dusty321 · #1 16-02-2002, 05:06

Hello All,

Believe it or not Im new to the whole DC world of entertainment having pushed it aside in favour of the Playstation and not really giving it a second look (Yes I am a stupid tart) as Im starting to think it actually better than the PS1 in general!

My question is this, I have been reading afew reports that suggest playing Copied DC games can have an adverse affect on the laser unit and will in time damage it beyond repair? Fact or Fiction I dont know but you'd expect Sega and software companies to back this line of defence hopeing to deter people from doing it. But is it a fact?

Your comments would be grateful.

Cheers

Dusty

Wayne · #2 17-02-2002, 01:53

This is fiction. What may cause premature laser failure is tweaking the laser sensitivity.

Another thing that may cause premature laser difficulties is overheating, which unfortunately happens all to frequently in Dreamcast machines. Some will start overheating within six months of purchase and others will never give overheating problems. Overheating canl cause potential damage to other parts of the system as well though, such as processor and graphics chip...

Dusty321 · #3 17-02-2002, 07:37

Cheers Wayne,

The Only reason I asked this question is I remember reading on another forum that copies Can damage the laser unit due to the different way the laser tracks the information on the copies as aposed to an orignial game, But you probably know more than me, So thats good enough!

Dusty.

Wayne · #4 17-02-2002, 17:09

That's been an urban legend for as long as I've been posting here. Think about it - a CDR is read by the laser not too unlike an audio CD (as well as the first few megabytes of any GDROM). If the Dreamcast is designed to play audio CDs, and CD-R discs are virtually identical from the laser's standpoint, doesn't it stand to reason that CD-R games should do no more damage than playing a handful of audio CDs?

Dusty321 · #5 18-02-2002, 10:12

Point taken.......

Cheers.