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[IbizaPocholo]

This video explores the technical aspects of the fabrication process for the black discs used in the original PlayStation. See how raw materials were molded and stamped into the discs, and how quality control was maintained throughout the production process.

 

[DGrayson]

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[DeepEnigma]

1997 boyeeeeeeeeeeee!

 

[Valedix]

 

[EverydayBeast]

Always been a n64 supporter but I did play MGS, ape escape etc. and give them credit for Gran turismo, GTA etc.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Gonna watch this old video, I always thought that some guy at the end of the production line had a can of black spray paint and just sprayed away.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

The year of the best adverts!

 

[RoboFu]

did you know you can still buy some offical PS1 games from Square-Enix but without the black bottoms?

 

[Drew1440]

Didn't the black dye help prevent disk rot?

 

[Rat Rage]

Didn't the black dye help prevent disk rot?

I think it served 2 purposes: 1. adding extra uv protection? 2.making it impossible to see how much data was actually burned onto the disc, which is especially useful if you had smaller games that would only fill up 1/3 of the disc. Customers would probably complain why their disc wasn't "full "or some shit.

Btw, cool video!

 

[AngelMuffin]

Are you asking or telling?

 

[Ar¢tos]

I miss 1997. *sigh*

 

[Ronin_7]

DATEADD(yy, -26, GETDATE())

 

[coffinbirth]

Memorex also made black CD-R's back in the day, fwiw.

 

[Syphon Filter]

nice

 

[bradman]

How is babby formed?

 

[Rival]

Always been a n64 supporter but I did play MGS, ape escape etc. and give them credit for Gran turismo, GTA etc.

I love Pete’s videos.

 

[RoadHazard]

They're not made anymore. Sorry.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

SPRINGFIELD - On Jan. 18, 1994, local and state officials reveled in Springfield's good fortune as Sony announced it would build a $50 million, 300-employee factory here.

"It really feels a little like Christmas today," gushed then-Gov. Barbara Roberts.

In the months that followed, local officials speculated that Sony might eventually expand the factory to a 1,000-employee campus. The possibilities seemed endless.

Fast-forward nine years: Sony, awash in financial problems, abruptly shuts the plant, transfers its remaining work to other U.S. factories and lays off all 277 Lane County workers.

How could things have gone so wrong?

Sony and Springfield: What went wrong. - Free Online Library

Free Online Library: Sony and Springfield: What went wrong. by "The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)"; News, opinion and commentary General interest Consumer electronics industry

www.thefreelibrary.com

Found the above about that PS1 disc factory in Springfield, OR.