Can cold harm a DVD Writer?

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I have burned many time DVD videos and everything was ok, but recently some of the DVD that i burned when i put on (i tried on many different) DVD players thay plays not correctly! While the DVD is running sometimes the image get distorted (sure the sound to on that moment). What can be the cause?! I think is the DVD writer problem because i burned some day before some video on DVD disc and it was ok, thereafter (next day) on the morning when it was very very cold i opend all the windows (the windows of the house i mean) to get fresh air, thereafter i burned some other videos and all of those when played on the DVD players it happen many time while playing that the image gets distorted. Could it be the cause the cold, may did it harm the writer?! To be sure that the video files are 100% verified that are correct.
 
Sometimes get problems going from cold dry air ito warm moist air with condensation either on the disks or the writer heads, this can distort the beam and mess up recording and/or reading.

Also have found that some recordable DVD's work great in some players but not in others.

Hope that may help.
 
Cold can harm the DVD/CDs, however I'm not aware of it harming the writer itself.
Note on care and handling of data disks: http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec5.html

It could just be it's going up intermittently, and some times they can over heat. So assuming it gets cold enough it may cause certain areas of the plastic to become brittle and/or malfunction.

You can benchmark your righter and see if the problem persists:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/CD-DVD-Tools/CD-DVD-Rip-Other-Tools/Nero-CDDVD-Speed.shtml

Regarding disc verification, you can use ImgBurner which will do an entire hash check of the disc after burning and report any problems. If it finds some than either you have a bad bunch of discs or a bad burner. http://www.imgburn.com/
 
The biggest problem with DVD/CD disks (and also electronic items) in the cold is condensation.

If an object's temperature falls below dew point (and this is based on temperature and humidity) then moisture in the air will condense on the object - that's what causes condensation.

The cause of your problem could be condensation on the writer or even on the disks themselves.

Condensation should disappear after the object warms up again to a point above the dew point of that environment, but moisture can collect underneath or between components on a circuit board.

It is possible for moisture to cause long-term damage to a component, either by physically damaging it or through a short-circuit.
 
yes because it will get gold and compact a bit and when it heats it up it expands :)
 
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