Can sunlight fade DVD artwork?

I'm looking for some advice please.

On my DVD shelves; most of my DVD case spines are in the path of direct
sunlight coming in from the window. Can this sunlight do any damage to
the artwork; such as fading or anything?

I can't really move the shelves out of the way of the sunlight (they're
huge and there's nowhere else in the room to move them to) and even with
the shade down; there's still a crack of sunlight peeking through the
side of the shade that falls on some of the DVDs).

If it can do any kind of real damage; I'll have to come up with some
sort of creative way to put something in front of the shelves to block
the sun (any advice?). Thanks!

-Paul.

 

Almost certainly.

The crack of sunlight won't be a problem.

If you don't mind faded DVD artwork, it should be no problem.


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DVD artwork isn't known for it's resistance to UV fading. I'd recommend
some doors on the shelving or improving the window shades.

 

Fading is probable - but how much depends upon the lattitude where
you live. Here in latitude 28 degrees North even the blacktop
hiways become white in a short time. The further from the equator
you are the less the sun will fade items - it's the UV rays that do
so much damage.

How about a light screen or cloth over the front of them.

Put something that hangs over the ones that see the crack of
sunlight.