23 Mar
2013
23 Mar
'13
4:48 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerome H. Fine" <jhfinedp3k at compsys.to>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: OT: 1000 year DVD storage
I have DVD backups from 10 years ago, but I am confident
that DVD backups exist that are much older. 10 years ago,
a DVD burner was still rather expensive, so I shared one
since I only burned a backup every four months.
Jerome Fine
I burned CDs back when the burners were $1200 and the media was $7+ a piece
in bulk. The quality of blanks seems to have gone down quite a bit (faster
then price). I still have 15+ year old CDR that work fine, but I don't think
new media will last that long (kind of miss the blue dye blanks).
DVD recordable media seems to leave a lot to be desired in quality right out
of the gate.
Don't have a blue-ray burner, how are those?
This makes me wonder how many years a "1000
year" CD-R will have on it
before the substrate disintegrates, rendering the
medium unreadable...