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Posted by Biz on 10/06/25 11:40
"Clark Zahn" <removeclzahn@shoesmindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Logos wrote:
>
> > "Clark Zahn" <removeclzahn@shoesmindspring.com> wrote in message
> > news:iS5Kf.1949$VI6.453@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> >
> >>I've read that DVDs produced on consumer type burners have a limited
> >>lifetime while commercially produced DVDs last much longer. I'd like to
> >>preserve some family videos and I was wondering if there is a service
> >>available that I could send my videos to that will produce long lasting
> >>DVDs.
> >>
> >>TIA
> >>
> >>Clark
> >
> >
> > Commercially produced videos must be produced in the thousands to be
cost
> > effective, since a glass master must be produced and then the DVDs
stamped
> > from that.
> >
> > Consumer DVDs are dye-based...a completely different concept. Although
some
> > claim that their brands will last for 100 years, I have only seen a
study
> > that varifies such long life for Mitsui-A Archive brand DVDs. Expect to
pay
> > at least $3 a blank disc.
> >
> > DVD will be an obsolete medium within 10-15 years at the outside...just
how
> > long do you want to archive?
> >
> >
> >
>
> I'd be happy to pay $3 per blank if I could feel confident that they'd
> last a long time. I've read that the usual DVDs might not last more
> than 5 years. Where could I find that study? I couldn't find it on
Google.
>
> Some of the tapes I want to preserve are getting quite old so I need to
> do something pretty soon.
>
>
> Clark
Dont forget that your analog media deteriorates over time, whereas, even
though the current recordable media doesnt last forever, you can make
another exact copy every few years or so without any loss, and the media
just continues to improve.....
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