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Posted by Bob Ford on 10/05/95 11:44
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:59:09 GMT, "doc" <doc@anywhere.com> wrote:
>Thanks for the input Bob. Just hearing all kinds of stuff about there being
>a lot of difference in DVD Media and wondering what folks are recommending.
>Some are saying that certain DVD media isn't good for more than six months
>and others stating that certain DVD media is only good for coasters (that's
>drink glass coasters) and worried that our archive for our clients won't be
>good a few years from now.
>
>Additional thoughts?
>
>drd
There was a discussion on this group fairly recently re: the fact that
archiving stuff to dvd may not have as long a life span as tape.
National Videotape tells me that people like Comcast who are
converting to DVD are doing so on their highest grade dvd media.
As far as brands go I was first using Maxell and had good success with
it. I tried Fuji for one of my jobs and had a huge amount of failures
with it. Funny as my brand of choice for tape is Fuji and I generally
don't like Maxell tape. I found that it dirties up my tape heads
quickly - what the tape folks refer to as dusty tape. Only other
comment re: tape is I wouldn't use TDK if you gave me a ton of it
free.
I switched to Taiyo Yuden dvd stock and it is much cheaper than what I
was paying for Maxell and I have found it to be a very good product.
Very few failures. I can buy blank dvd media from National for as
cheap as .20 each but I won't use them. I pay .50 for the Taiyo and
you don't have to replace many discs for customers to quickly use up
the savings from going with cheaper discs.
Hopefully this info is of some help to you.
>
>"Bob Ford" <imagesinmotion@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:o3bb329f44622cnfu1b8p7s1epp64i4mor@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:41:48 GMT, "doc" <doc@anywhere.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Does the group have a suggestion on the best DVD discs/media for long term
>>>commercial applications?
>>>
>>>drd
>> Please define what you mean by long term, commercial.
>> Are you talking about archiving and storage or heavy repeated play
>> useage of a disc?
>> If it is archival my medai supplier tells me that they do have higher
>> quality discs that should have longer life but do you really need to
>> store anything much longer than 10 years anyway? The industry will
>> certainly change by then and you will need to be thinking about other
>> media.
>>
>> I am using blank media from Tayo Yuden (not sure of the spelling) and
>> I am experiencing very few problems with them. This particular company
>> does have different quality levels of their media.
>>
>> I don't know where you are located but I am in Northern CA and my
>> supplier is National Videotape Co. I have been buying all my blank
>> media from them for many years and they are an excellent Co. (No they
>> didn't pay me for this plug ;-))
>> Phone number is 925.803.1440 - talk to Josh and he can probably give
>> you some advice on the subject.
>> Bob Ford
>> Images In Motion
>> www.imagesinmotion.com
>
Bob Ford
Images In Motion
www.imagesinmotion.com
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