Posted by Logos on 11/16/85 11:40

"Clark Zahn" <removeclzahn@shoesmindspring.com> wrote in message
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> 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?

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