Posted by Clark Zahn on 11/16/14 11:40

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

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