Posted by Logos on 11/16/49 11:40

http://www.mam-a.com/technology/technical_papers/documents/DVD_info.pps

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