Posted by becks on 05/17/06 22:13

Delkins Archival Gold discs - where do you get those from ?



"Hebee Jeebes" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> It isn't a very stable technology. The dye layer on the disks are affected
> by many things. Things like heat, light, humidity and even manufacturing
> problems like they don't get it even, etc.
>
> Unlike commercially pressed discs that not only don't use dye (they use
> thin layers of metal often aluminum, but sometimes other things). Also
> commercially pressed disks have another clear coat of protection over the
> data layer, something that consumer burned discs DVD +/- or CD doesn't
> have. All of this adds up to a media that isn't very long term stable.
> Nothing like the 100+ years that manufacturers were touting early on. Now
> they don't even mention life spans on these discs.
>
> They only thing you can do is to make sure and buy good discs and this
> doesn't always mean name brands. Most name brands like Sony, Maxell, etc.
> don't make their own discs any more, someone else does and they just slap
> their names on them.
>
> For long term storage I use Delkins Archival Gold discs. The write layer
> is made from gold and it has an anti-scratch layer. They claim 100 year
> life for DVD and 300 for CD. We will never know if this is true and won't
> even know if they are better than the other discs for a few years. But, I
> figure they are a better bet than the ones I know won't last.
>
> I also suspect that the higher writing speed plays a part too. I have more
> usable discs from my 1X CD-R drive than I do from any other drive I have
> had. I think the slower speeds gives a better write, but that could just
> be a coincidence too.
>
> Robert
>

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