Posted by Randy Yates on 12/29/07 22:03

Kompu Kid <deguza@hotmail.com> writes:

> Hello All:
>
> I have been scouring the Internet for the past few weeks to determine
> what brand to use to archive some of my music that I transferred from
> my LP's.
>
> Most of the information that I found are several months old. I want
> to summarize what I've found so far and ask others opinions as to if
> anything has changed.
>
> Here they are:
>
> * Taiyo Yuden for inexpensive disks.
>
> * Some TDK, and Verbatim DVDs are made using Taiyo Yuden media.
>
> * The TDK DVDs sold in Cosco in bulk are not made with Taiyo Yuden
> media.
>
> * Rima DVDs are also made with Taiyo Yuden media.
>
> * MAN-A gold is the best and has the longest shelf life.
>
> * DVD+R 's better than DVD-R in terms of error correction, etc.
>
> Comments appreciated!
>
> Deguza

For $60 you can buy a 320 GB hard drive. Using a lossless encoding
algorithm like FLAC, you can get well over 1000 CDs on it. Buy two,
using one as a backup. Then when one crashes, buy a new drive. Rinse,
lather, repeat.
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