Digital BW, The Print

He's right Gary. Not all recordable DVDs are created equal. None 
should be considered a long term archival solution. DVD/CDs all 
decay. Their failure rate is quite high. However, if you insist on 
using DVDs for backup storage, to improve your chances, you should 
always uses the highest quality writable media available. For more 
information on that, see:

http://www.best-dvd-burning-software-reviews.com/best-blank-dvd-
media.asp

or (shortened)

http://tinyurl.com/7lssl

And if you do decide to use DVD/CD for backups, you should always 
have backups of your backups.

Rob Greer
http://www.robgreer.com/

--- "Gary Brown" <baffin@...> wrote:

> Would you care to elaborate a bit further, where did you find this 
> information. Its sound very inaccurate (I am trying to be polite).


>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> 
>> >From my current studies I have read the saving onto DVD or CD is 
a wast of 
>> >time. They don't last as long as we are >all led to believe. You 
are better 
>> >off getting a 200gig drive and saving your images their.