Digital BW, The Print

Howard-

Your post is verbatim the advertising copy from the MAM-A Inc. 
website, the (presumed) manufacturer of the disks with which I had an 
extremely high rate of data corruption.  

I would not recommend these discs--with the very common Phillips 
recorder I used they showed about a 75% corruption rate.  So their 
logevity is moot.

Walt



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "how786" 
<how786@...> wrote:
>
>   I would think that the best DVD media currently available are the
> new Mitsui Gold  Archive Grade. The reflective layer is comprised of
> 24 karat gold, which allows maximum resistance to chemical breakdown
> -- one of the major causes of disc failure. Along with choosing the
> right recording dye material and bonding agent (Note: A DVD-R is 
made
> of two polycarbonate discs bonded together) the long-term stability 
of
> the reflective layer is crucial. Reflective layers using your 
standard
> "silver" surface are subject to oxidation (rust) over a long period 
of
> exposure to moisture. Unlike silver jewelry, a gold ring won't rust
> and neither will the gold reflective layer in this disc. In optical
> discs, the use of gold can triple the life of a standard disc.
> 
> Best
> Howard
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Rob"
> <digitalblackandwhitetheprint@> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >
>