CD-Rs only last for two years at DVinfo.net

Gints Klimanis · April 22nd, 2004, 03:34 PM

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=513486

Ever decreasing circles
You know those CD-Rs that you've trusted your most precious memories to? They could be little more use than coasters after just two years. Michael Pollitt investigates

Harry Settle · April 22nd, 2004, 10:19 PM

I heard some of this on "Tech TV" a while back, and found the information to be rather dissapointing.

But. . . go figure. . . my daughter has burned music cd's floating around in her car, front seat, visor trunk etc. . . not a coaster in the bunch. I put one in "safe storage", and it's a UFO.

Ben Gurvich · April 22nd, 2004, 11:38 PM

EMTEC/BASF

I went to make a DVD from my 2001 master . It had holes in it!
I will never buy emtec again. I am still upset

Gints Klimanis · April 23rd, 2004, 12:24 AM

I've had quite a few CD-Rs fail with CRC errors that I received from other or burned myself on a Teac 2x SCSI burner in 1999.
They were stored properly on a spindle in my closet. On all,
I've been able to see the files (directory intact), but have been
unable to copy the files to hard disk.

I am starting to worry about the longetivity of my collection. Damn. I hate making backups of backups. At least now, we can burn about 10 CD-Rs onto a single DVD-R.

I hope the industry responds with a new CD format with significantly more bits for error correction. Most of my CD-Rs
are only partially filled, so I wouldn't mind waiting an extra three minutes or so for the entire disk to be filled.

Richard Alvarez · April 23rd, 2004, 06:22 AM

Sad news considering the longevity of film stored in the same conditions.

Rob Lohman · April 23rd, 2004, 12:45 PM

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthrea...threadid=24972

April 22nd, 2004, 03:34 PM	#1
Gints Klimanis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,222	CD-Rs only last for two years http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=513486 Ever decreasing circles You know those CD-Rs that you've trusted your most precious memories to? They could be little more use than coasters after just two years. Michael Pollitt investigates

April 22nd, 2004, 10:19 PM	#2
Harry Settle Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bemidji, MN Posts: 276	I heard some of this on "Tech TV" a while back, and found the information to be rather dissapointing. But. . . go figure. . . my daughter has burned music cd's floating around in her car, front seat, visor trunk etc. . . not a coaster in the bunch. I put one in "safe storage", and it's a UFO. __________________ "DOH"!!!

April 23rd, 2004, 12:45 PM	#6
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April 22nd, 2004, 11:38 PM	#3
Ben Gurvich Major Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 329	EMTEC/BASF I went to make a DVD from my 2001 master . It had holes in it! I will never buy emtec again. I am still upset

April 23rd, 2004, 12:24 AM	#4
Gints Klimanis Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,222	I've had quite a few CD-Rs fail with CRC errors that I received from other or burned myself on a Teac 2x SCSI burner in 1999. They were stored properly on a spindle in my closet. On all, I've been able to see the files (directory intact), but have been unable to copy the files to hard disk. I am starting to worry about the longetivity of my collection. Damn. I hate making backups of backups. At least now, we can burn about 10 CD-Rs onto a single DVD-R. I hope the industry responds with a new CD format with significantly more bits for error correction. Most of my CD-Rs are only partially filled, so I wouldn't mind waiting an extra three minutes or so for the entire disk to be filled.

April 23rd, 2004, 06:22 AM	#5
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Sad news considering the longevity of film stored in the same conditions.