[ale] DVD life expectancy

[Jim Popovitch]

Thanks James.

I see that my 5 year old CDs are good for between 0 and 95 more years.
I guess I'll know more tomorrow, or the day after, or the day after
that, etc.  :-) 

How and the world can they determine that the lifespan of a CD is
between 5 - 100 years.  I think I would have more confidence in them if
they just said "We don't really know". 

-Jim P.

On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 15:55 -0400, James Sumners wrote:
> Both in one shot --
> http://www.caps-project.org/cache/DigitalMediaLifeExpectancyAndCare.html
> 
> On 5/22/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On the same note, but not wanting to hijack James' post, if you also
> > have similar info on CD life (esp. 5+ yearold CDs) I would appreciate
> > seeing that also.
> > 
> > tia,
> > 
> > -Jim P.
> > 
> > On Sun, 2005-05-22 at 14:50 -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > Any clue as to the anticipated lifetime of a burned DVD? Not a
> > > commercial purchased, stamped variety (those should last a fairly long
> > > while).
> > >
> > > I have had a recent rash of failed DVD's all from the same batch. They
> > > _used_ to work but now I get errors.
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