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Re: RE: cd's as archive medium-maybe not?

Subject: Re: RE: cd's as archive medium-maybe not?
From: Walter Knapp <>
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 17:27:25 -0400
Jeremiah Moore wrote:

> I'm going to start archiving stuff on DVD-R.  CDR is just way too
> small to be convenient.  I've found some encouraging info regarding
> long-term stability, but hard to tell if it's really reputable info.
> Anybody out there have experience with this?

I'm kind of expecting the DVD-R will have much the same problems as CDR.
Especially if it gets into the high speed burning to the extent they
have done on CDR. And if the people who demand something for nothing get
into the game resulting in deep discounted blanks.

Walt




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