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Re: CD-R lifetimes (again)

Subject: Re: CD-R lifetimes (again)
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 07:16:21 -0800
I don't know about lifetimes, Steve, but I began backing up my 
archive to CDRs in the 80s and they're still good and playable w/o 
any error that I can detect. It ain't exactly a lifetime and, in 
fact, may be a time-bomb not unlike the hydrotropism issue related to 
some analog audio tape manufactured in the late 60 and 70s. So far, 
it's good.

Bernie Krause

>Friends:
>
>Once upon a time in the phrase  "Limited Lifetime Warranty" the adjective
>"limited" applied to what was covered by the warranty.
>
>On the latest stack of CD-R's I bought I now read that the "limited"
>applies to lifetime, not what is covered. The manufacturer
>seems to warranty that the product has a limited life? (joke) 5 years and
>not a second more!
>
>Could someone who's been paying attention fill me/us in on the current
>status for CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW (etc. etc.) lifetimes?
>
>I've only has one CD-R become unreadable in some 5 years and 100  (or so)
>CD's. But I wouldn't look forward to the task of copying all those suckers
>twice a decade.
>
>This topic would be a good one for a FAQ' file but I gather it'd need
>frequent updating as formulations, manufacturing technologies, and formats
>come and go.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Steve P
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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