yes, my freezer is the darkest, coldest, least humid place I got.
Although a few may disagree.
I see this report as a "shot across the bow".
We can no longer tolerate CD manufacturer resistance to honest
disclosure. Some day we will get "Archive" labels that will mean
something. But for right now if a company lists their dye and
reflection material, they will get "the people who care" business,
and if they don't they wont.
Rich
Who will be the first manufacturer to be honest and forward and print
it on the cd product itself.
--- In Rob Danielson <>
wrote:
> At 7:59 PM +0000 2/7/05, Rich Peet wrote:
> >Well it may not be their conclusion but after reading this my cd
> >archives are headed to the freezer in foam food shipping boxes for
> >slow warm up when needed.
> >
> >Looks like there is some good work being done on this topic which
is
> >over due.
> >
> >see:
> >http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/gipwg/StabilityStudy.pdf
> >
> >Rich
> >
> Good find. Are you betting on the freezer because there's no
telling
> what kind of dyes and quality control were used? The coming
> longevity tests may not tell us what we're aching to know if
there's
> so much variability in the products. No more bargain discs for me.
> Would it be would be useful to know which companies are practicing
> quality control in making phthalocyanine dye, silver/gold metal
> products? Mitsui possibly? Anyone know the scoop here? Rob D.
>
> = = =
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