[Ti] OT Durability of DVDs

[Tarik]

On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 02:32  pm, Murray Kastner wrote:

>
> Now someone tells me that there may be a lawsuit going on somewhere in 
> Europe for precisely opposite factor. Can anyone either confirm, deny 
> or advise on this?

I can't confirm or deny.

>  I was of the opinion that videocassettes fade with time while DVDs 
> are much, much longer-lived.

Generally yes they are much longer lived ( assuming that tape based 
media are normally not stored properly, away from harmful magnetic 
fields ) but DVDs are in no way "permanent". It is all relative. I 
would wager that if you stored your data on DVDs and then made new 
copies every 5 years and kept 3 generations you'd probably be fine 
though.

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Tarik Bilgin
Opalblue
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