On Monday 19 February 2007 12:55, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2007-02-19 at 11:32 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
AIUI, it relates to designed life of the media. For most CDs/DVDs it is pretty short (a year or two I think. And the glue from the back of the label will eat away your data. Don't use them.)
The initial designed life was ethernal. A century at least. Actual life expectancy after "improvements" is much lower. Well, maybe I'm thinking of CDs.
Check these out: http://www.kmpmedia.com/kodak-gold.html
That should be long enough for you (rated 100 to 300 years).
FYI: I was curious about the cost. $122 for 100-pack at http://www.datamediastore.com/kodak-cd-r-29150.html.
I wonder if there are more makers claiming similar durability?
-- Cheers, Carlos E. R.
Over many years, I have always found Kodak to be a very reliable outfit. What they say, they mean. If they promise 100 years minimum, I would take their word. I do not know of too many companies that I would take the word of. The difficulty with Kodak, is that if they are not selling a lot of the product, it's deleted, so if you decide on this media, you might want to consider getting enough to last for a while. At least until something better comes along--which it will, of course. --doug --doug -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org