On Tuesday 13 September 2005 01:37 pm, Bryan Tyson wrote:
On Monday 12 September 2005 15:16, Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile
w/ Treo wrote:
If you are wondering about the viability of CD/DVD longivity, they go bad as soon as you burn on them. Cnet reported that as soon as 6 months afterwards, they had CDs going south on them.
I burned some DVDs recently on DVD +R, and I played them right after making them to be sure they burned OK. They were fine. In some cases less than a week later they were corrupted. Video would play partway then freeze. Just last night I played a DVD I burned on DVD +R. 2 or 3 months ago, it was fine. Last night, it played nearly to the end, then froze.
I don't know if I had a bad batch of discs or what. But it did show me that a home-burned DVD can be fine at first, then go bad, and it can be in a shockingly short time.
Bryan
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Bryan, I thought the DVD players preferred the -R discs for long lasting recordings? I don't know for a fact, but I'm sure someone told me they had to use the -R discs when transferring VHS tapes to DVD to get a good recording. Could that be your problem? end of line Lee