( http://www.mscience.com/survey.html )
The only CDRs found problem-free were the 63 minute discs manufactured by
Mitsui Toatsu and TDK.
Manufacturing quality matters. Stick with name brands for archives.
( 1996 -
http://www.archives.state.co.us/cpa/articles/audiovisual/careofcds.htm )
"According to conservators, such as William Nugent (see References), the
following are the most durable CDs:
Super CD
Kodak Writable CD
Kodak Photo CD
Digipress Century Disc Gold
Digipress Century-Disc Ark
Digipress Century-Disc Eon "
See also links at
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/electronic-records/electronic-
storage-media/#optical
Tom
On Sunday, March 03, 2002 at 16:37, ll.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] CD quality & longevity" saying:
> In <3C820631.15864.418E41B@localhost>, on 03/03/02 at 11:17 AM,
> "Tom Trottier" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> >I found a good site on CD quality for archival storage:
> > http://www.mscience.com
>
> Did you come away with any recommendations you can live by? I looked
> over the data, but for the life of me I couldn't jot down any hints that
> would warrant I'd pick any CD that would meet specification. It appears
> that, no matter the brand or type, CD quality is almost a turkey shoot.
>
> ---------------------------------------------
> les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
> ---------------------------------------------
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