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These discs cost about three dollars apiece. The Blu-ray versions will
cost about three times that...
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That's all I need to know. Too expensive and too much handling. I'll
stick with hard drives since they're fast and cheap. They won't last
1,000 years but neither will I. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 4/15/2013 8:47 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> They claim that the discs were texted by the navy are are good for 110 years
> at the least. Special burner (right now only LG) is required.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 6:50 PM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] The Joy of Backups
>
> No. Should I be?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/14/2013 10:16 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>> Are you familiar with the M Disc?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chuck Norcutt
>> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 3:23 PM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] The Joy of Backups
>>
>> And they won't last more than a year or two or three unless they're gold
>> rather than aluminum. But CDs/DVDs are not only unreliable they're also
>> much slower and more expensive than multiple hard drive copies. My
>> images are stored on 3 drives. One in the computer, one on an external
>> backup drive that's in the same room and a third stored outside
>> somewhere protected from the elements and, of course, fire in the main
>> house.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 4/14/2013 3:27 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
>>> I'm glad for you. I have had bad results from CDroms not lasting a few
>>> years.
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