This might be interesting (and check the links in that article as well):
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/askjack/2008/05/how_long_should_a_dvd_last.html
Edited by - Zoid on 6/8/2008 5:44:14 PM
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| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 |  Posted - Jun 8 2008 : 5:00PMI have archived many VHS cassettes onto DVDs but I al under the impression that DVD's don't last forever. Should I be backing my media up every 5 years (etc?) Some of the things I have recorded are, well, irreplaceable. So, question is how often should I make back up copies so I can keep watching stuff that is special to me. [Link] |
| Zoid Senior Member Boobies and Anal 2004 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jun 8 2008 : 5:43PM This might be interesting (and check the links in that article as well): http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/askjack/2008/05/how_long_should_a_dvd_last.html Edited by - Zoid on 6/8/2008 5:44:14 PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Jun 8 2008 : 6:20PM [Link] |
| Zoid Senior Member Boobies and Anal 2004 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jun 8 2008 : 6:45PM [Link] |
| Robert Member My past is a foreign country. Most things are different there, including word usage. 503 Posts 12/06 | Posted - Jun 8 2008 : 9:27PM This one says 20 years [link removed: No link shorterners] And this one explains why it is so unpredictable. [link removed: No link shorterners] The geeks at CD Freaks http://club.cdfreaks.com/ consider it to be less than 10 years and agree (for the most part) that Verbatim DVDs are the best quality. How you store them is probably equally as important. [Link] |
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| ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03 | Posted - Jun 9 2008 : 1:06AM [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Jun 9 2008 : 4:24AM I'm not saying to trust one hard drive either. Never trust one of any storage media. The chances of two hard drives dying at the same time are probably pretty damn low. I'm sure it happens but at least you could say you were a victim of a freakish event and you did everything you realistically could to prevent losing something that was irreplaceable. Edited by - randomprecision on 6/9/2008 4:25:59 AM [Link] |
| Zoid Senior Member Boobies and Anal 2004 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jun 9 2008 : 11:13AM Here is a very helpful guide: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Jun 9 2008 : 11:14AM EDIT: I almost forgot to thank Robert also. Edited by - conquistador on 6/9/2008 11:16:01 AM [Link] |
| Zoid Senior Member Boobies and Anal 2004 Posts 5/04 | Posted - Jun 9 2008 : 9:44PM [Link] |
| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Jun 9 2008 : 10:00PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Jun 10 2008 : 12:14AM I have read that also. My question is how long they retain data before wearing out/degrading. TYPO Edited by - conquistador on 6/10/2008 12:15:12 AM [Link] |
| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Jun 10 2008 : 12:47AM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Jun 10 2008 : 12:53AM [Link] |
| Roger Herraw Member 415 Posts 2/06 | Posted - Jun 10 2008 : 1:06AM [Link] |
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| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Jun 10 2008 : 1:10AM The main reason I am using the discs I have was that they were free. [Link] |
| Lexifan99 Member 540 Posts 6/23 | Posted - Jul 12 2025 : 12:42PM Edited by - lexifan99 on 7/12/2025 12:43:33 PM [Link] |
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