How long do CD-Rs last?
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 5:25 pm
How long should I expect a very carefully burned Mitsui CD-R to last?
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cfitz wrote:Even at the reduced reading speed, however, the error levels are not as good as Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim DataLifePlus error levels read at full 48x speed:
The summary? In my limited testing with Mitsui media, it's initial burn quality is in the okay to not-so-good range depending on burning and reading speeds. Taiyo Yuden is consistently and convincingly better. However, this is not the whole story. The Mitsui discs use phthalocyanine dye that is fundamentally more stable than the cyanine dye used in Taiyo Yuden discs. Therefore, over the long run the Mitsui discs may hold up better. Anyway, that is what Mitsui claims. I haven't had them long enough to make my own conclusions in that regard.
cfitz
Harrier wrote:We should ask of you to check the same cds when they are one/two/three months old...
Harrier wrote:I was already on my way to test some poopy cds.
cfitz wrote:All of the above were read at 48x. Reading at 8x improved things by eliminating the C2 errors...
cfitz
CignaXI wrote:I don't know but I still find floppies more reliable on data storage than cds. I have many times let fall my cds accidentally loosing the data for a scratch on the media. Floppies I can let then fall all I want without any preoccupation. But I can't compare 1.4m with 800m.