Why do society read out that burned CD-Rs and DVD-Rs just second three years past they become "unreadable"? I have seven albums on CD-Rs that I burned
I have seven albums on CD-Rs that I burned wager on in September 1999 and they still look and play as great as the afternoon I recorded them beside no signs of aging or CD rot what-so-ever.
So why do do population insist that the lifespan of CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are roughly three years when I have seven seperate burned CDs going on 9 years that are dependable?
Is it that people are untrained in this category and basically making random assumptions?
Secondly...why (if the three year lifespan rumor be true, which I have proven is not) would ANYONE purchase recordable CDs and DVDs?
That would be the most undependable demo format to in history! Three years and consequently it degrades?! Yeah...thats something I want to burn my precise home movies and memories onto!
Has anyone else notice these lifespan lies about recordable CDs and DVDs? Does anyone hold a similiar story they would like to share? Let me hear your words!
Answers: Well, I too own some that have last well over the "three year" put pen to paper. If I remember correctly the age is actually closer to 6 years as a corrected number but none the smaller number I have some elder than that as well.
Not adjectives will be subject to the issue. Those that are made well may in good health outlast the suspected year life expectancy. On the other paw I have those that own only last a couple of years before I notice they would skip, or not play on all players, or not be readable by computers etc. So I enjoy seen them "fail", most of those be around four years so I have taken to "reburning" those that I decision to keep for longer times. (I simply date the compact disc label and reburn.)
This is indeed an issue that Phillips, Sony, and other compact disc manufacturers are discussing so the issue does exist!
Here are some apt articles on the issue
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,124312...
and
http://computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/...
All that being said, it doesn't denote every CD will fall short, just some will, some will later longer, some may well closing 10 or 20 years, just don't count on them man permanent! Reburn those that are critical and hold them stored correctly. (The glove box of your car isn't the best storage place.)
Its still one of the best medias that I know of, but everything have a downside! The longest life storeage medium still appears to be magnetic cassette.. unless you store them near your glorious powered speakers :)