CD-R's losing quality with age????

[reikirex]

with all due respect to the administrator comments about value brand cdrs, Decent Cd-rs in general last 10-25 years. This is what all scientific testing done by the National Media Labs shows to a certainty. Only very cheap Cd-rs with a green tint are meant to be quick use disposable discs(Ritek,Dysan,Ricoh econo,Samsung,Targa,Tdk econo,etc). They can last only a few months to 5 years or maybe 10. They almost always get errors and data loss over time.Blue tint cd-rs last 10-25 years(Sony econo,FujiFilm deluxe, Maxell, TDK). while high end , usually gold tinted disc can last 50 plus years(Mitsui,Sony deluxe, Philips, Taiyo, Pioneer deluxe). Go for the gold, but if you are poor just make sure to research the brand name and exact variation before you buy. And use common sense, store in a cool , dark, dust free container.

the rex man

[EMPiRE]

You are correct about the gold CD-R's BUT they are not available anymore so this is not really an option

You forgot about Verbatim, with their Metal Azo/advanced Azo dye they have upt the time to 50-100 years!

[DABhand]

Yeah but who is going to be about and still using those backed up cds when they do go..

lol


Still its a crazy claim about the discs since they couldnt have tested them.


To reikirex, not a silly claim at all. Please read up on it, before jumping in with both feet next time

[kalyhwong]

I also heard a lot about this problem. As for me, I copied a CD 2 years ago, but last month, I could open it and everything keeps no change.
Since I am in China, and they were some factories producing CD-R before, but now they changed to manufacture DVD-R. As I learnt from them, with different production technique, they could make different kinds of CD-R, grade A, grade B, or even grade C. But none of them could last forever...So take care of your important data.

[ancient]

Gets worse for me
A few year ago I bought a number of laser disks and cd videos - kept them mint - like an investment to sell on ebay and eil and the like
Comes to sell them now do a test play and approx half dont work without faults and picture / sound loss
as far as cds are concerned i reckon we have been conned : then the manufacturers complain when a few tightasses make illegal copies of what in a lot of cases is sub standard gear - still i digress
Just bought a samsung TS-H552U dual layer writer - starting to mke coasters again - anyone got a successful media and any one know of a software that specifically writes dual layer format
regards