The CD-R lifetime Myth

I’m shocked about what I read tonight, “The CD-R lifetime Myth”.

This is well worth reading and I’m sure it will be a HOT debated subject. It’s posted on dpreview.com , here’s the direct link, http://news.independent.co.uk/world/scienc...sp?story=513486

Make sure you read this !

Marc

Interesting and scary article. Personally, I've had some of the first CD-Rs I created back in the days fail to work after a couple of years of use. It is quite possible that it is caused by this aging problem.

The scariest sign for me was watching the silver-coated lining on some CD-Rs peel off like a sticker. Hard drives are way too cheap now-a-days to not have backups of backups of backups.

Marc,

Good catch - this is important!

When you see stuff like this, send it in as a news item, so that we can put it on the Wetpixel homepage.

Cheers

James

Hi James,

Move it over if you think it will best serve our Wet Pixeler’s.

Marc