New archival CDs and DVDs good for “100 years+”?

posted by Steve on 5th, 2008

 I recently got a few samples of the new Archival Century DVD Disc from Ross Allen at VA Media, which he claims is the only truly archival DVD available, “maximizing data life to 100 plus years.”

You might remember a couple years ago when Ross’s company were carrying LUX-PRO archival DVD - the one you could fingerprint up, scratch it up with steel wool, write on it with a pen -and it would still work?

It went a little against my grain to purposely deface a perfectly good disk, but I gave it my best shot. Fingerprints, scratches…”Boy,” I thought, “This one’s going to end up in Skip City!”

When I was finished ‘ruining’ the DVD-R, Ross slipped it into a DVD player. And to my amazement, it played perfectly. No skips, no stops, no signal breakup at all. That was my introduction to the LUX PRO “precision archival” DVD-R.

And the new Century Disc DVD is apparently even better.

 Read the whole article. 

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One Response to “New archival CDs and DVDs good for “100 years+”?”

  1. Tim Danyo Says:
    May 6th, 2008 at 8:16 am

    Thanks for sharing this info. It’s been a slippery slope offering weddings, family histories, and documentaries on media that you don’t know will stand at least some major portion of time. Offering this premium archival disc sounds like a good up-sell to me.

    Thanks for the blog… keep em’ coming
    Tim

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