January 12, 2006

Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span?

Here’s an interesting story from PCWorld.com that says DVD-R discs only last for 2-5 years depending on the quality of the discs. I’m a little skeptical as there are plenty of sites and manufacturers that claim their archival DVDs will last up to 100 years.

I have several CDs that are close to 10 years old now and they still work fine. Has anyone else heard of these DVD problems?

Posted in News at 12:15 PM

Comments

Comment # 1

I just burned a CD the other day. I’ll let you know if it lasts 100 years.

Posted by: Paul on January 13, 2006 12:07 PM

Comment # 2

Uhm, okay. Thank you Paul.

Posted by: Jay on January 13, 2006 5:18 PM

Comment # 3

If that’s true, then I don’t know if I’ll even have time to watch every DVD I’ve burned… burned in order to backup my personal collection, of course!

Posted by: Jason on January 17, 2006 9:46 AM

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