CDR life - a study..

[aquapiranha]

I found this on the BBC website, apologies if it has already been posted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/8711747.stm

:)

[Rare Bird]

Well i don't believe in crap media anyway.The bare minimum i use is TDK. For me Taiyo Yuden..I don't worry.You use cheap crap no way on earth is it gonna be reliable anyway like with anything else.

[Ali Tait]

All the more reason to go down the streaming route.

[DSJR]

I have ten plus year old CDR's and they're fine...

[Labarum]

I have had a concern for a number of years about the safety of out future archives.

We have books, manuscripts and written documents centuries old. Will electronic data be readable as long?

Just think what could be lost to future historians.

[Rare Bird]

I have had a concern for a number of years about the safety of out future archives.

We have books, manuscripts and written documents centuries old. Will electronic data be readable as long?

Just think what could be lost to future historians.

I wouldnt worry too much about that.The way the enviroments going we wont be here much longer..

[lovejoy]

Retrieving your old Shakin' Stevens MP3s will be the least of your worries when your fighting for water in a post apocalyptic wasteland :lol:

[magiccarpetride]

I have had a concern for a number of years about the safety of out future archives.

We have books, manuscripts and written documents centuries old. Will electronic data be readable as long?

Just think what could be lost to future historians.

According to some studies, up to 98% of all the material ever published is currently out of print. The only way we, as a community, are slowly chipping away at fixing this is by digitizing the out-of-print material. Community based web sites, such as archive.org and wikipedia.org are some of the prime examples that the power of technology gives us.

Electronic storage is dirt cheap now, only to get even cheaper with the passage of time. There are already so many redundant copies of the redundant copies of the desirable content, I wouldn't worry too much about its longevity. The important thing is to hurry and digitize all of our cultural heritage, before all these rotting out-of-print books, magazines, newspaper, LPs, tapes, VHS etc. disintegrate.

[Spectral Morn]

I have one TDK Gold CDR that I recorded on a Marantz CDR1 (think that's the model number) £4500 and the disc was £20 (CD-W12)trade. You also had to fill in a form as to what you wanted to use the blank disc for. This was back in 1993.

The disc is still fine and still plays A okay :)

As to cheap discs well I have never used them and always use TDK or similar but I do have a few bought pre-recorded CDs that have rotted.


Regards D S D L

[Alex_UK]

I have one TDK Gold CDR that I recorded on a Marantz CDR1 (think that's the model number) £4500 and the disc was £20 (CD-W12)trade. You also had to fill in a form as to what you wanted to use the blank disc for. This was back in 1993.

The disc is still fine and still plays A okay :)

As to cheap discs well I have never used them and always use TDK or similar but I do have a few bought pre-recorded CDs that have rotted.


Regards D S D L

My goodness - you forget how quickly time goes by, CDR has been around 20 years almost! :eek:

Neil, I just have to ask, what - pray tell - did you record, I'm dying to know! :)

[Spectral Morn]

My goodness - you forget how quickly time goes by, CDR has been around 20 years almost! :eek:

Neil, I just have to ask, what - pray tell - did you record, I'm dying to know! :)


Well I wanted a compilation of my fave female singer-song-writers at the time, both for pleasure and to help evaluate systems at home, in the shop I worked in and at shows. I still use it at home and at shows.

I called it The Female Perspective 1979 to 1992

Track listing

Tori Amos-Crucify
Kimm Rogers-My dear Mama
Jerry Burns-Sometimes I'am Wild
Jackie Quinn-Love Rain
Robin Holcomb-I stop Crying
Kimm Rogers-On My Street
Kate Bush-This Woman's Work
Toni Childs-House Of Hope
Eddie Brickell-Ghost Of A Dog
Tori Amos-Smells Like Teen Spirit
Jane Sibbery-The Life Is The Red Wagon
Rosie Vella-Interlude
Judie Tzuke-Stay With Me Till Dawn
Ashley Maher-Honeycomb Grey
Sarah McLaghlin-Strange World

I think I will call it the AIHFA Test Disc now :)


Regards D S D L

[Alex_UK]

Thanks for that - my curiosity is now sated! (Some great tracks there - I think you and I have compared notes on Jerry Burns before - great track from a superb album that I might have to play now!)

...and glad it wasn't something terribly uncool!

Back on topic, whenever I buy music that is on a CD-R (NEVER pirate copies, but sometimes direct from the artist - for instance an EP from the US by 8mm arrived yesterday on CD-R as one of a limited "first run" of 50, some promo copies I pick up on ebay are CD-R too) for some reason I always make a backup copy, and play that instead - I guess psychologically I am expecting what this article suggests - that the original will deteriorate the more it is exposed to light etc - I guess I am treating the "original" like a photographic negative really, making prints for use, but keeping the original as safe as possible.

[Yiangos]

Personally,i only use cdr in the car but in my opinion,the most reliable medium is the lp. Keep it clean and br carefull how you handle it and will last forever,Casettes and open reel get magnetized and are very sensitive to heat,hdd get corrupted, cds as-well-as cdrs,if the manufacturing process isn't good,get corroded,although i have to admit this isn't something you see everyday but still,it happens.So,my advise to anyone who wants to archive precious music on cdr,don't get cheap,buy well known and reputable brands.