RE: DVD-RAM archival

["Chris Bipes" <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My first Disney DVD never made it out of the case.  I broke it trying to
remove it from the center post clip. 
 

Chris Bipes
Director of Information Services
CrossCheck, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Andelin
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:06 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: DVD-RAM archival

> From: Chris Bipes
> As new media is introduced such as blue ray, the old media becomes 
> harder to find and drives that read it tend to disappear.


Good point, Chris.  A DVD may "last" 30 years, but may be "obsolete"
long before that.  And even if the media lasts 30 years, it would
probably be safer to duplicate it after 5, for example.

Of course, our Disney Cars DVD only lasted about 5 minutes in the hands
of our 2 year old grandson  ;-)