X-Message-Number: 22805 Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 12:48:59 +0100 Subject: Re: CD lifetime From: David Stodolsky <> On Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 03:13 PM, Tim Freeman wrote: > If you're archiving data on CD that's pertinent to life extension, you > probably care how long the CD's last. > > This page says that gold-colored phthalocyanine CD-R's and dark-blue > metallized AZO CD-R's are better than blue or blue-green or green > cyanine CD-R's: At this point, it would make more sense to switch to DVDs. The phase change technology used is inherently more stable. dss David S. Stodolsky SpamTo: Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22805