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kleermaker
I've the essential ones on CDR and DVD, but everything on my PC, backed up by an external hard drive. So it must be safe I guess. Thank god I mainly collect shows and videos from the Taylor era!
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Raluca
Audio CD-R´s make problems after 5-10 years. Not playable !
Greetings Raluca
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Raluca
Audio CD-R´s make problems after 5-10 years. Not playable !
Greetings Raluca
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gripweed
I use the paper sleeves to store my DATA on DVD's (TY brand), I use a utility called "Directory Lister" and print what's on each DVD & put that inside of the sleeve, the Music DVD's i either store in the plastic cases with artwork or in the paper sleeves as well... at last count I have over 4500 Music/Data DVD's... I also have 12 Ext HD of varying capacity
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Raluca
Audio CD-R´s make problems after 5-10 years. Not playable !
Greetings Raluca
Not true,my first AUDIO cd´s are allready 12 years old,and they work fine.
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Raluca
Audio CD-R´s make problems after 5-10 years. Not playable !
Greetings Raluca
Not true,my first AUDIO cd´s are allready 12 years old,and they work fine.
One important factor for degrading a cd-r is light.
It's a matter of which kind of dye is used for the recording layer.
Most cd-r's use cyanine dye which isn't very stable towards light.
But there are better ones around: AZO dye, for example, is a lot more stable.
This is used with certain Verbatim cd-r's which I use mostly.
For my most precious recordings I mostly used Kodak Gold cd-r's which also
use a more light resistant dye. Sadly these are not sold anymore.
But in any case you'll have your cd-r's intact much longer if you
store them away and minimize exposition to light.
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