Burned CD’s short lifespan.

Tony R wrote: krusty wrote: Tony R wrote: There is no chance that CDs and DVDs will be obsolete in 30 years.Whether they are still desirable is another matter. mmmm, bold statement at the end there I remember Bill Gates stating no one would need more than 640Kb of RAM People still play LPs the technology is over 100 yrs old,they still use tapes for recording music,of course we'll still be using our CDs in 30 years time...I mean Sony only stopped producing Betamax Decks in 2002!!

Yep, very true. Although these older technologies incure a premium now because of limited demand.
I didn't know that Betamax made it to 2002!! Perhaps I could transfer my Betamax videos to PC and/or DVD then?




Edited by krusty - May 30 2006 at 06:33

I now use Taiyo Yuden CDR discs exclusively as they also boast a 100 year guarantee. I have never had a failure with them. If I'm still around to complain about a damaged disc in 90 or so years, I'd have to say I would have got plenty of good mileage out of those blanks. They use the best quality inks and dyes and seem to be indestructible as far as musical content is concerned.