Re: Question...will DVDs rot if stored flat?


"Alpha" <logos1@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Black Locust" <bl2112@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> In article <11fqsfut8g63vb6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> "Alpha" <logos1@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Don't be cute. They are around, but the technology curve has changed
>>> greatly for current technologies. I predict no discs in 30 years.
>>> None.
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>> What, are they all going to self-destruct in 30 years? I don't know if
>> there will be hardware to play DVDs with in 30 years(hopefully there
>> will be...), but the discs will still be around then, to varying
>> degrees. Wasn't DVDs longevity one of it's big selling points?

Just to amplify,

Tests at the Library of Congress indicated that all digital media, tape and
disc, were unsuitable for archiving.



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