Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Issue 12 - Which Brands of CD-R Discs are Best for Long-Term Data and Photo Storage?

Issue 12 - Which Brands of CD-R Discs are Best for Long-Term Data and Photo Storage?
6. Typically, Japanese made CD-Rs tend have better quality control, IMO.

Once they move production to Taiwan/Mexico, forget em.

Top Quality Name-Brands, in order of preference:

A. Mitsui Gold CD-R & Kodak Gold Ultima - Phthalocyanine dye + Gold.
B. Kodak Gold Silver+Gold - Phthalocyanine dye + Silver & Gold.
C. Mitsui Silver, Ricoh Platinum - Phthalocyanine dye + Silver.
D. Mitsubishi/Verbatim - Azo + Silver.
E. Taiyo Yuden - Cyanine + Silver.

Last updated in 2001, but little seems to have changed. There's new interest in longer-lived CD-R so maybe we'll learn more.

Ultimately we need Google to go into the off-site backup business.

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