Differences between "archival grade" and standard DVDs?
I did some shopping tonight for high quality blanks. I noticed that Verbatim and JVC/TY both sell "archival grade" DVD blanks but I haven't seen anything about their performance online. They state that they are made out of a more durable material, but are the dyes the same as the standard discs these manufacturers produce?
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You should seriously read this post: http://www.digitalFAQ.com/forum/show...-dvd-2542.html
Performance of the "Archival" Verbatim did poorly vs the normal Verbatim DVD-R, based on French CATS tests. More on gold DVDs at http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/show...2914#post12914 And also http://www.digitalFAQ.com/forum/show...4.html?p=12931 Specifically, this quote: Quote:
I don't plan on buying any Verbatim Ultralife / Archival media. No thanks. **Further proof that this idiotic notion that a "batch" is a couple of spindles of blank DVDs is a myth started by online forum users in certain places online that are severely lacking in knowledge on how the blank optical industry actual operates and manufacturers media. If 25,000 is "small" then image what a normal manufacturing line looks like! It's most definitely many tens of thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of media in a row. Not a spindle of 100. |
You might also find this discussion of Verbatim (MKM's) archival "Century Disc" interesting:
from URL: rmgproducts.com/store/century_disc_overview.html Quote:
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Translation: "It probably won't matter, but if it does happen, then..." Having destroyed many DVDs in the name of testing, I'm pretty certain that delamination of the bonding pretty well screws the whole disc beyond use -- an extra sputtered foil layer isn't going to make a whole lot of difference in the real world. A good disc? Sure, probably so. Does it have anything to do with gold? Probably not. |
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