Sony or Ritek discs for photography archives?
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The best place to buy these discs (Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden) are going to be Amazon.com, as they have the best prices, free shipping, and no sales tax. Use our affiliate links, if you plan to buy from Amazon. We've already picked out some of the best deals on the media review pages. Sony discs made in Taiwan are a great third choice, although these are really not sold online. Even if they were, you'd want to be careful to avoid the Malaysian versions. If you need the discs immediately, and can't wait for the best prices, OfficeMax and Best Buy carry Verbatim, and Walgreens, Sears and Target carry Sony. Walmart sometimes has Sony too. Personally, for photography archives, I would not use Sony. I would only use Sony for computer data (software installers, for example) or DVD-Video. The Sony would be great for duplicates, discs given to clients or for TFCD/TFP. The best idea might be an external hard drive, for your own first-line archives. Use discs on a second-line archive. The Ritek and Sony definitely use different dyes and materials. The smell of the media is often caused by the container in which they are stored, be it DVD cases, jewels cases or spindles. Most spindles appear to be made by the same few manufacturers. The same can really be said of the polycarbonates and glues on the discs, too. So smell isn't a really reliable method of determining quality. I wouldn't worry or put much stock into that. |
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