and they say NOTHING about other brands tested... to me that just says 'hey, we think this is the best, look it burns at the fully rated speed on our DVD burner yipee!'
a few years back i read a review that showed ALL their test data, it was an insane amount of information (wish i remember the site, but it was quite a while ago) In any case that one found Ritek G05 disks to be the best... I've been using those, burned about 1,200 of them at this point, nothing bad to report. I did have a streak of coasters, but that turned out to be a failing DVD recorder. -sam > > Hi Everyone, > This subject has been a lot of fun to follow, I read every response ! > I do have some info for those who are using DVD's. > Check out these two sites. > <http://best-blank-dvd-review.gorungoreviews.com> > <www.supermediastore.com> for Taiyo Yuden DVD's > I realize this is not the full answer but some help. > It looks like these are good for a long time (100 years). > I am in no way connected to this site or Co. > Wm. Arnold ( Mac's Forever ) > > > > --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > >> From: Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> >> Subject: Re: Where do I learn.... becomes "archiving files and >> images- the future" >> To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com >> Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 4:38 PM >> On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Tom wrote: >> >>> It's not preserving the still images that bothers >> me so much as the >>> video---video of our little kids who have grown up or >> adults who are >>> no longer with us. I can print out still images and >> preserve them in >>> various ways, but there is no printing out video to >> save it; it's on >>> disks or tape in order to exist at all. My video is >> shot on mini-DV, >>> fed into my Mac through a firewire cable, edited in >> Final Cut, and >>> burned to DVD. These edited videos have titles, >> captions, and brevity >>> through cuts of unnecessary footage that make it >> watchable, unlike the >>> raw tapes. >> >> Another solution is to use your DV camera as a >> recorder...feed the >> finished project back out of iMovie or FCP/E to a tape in >> the camera, >> and store that away as well. >> >> >> >> -- >> Bruce Johnson >> University of Arizona >> College of Pharmacy >> Information Technology Group >> >> Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---