filmscanners: Gold CD-R's

2001-09-18 Thread Steve Greenbank
I know from past comments some of you have a strong preference for Gold CD-R's. Well I just happened across this: http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/cd/kodak_audio.html Expensive for CD-R's but still pretty cheap archive storage. Steve

Re: filmscanners: Gold CD-R's

2001-09-18 Thread David Lewiston
Steve wrote: I know from past comments some of you have a strong preference for Gold CD-R's. I've settled on Mitsui Gold CDRs for everything important. Friends with high-end mastering studios (my main activity is music recording) tell me that the most durable digital storage currently

Re: filmscanners: Gold CD-R's

2001-09-18 Thread Karl Schulmeisters
18, 2001 3:36 PM Subject: Re: filmscanners: Gold CD-R's Steve wrote: I know from past comments some of you have a strong preference for Gold CD-R's. I've settled on Mitsui Gold CDRs for everything important. Friends with high-end mastering studios (my main activity is music recording

Re: filmscanners: Gold CD-R's

2001-09-18 Thread David Lewiston
Karl wrote My understanding is that it is the lacquer finish coat that causes the degradation. IE exposure to light and to airborne oxidants slowly makes it opaque enough to cause read errors. My approach to archiving any critical data: Save the material to two different brands of media, in