Re: [APML] Long term data storage

[Chuck Vaughn <aa6g@aa6g.org>]

Chris,

You might find this useful:

http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_quality.shtml

Sony does not make their own CD-Rs.

No matter what product you buy you can always find someone with good 
experiences and bad. My experiences with Sony have been as good as 
Michael's have been bad but both are anecdotal. ;-)

Chuck

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> Hi Chris:
>
> My 30 year experience with Sony products has not been good.  While 
> there
> products usually perform well, their longevity is not good at all.  My 
> first
> computer monitor was a $1000 1994 Sony 17-inch CRT.  It had a 1 year
> warranty and lasted about 16 months.  According to the authorized Sony
> repair shop it was "unrepairable" (they could not get parts from Sony) 
> so I
> got rid of it and bought a Viewsonics monitor for much less with a 3 
> year
> warranty which is still working today (9 years later).  I had a 
> consumer
> Sony TV which  I bought in the 1970's.  At that time there was only one
> store in Los Angeles where you could purchase a Sony TV -- in "Little
> Tokyo".  It was a very expensive TV which lasted 3 years (its non-Sony
> replacement lasted over 15 years).  I had a Sony camcorder and VCR 
> which
> also did not last long.  My current computer which is just under 2 
> years old
> had a Sony CD-R/RW drive which lasted 1.5 years before it had to be
> replaced.  All in all a very poor record for their hardware.  I, 
> however,
> have had no problems with Sony VHS tapes.  I have not used their 
> writable
> CD's or DVD's .....who needs the aggravation?
>
>
> Michael Stecker
> mstecker@dslextreme.com
>
> My Web Site:
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> http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/astrogallery.html (Astroimage Index)
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Cook" <ccjd@ix.netcom.com>
> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [APML] Long term data storage (WAS: O.T.: batch
> conversionofTifftoJPG)
>
>
>> How do the Sony CD-R's rank in quality compared to all the other
>> manufacturers?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> ----------------------------------
>> Chris Cook
>> Astronomical & Nightscape Photography
>> www.abmedia.com/astro
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "R. Scott Ireland" <ireland@gate.net>
>> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:00 PM
>> Subject: RE: [APML] Long term data storage (WAS: O.T.: batch 
>> conversionof
>> TifftoJPG)
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Since Kodak bit the dust on Gold CD-R's, the current solution is to 
>>> use
>>> Mitsui:
>>>
>>> http://www.mitsuicdr.com/products/gold/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>> R. Scott Ireland
>>> www.rsiphotos.com
>>> ireland@gate.net
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
>>>> [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Jerry Lodriguss
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 2:46 AM
>>>> To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
>>>> Subject: Re: [APML] Long term data storage (WAS: O.T.: batch
>>>> conversionof Tiff toJPG)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kodak is not making these anymore.
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 11:10 PM 6/15/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Kodak has done a lot of research related to archival storage of 
>>>>> CDs.
>>>>> (And the winner is...Kodak!  Caveat emptor.)  Actually, they have
>> seemed
>>>>> to take archival CD storage very seriously over the past several
> years.
>>>>> They expect a lot of people will want to permanently archive 
>>>>> scanned
>>>>> slides and photos, and of course want to be able to sell people the
>>>>> CDs they'll use.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a note about Kodak's CD-R Gold Ultima, their best:
>>>>>
>>>>>      http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/faqs/faq1632.shtml
>>>>>
>>>>> Kodak claims a 100-year warranty under ordinary household/office
>>>>> conditions for this CD.
>>>>>
>>>>> Printing a label on a CD can generate enough heat to deteriorate 
>>>>> the
>>>>> recording.  Rimage makes transfer CD labelers that are low heat.  I
>> don't
>>>>> know if anyone is lower-heat than Rimage.  As of a few years ago 
>>>>> when
>>>>> I looked into this closely, Rimage seemed to make the lowest-impact
>>>>> labelers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Writing labels on CDs with markers is not a good idea for long-term
>>>>> storage.  It would be hard to predict the effect of marker 
>>>>> chemicals
>>>>> on the recorded CD surface over a long period of time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul
>>>>> mystars@ephemeris.com
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