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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    It's been a while since this thread was active. Pushing it up.
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    There are some minor issues in viewing the latest version (15 June 2006) of the e-books with Adobe Reader 6.0 and 7.0. In some PDF files, Adobe Reader will report "A drawing error occurred.". You may want to try the FREE Foxit PDF Reader 1.3. I have tested it and there should not be any...
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    PDF e-books on DVD Longevity / Lifetime / Degradation are now available for offline reading. Please note that there are some broken links in the previous versions (10 & 11 June 2006) of e-books. These broken links have been fixed in the current version (15 June 2006). All hyperlinks in PDF...
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    PDF e-books on DVD Longevity / Lifetime / Degradation are now available for offline reading. [1] Really Disappointed with DVD Discs Media Filename: ebook.zip Filesize: 124 MB Version: 11 June 2006 Last Page of e-book: 66 md5sum: 35933fe5c7de68576f53fd41bdbcfd68 Download Link...
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    Page 65 and Contents Page updated with new information.
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    Hi, Thank you for your enquiry. You could find the supporting facts in the Central Database. You could find links to NIST, USAToday, U.N., NARA, Wall Street Journal Online, etc on the Contents Pages. You could also see reports of failures of DVD by other people on the Contents Page as...
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    Weather Reporting by weather.com on Singapore: Picture
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    This is a picture of the humidity reading in my room: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/...m-exposed-2hrs45mins-050515_010517.jpg
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    I have discs which failed in as little as a few weeks when exposed to more than 80% relative humidity.
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    Thank you for supporting my effort!
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    I have a lot of references to research papers by independent laboratories, news/magazine articles, consumer reports, and whitepapers.
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    Thank you! I have looked at the categories on the left, but my topic doesn't fit into those categories. That's why I posted in off-topic.
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    DVD Recordable Discs Have Shorter Lifespans Compared to CD-R

    I apologize for my inability to find the old thread which I posted 1 year ago. I hope nobody is irritated to find a new thread and an old thread in the archived. I posted this to let everyone know that a manufacturer has finally admitted the problems with DVD-R discs. I hope that the...