How long to DVD-R's last if treated well?

[Zero Plasma]

I use massive amounts of DVD-R's for backing up files and burning TV shows to from my DVD Recorder.

I use good DVD's like Memorex and Verbatim(There good right?).

I then put them in a slim case and they get used once and a while.

Are DVD's a good file backup solution? From what I have read they last 20-30 years and can even go 100 years. (Theoretically of course.)

Thanks. 🙂

 

[FleshLight]

20-30 years provided that you keep them in good condition. But who cares? You won't be alive in 20-30 years 😉

 

[rudder]

You will probably put them on holographic cyrstals before the DVD wears out in 20 years.

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: rudder
You will probably put them on holographic cyrstals before the DVD wears out in 20 years.

I've been waiting on those damn crystals for a good 10 years now... saw that sh!t on the discovery channel way back when

 

[Zero Plasma]

Yeah thats what I thought. Thats a good time frame.

And the crystals are here, the companys are going to be like, "You thought we were making Blue Ray Discs, but we were making super crystals! We were going to charge a lot for blue ray, so this is going to be really expensive! Go crystals!"

"Pssst... they only cost us 10 cents to make, and we found the plans on the moon."

🙂

 

[treemonkey]

Originally posted by: LeiZaK

Originally posted by: rudder
You will probably put them on holographic cyrstals before the DVD wears out in 20 years.

I've been waiting on those damn crystals for a good 10 years now... saw that sh!t on the discovery channel way back when

I too, am holding out for holographic crystals. I've resisted audio tapes, cds and dvdrs because I know those holographic crystals will just make them redundant.