dbminter Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I came across a Memorex DVD-R in my collection so I checked its contents. It's MID is CMC MAG. BUT, and here's the shock, the VIDEO_TS folder was dated 09-23-2004, meaning, the disc is 8 years old and is still entirely readable to an image by ImgBurn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I won't argue, but isn't necessary to be burned at that date. Could be a copy of that disc that was produced more recently and retained the original date of the files/folders. Especialy when is a copy not a rebuild. Anyway, good that is still readable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbminter Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 It was made around that date as I sometimes keep extensive notes TXT's that I also include on the discs that detail what program made it, the contents, the drive it would be burned on, etc. The TXT says it was made 8 years ago, with no exact date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbminter Posted September 28, 2012 Author Share Posted September 28, 2012 Came across a Princo DVD-R that has also lasted 8 years, well beyond the shelf life of your average cheap Princo media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbminter Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 Came across two Optodisc CMC DVD-R's from 8 years ago. They were from a stack that kept failing to write and verify correctly because they're CMC's. In fact, it was these discs that taught me the hard lesson that CMC is junk. Anyway, I read them to image files just now, so, it just goes to show you the variance in quality of CMC media! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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