Options

Armored DVD media

tlittletontlittleton Registered Users Posts: 204 Major grins
edited April 19, 2005 in Accessories
I'm not sure how many of you backup your photos onto DVD, but if you're like me, unless it's stored in a vault, they tend to get a little worn after a while. TDK has had some DVD media out now for a while now that they call Armor Plated. According to TDK, it is 100x more stratch resistant than normal DVD media and can easily fight of ink and smudges. I've tried some myself and have put it though various torture tests and it came through without a scratch.

Of course, there is a down side....they cost about $6 a pop.

Just thought I'd pass that along. Here's a couple of links for it.

TDK's website

CDRLabs review (from 2003)
Thomas

My smugmug stuff

Comments

  • Options
    wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited April 19, 2005
    Thanks Thomas. I have a little book with sleeves that I keep 'em in.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • Options
    ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,913 moderator
    edited April 19, 2005
    You need to put some pretty deep gouges in media before it's un-readable.

    I'm with Sid. Keep it in a sleeve.

    Ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • Options
    JohnRJohnR Registered Users Posts: 732 Major grins
    edited April 19, 2005
    I decided to go with backing up to DVD instead of hard drives due to price. I figure that every year or so (depending on the state of the disk, where blue-ray is, etc) I can just make a copy of that DVD and then it is "fresh".
Sign In or Register to comment.