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Any idea how long the hard-drives last sitting on a shelf? Cheers, Scott M2 http://www.dreamSTATE.to ambientelectronicsoundscapes http://www.THEAMBiENTPiNG.com > Kris et al. > > Just a bit of a heads up regarding CDRs (& CDRWs): they don't hold up > well to the ravages of time and studies have placed their estimated > shelf life at less than 10 years with many folks finding the cheap > CDR(W)s may not last half that long. This is a big deal for archival > purposes as it renders CDR(W)s completely useless for reliable long > term storage. > > This probably isn't an issue for small runs of albums for demo > purposes or to pass among friends, but I wouldn't expect to find a > functional CDR buried in the attic twenty years later. > > The best solution I've found so far is to store master copies of all > my work on hard discs. Some folks use a system wherein they buy a new > (small, not these 200GB models) hard disk for each new album project. > They do all their recording & mastering, burn CDs, then pull the drive > out, label it, and stick it on a shelf. > > The cheaper option is to periodically (every two years or so) reburn > your CDR(W)s so you've always got a few fresh ones around. > > Todd > > > On 1/2/07, Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote: >> >> >> That's the case for DiskFaktory as well. That's part of the reason why >> the >> price is so reasonable. I don't mind it. I'm finished with glass >> mastered >> CDs, and only my first looping CD was glass-mastered (I obtained no >> benefit >> from the extra cost). I haven't found a person yet who can't play my >> CD-Rs, >> and they look no different than the glass mastered (silver bottomed, >> etc). >> >> Kris >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Michael Peters >> To: Loopers Delight >> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 1:53 PM >> Subject: RE: cheap cd publishing no min. >> >> >> > The price looks good to me. $1.60 a CD for the color printing, shrink >> warpping, UPC code, etc? I haven't seen a price lower than this for a >> short >> run outfit. Even when I did a large run of 500 glass mastered CDs >> through >> another company, the cost was still $2.40 a CD >> >> >> I doubt that they really do CDs - I think what they're doing is CDRs. >> >> >> -Michael