Tuesday, April 27, 2004

CD-Argh

Have we put too much faith in recordable CDs? According to this article they may not last as long as we've been told. CD-R disks may become unreadble in as short as two years. The problem is that the light-sensitive dyes in the CD-R's recording layer can fade. DVD-R uses dyes as well and are likely to be suseptible as well. CD-RW use metallic materials that change the phase of the light, rather than dyes so they should have a longer life.
posted by Bob at 4/27/2004 07:49:00 AM  | | digg | del.icio.us | reddit