Burned Dvd Lifespan

[peat moss]

most of my problems with my home computer are picture related...I still get her to print them as it seems safer...

Funny thing...your eyes will never be "legacy tech".

It's an interesting phenomenon that we tend to try solving problems originally exacerbated by technology by turning to even more sophisticated technology.
And somehow, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we seem to believe the newer technology will be more permanent than the previous iteration.

For example...
We have a good idea about what the subject of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa looked like six centuries after her passing and it could be argued that due to the prism of the artist's genius we know more than just her physical appearance- all without a watt of electricity being expended.
Six hundred years from now will someone (thing?) be able to pick up a miraculously preserved DVD disk and look into the heart of your children?

Well put my friend as the treasures are so clear in my mind , the children I mean . I look at a picture and can almost remember the time and date and nail to the wall for all to see .


No one can see from the little rack of CD or DVD 'S of pictures , what I cherish most .

[clocker]

Considering the pure amount of movies/data stored on DVD and that it has possible 200 year lifespan I'd say it's a viable format for more than the foreseeable future. As long as the media exist there will be a market and players will be made.


I think everyone's DVD porn collection is very safe.

You are a true optimist...since when has the "pure amount" of anything insured it's survival?
How many floppy disks do you think there are and when was the last time you saw a new PC with a floppy reader?
How many PS2 mice and keyboards exist and did you know that new Dells have no ports to plug them into?

Let's assume that the disk itself will survive and be playable for 200 years...
Just to be generous, let's assume you even have a brand N.I.B. 200 year old DVD player...

What are the chances you still have 110v AC power to plug into it?
How do you export the video signal to (whatever) the display device of the time may be?

So my point would be that we've gone past the point where technology produces the data (i.e., drawing, book, photograph) to where technology stores the data as well and without the appropriate extraction device (floppy reader, DVD player) the data is useless.
Pick up an unlabeled DVD and tell me- just by looking at it- what it contains.

I recall (if just barely) life before TV.
I definitely remember the advent of color TV.
I know that even 5 years ago a PC DVD burner was a major investment (over $200) and now they're dirt cheap.
Given the avalanche of technology I've seen in just my lifetime do you find it surprising that I don't believe that any of it will be permanent, much less survive for 200 years?