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Kodak Gold CD DVD media- safe storage for up to 300 years
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19. April 2006 @ 11:45 |
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Kodak Gold CD DVD media- safe storage for up to 300 years
Posted by Dan Bell on 19 April 2006 - 14:51 - Source: Yahoo!
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New Gold KODAK CD and DVD Safely Store Data, Photos, Music, Videos for 80 to 300 Years
Tuesday April 18, 7:45 am ET
ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- New 24-karat gold CD-Rs and DVDs that extend the storage life of data, music and images for many decades are being introduced by KMP Media, LLC of Rochester, NY. Operating under trademark license from Eastman Kodak Company, KMP Media is marketing them as the KODAK Preservation CD-R and the KODAK Preservation DVD (-R).
"The gold Preservation CD-R can safely store digital data for up to 300 years," said Steve Mizelle, President of KMP Media. "The gold Preservation DVD (-R) protects videos and other very large digital files for 80 to 100 years. This is especially important for consumers trying to save precious photos, critical data, music or movies."
In a recent issue of Computerworld Magazine, John Blau reported, "Unlike pressed original CDs, burned CDs have a relatively short life span of between two to five years, depending on the quality of the CD."
The silver reflective layer eventually tarnishes through exposure to light, heat, oxygen, humidity and rough handling. For some, this may mean the loss of key data or precious memories such as wedding and family photos.
The 24-karat gold reflective layer on the KODAK Preservation CD-R and Preservation DVD (-R) will not tarnish or oxidize. Phthalocyanine dye, an extremely stable medium for long life, is the primary data storage layer in the CD-R. In addition, triple layers of protection guard against heat, humidity, bright light and the effects of rough handling. The substrate of the CD-R is optical grade polycarbonate, better than many CDs on the market.
"For people trying to protect critical data, music, images or videos, the benefit is peace of mind," said Jim Gordon, Senior Vice President Sales for KMP Media. "They can be safely stored for much longer periods on these new discs." The discs will also serve a broad archival market for storing business, military, government and financial data and medical and dental X- rays.
The new gold CD-R and DVD (-R) are made to exacting manufacturing standards and tested for long life capability by subjecting them to accelerated exposure to extreme heat, humidity, bright lighting and other factors. The discs also withstand rough handling by protecting against up to 290 grams of pressure on the disc surface, as shown by a diamond stylus test.
The innovative archival disks are available in jewel case packages for consumer use and spindles for commercial use. Both the gold CD-R and archival DVD (-R) are now available worldwide.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- New 24-karat gold CD-Rs and
DVDs that extend the storage life of data, music and images for many
decades are being introduced by KMP Media, LLC of Rochester, NY. Operating
under trademark license from Eastman Kodak Company, KMP Media is marketing
them as the KODAK Preservation CD-R and the KODAK Preservation DVD (-R).
"The gold Preservation CD-R can safely store digital data for up to 300
years," said Steve Mizelle, President of KMP Media. "The gold Preservation
DVD (-R) protects videos and other very large digital files for 80 to 100
years. This is especially important for consumers trying to save precious
photos, critical data, music or movies."
In a recent issue of Computerworld Magazine, John Blau reported,
"Unlike pressed original CDs, burned CDs have a relatively short life span
of between two to five years, depending on the quality of the CD."
The silver reflective layer eventually tarnishes through exposure to
light, heat, oxygen, humidity and rough handling. For some, this may mean
the loss of key data or precious memories such as wedding and family
photos.
The 24-karat gold reflective layer on the KODAK Preservation CD-R and
Preservation DVD (-R) will not tarnish or oxidize. Phthalocyanine dye, an
extremely stable medium for long life, is the primary data storage layer in
the CD-R. In addition, triple layers of protection guard against heat,
humidity, bright light and the effects of rough handling. The substrate of
the CD-R is optical grade polycarbonate, better than many CDs on the
market.
"For people trying to protect critical data, music, images or videos,
the benefit is peace of mind," said Jim Gordon, Senior Vice President Sales
for KMP Media. "They can be safely stored for much longer periods on these
new discs." The discs will also serve a broad archival market for storing
business, military, government and financial data and medical and dental X-
rays.
The new gold CD-R and DVD (-R) are made to exacting manufacturing
standards and tested for long life capability by subjecting them to
accelerated exposure to extreme heat, humidity, bright lighting and other
factors. The discs also withstand rough handling by protecting against up
to 290 grams of pressure on the disc surface, as shown by a diamond stylus
test.
The innovative archival disks are available in jewel case packages for
consumer use and spindles for commercial use. Both the gold CD-R and
archival DVD (-R) are now available worldwide.
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19. April 2006 @ 12:48 |
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With the price of Gold at over $600.00 an ounce I may just buy some and give them to my wife to wear as jewelry. You wont find these for .30 cents apiece at BB...
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19. April 2006 @ 13:09 |
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
New Gold KODAK CD And DVD Safely Store Data, Photos, Music, Videos For 80 To 300 Years
4:38 PM CST Posted By: Ian
KMP Media has announced their new KODAK Preservation CD-R and DVD-R media. According to their press release, these 24-karat gold discs can store digital data for 80 to 300 years.
New 24-karat gold CD-Rs and DVDs that extend the storage life of data, music and images for many decades are being introduced by KMP Media, LLC of Rochester, NY. Operating under trademark license from Eastman Kodak Company, KMP Media is marketing them as the KODAK Preservation CD-R and the KODAK Preservation DVD (-R).
"The gold Preservation CD-R can safely store digital data for up to 300 years," said Steve Mizelle, President of KMP Media. "The gold Preservation DVD (-R) protects videos and other very large digital files for 80 to 100 years. This is especially important for consumers trying to save precious photos, critical data, music or movies."
KMP Media's KODAK Preservation CD-R and DVD-R media is available now
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19. April 2006 @ 13:09 |
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ireland- Good to know But ! A. has Kodak tested them for 300 years LOL!B. Are you going to be here 300 years from now ? C. Assuming we all don't blow ourselves up or get assimilated by the Borg ! in the next 300years Your most expensive Top of the line DVd Burners and players will be just so much antique techno junk compared with whatever supertech is developed in the future ! Kinda like a old wire recorder compared to a state of the art 32 track didtal recorder ! or in computer terms like comparing a old 16k trs-80 to a CRay Super computer ! I'm all for technology & Media longevity but !Even assuming The Kodak add hype is true given all of the above are you still going to have something to play your media on ? I would rather hold out for something Crystal or memory based no moving parts ect ! Then again this may just be a rehashiing of the old Color game from Cdr- days ! First they said Gold colored CDR were the best , Then Platinum/Silver -Then they said Black was the new Gold ! Get the picture ! So much Spin ! for me now anyways I'll stick with My Verbatims , Taiyo Yudens & riteks & Maxell Japanese Made media ! it works for me If Your going for the gold ireland my friend Good luck & Happy burning Peace!
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19. April 2006 @ 15:37 |
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They hedge that 300 year number by claiming 80-300 years ... besides, if they don't last that long none of us will ever know
I was given 10 of the MAM-A discs a while ago and they scanned with a remarkably low number of PI errors and no PI failures .. 100 on the quality tests on all 10 of them .. I'll have to find them and rescan them to see how they scan now
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19. April 2006 @ 15:47 |
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I have been using Verbatim media since my first computer a
trs-80 using Verbatim 5' floppy's.
Needless to say I dont think im gonna change now.
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20. April 2006 @ 00:47 |
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Jizmak- I hear Ya!
First recordable Media I ever bought Verbatims 1 X CDR-74 's I did'nt even have a Computer at the time! LOl! But it's true ! still have some of them as well ! as a room full of others too ! Have'nt bought much in the way of CDR media lately Since The DVD addiction started But I'm good for awhile I guess ! but Other than A recent purchase of Sony MIj's TuesdaY My last two spindles were Verbatim's one DVDd-R & one DVD+R both 100ct. spindles ! yeah ! See Ya! in 300years Jizmak ! I'll be the guy with the big head in the cooler next to walt disney! LOL ! Happy Burning ! ( I'm cold ! so Cold ! Brrrrrr!!!!!!!)
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