A Touch of Gold to Keep Treasured Discs From Degrading
- From: J Flenner <varney@[redacted]>
- Subject: A Touch of Gold to Keep Treasured Discs From Degrading
- Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:31:13 EDT
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/technology/27disc.html
April 27, 2006 | New York Times
A Touch of Gold to Keep Treasured Discs From Degrading
By DAN MITCHELL
There is nothing worse than popping in a disc loaded with treasured
memories, or even just a favorite movie or sound recording, only to find
that the data has disappeared because the disc has deteriorated.
The new Kodak Preservation DVD-R and CD-R products are made to preserve
data for 100 years on the DVD-R and 300 years on the CD-R. KMP Media,
which is manufacturing the discs under license from Kodak, says they are
made with a reflective layer of 24-karat gold, which prevents the
tarnish and oxidation that occur with common silver discs.
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