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A while back I converted all of my old-and-decaying VHS tapes full of music videos to DVDs. (Well, all of the tapes that would still play at all, that is.) This was a pain in the butt. Then yesterday I tried to play one of them, and my DVD player wouldn't read it.
Кто это пишет?

- чья-то бабушка своим приятельницам в форум aol.com.
- великий и ужасный [livejournal.com profile] jwz

Ответ по ссылке.

Date: 2006-07-18 02:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] birdwatcher.livejournal.com
Прелесть. Due to the organic nature of the dye, degradation and breakdown of the transparent portion of dye layer will occur over a long period of time as a natural process. This process, which has its roots in chemical kinetics, can take several years in normal environment conditions.

Date: 2006-07-18 03:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dmpogo.livejournal.com
:)

Well, their overall conclusion is more optimistic - there are
CD-R and DVD-R media which are quite stable and can ensure safety of
the data for several tens of years. Unfortunately, it is very difficult for a customer to identify this media :)