Do you "burn" your masters on to a DVD+/-R or HD?

[CaZeek]

I'm pretty much out of space, and the thought of spending another $250 for an external hard drive is bothering me.. so I'm wondering if I'm just being a weirdo by insisting on having all of my DVDs saved on my hard drive (to prevent losing it on a damaged or deteriorated DVD).

[Denvers Dawgs]

I just started storing mine on hard drives. Previously just on dvdr. Why spen $250 for 1 hard drive? I have bought 2-160GB & 1-200GB for around $130. Then just buy a cheap external case for them from newegg.com

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[BobK]

Not sure why it would be safer on a HD. If a disc goes bad you lose one disk worth of stuff. If a full hard drive goes bad you could loss 50 (or more) disks worth of stuff.

[lordsmurf]

Optical media is more reliable than a hard drive. Just don't buy crap, and take care of it.

[glockjs]

all my master copys are on maxell's and TY's. then i have the copys that i actually use on a cheaper disc like prodisc im just a freak like that

[CaZeek]

Another side effect is it's easier to burn off a HD. I don't actually have a DVD-ROM, but I just bought a Pioneer 108 though, so I could use my A04 as a DVD-ROM.

[Dr_Layne]

I keep my masters on a dedicated HDD. I also keep a burned dvd copy as a back up incase that HDD ever failed.

[Bodyslide]

I burn Masters on DVD-R. I also keep ISO files on one of my external drives for quick burns.

[guns1inger]

When I have masters that absolutely have to be kept, I burn them to TDK Armor Plated DVDs. They are good quality, burn wise, and almost completely unscratchable.

I also offer this as an aditional service to clients. It would be nice to have a huge disk array that could hold of this stuff, but it just isn't financially practical for yet.

[RickTheRed]

Your HDD will certainly be dead before good burned media kept at correct conditions.

[CaZeek]

Thanks for all the replies.. guess I'm going to have to switch over. I used to hear all of these theories about how DVD-Rs were found to deteriorate in as quickly as a year. I'm using only the best quality media TY02, so I guess that's no longer (or never was) a problem.

[guns1inger]

Some poor quality disks may well cause issues over time. Some poorly manufactured studio releases had problems because air/moisture git in between the layers. Nothing is 100% guaranteed.

[budz]

i use taiyo yuden and maxell media for movies that i treasure....i use cheapo princo for the kiddies movies!