Best (archival) quality DVD media

[phelix]

There's lots of talk on the cheapest media, but what media is the best. I'm burning some stuff that I want to keep around for a long time. So who makes the best discs (DVD-R or DVD+R)?

[BJ_M]

good question -- i would say there would not be a lot of diff in long term storage between apple , pioneer and verbatim disks .. though verbatin says thier disks last the longest..

http://www.verbatim.com/products/products.cfm?sub_id=26

[donpedro]

What about this ???

BeAll from SAMSUNG 4.7 GB DVD-R General V2.0 For Video & Data

LONG DATA LIFESPAN
Samsung Certified DVD-R discs are archiving with a life expectancy of more than 100 years when stored at room temperature. If you need a DVD-R that you can trust for 100 years plus with your precious memories or important data, SAMSUNG DVD-R is it! Used by several government organizations like NASA, SEC, FAA etc due to dependable, no-compromise level of quality.

Is it bull ?

[BJ_M]

they didnt say the temp of the room ...

if you keep anything close to absolute zero ... its going to last

j/k

anyway i had not heard of those disks or even seen any ..

[BJ_M]

http://www.bealldev.co.kr/eng/02.htm

here is who makes the disks ... 16 employees only at this comapny but they claim they got a real tough disk ...