Long Lasting DVD media?

[alih786]

Hi

Please come someone suggest a long lasting DVD-R disc? Anything other than Don't, TDK, Memorex and Verbatim as they are expensive.

I was thinking of getting Arita brand. Are they good? And or Media Range brand?

Also, which would be best to get DVD+R or DVD-R for storage and for playing on a DVD or Blu Ray player? Mainly for storing MP4 MKV files.

[Skiller]

If 5-10 years is good enough for you, you can buy any. (Assuming you use a good burner and check every single disc for error rates after burning!!! Cannot stress this enough.)

If you want more than that, you need quality media. Quality media is not cheap. I have been burning DVD for 17 years.

[jagabo]

Verbatim AZO is the only reliable brand left. Not the "Life Series". Make sure the packaging says "AZO".

[Bwaak]

I would be more worried - and I am - about availability of DVD readers than about durability of media.

[pchan]

I would be more worried - and I am - about availability of DVD readers than about durability of media.

Indeed. Normal blu-ray player cannot read 4K disc. Why bother keep miniDV tape backup when there is no deck or miniDV camcorder exist go forward. The best is still a hard drive or SSD.

[jagabo]

DVD and BD movie discs are also reaching end-of-life as products. For example:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/why-best-buys-decision-to-drop-dvds-hits-so-...rd/ar-AA1iqpHW

A drop in availability of DVD and BD players and readers will follow.

I store my video collection (over 8TB) on SATA hard drives. I have a 16 TB drive in my NAS (just an old Windows computer) and a pair of 8 TB USB 3.0 drives for backup. I use FreeFileSync to sync the backups about once a month. And its full file compare function to verify the backups every six months or so. This is far faster, simpler, and cheaper than juggling 2000 DVDs.

[alih786]

DVD and BD movie discs are also reaching end-of-life as products. For example:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/why-best-buys-decision-to-drop-dvds-hits-so-...rd/ar-AA1iqpHW

A drop in availability of DVD and BD players and readers will follow.

I store my video collection (over 8TB) on SSD hard drives. I have a 16 TB drive in my NAS (just an old Windows computer) and a pair of 8 TB USB 3.0 drives for backup. I use FreeFileSync to sync the backups about once a month. And its full file compare function to verify the backups every six months or so. This is far faster, simpler, and cheaper than juggling 2000 DVDs.

Which brand SSD? I have SSD as well, 5TBS.. I'm not a PC expert like you.

I have Seagate and Kangaru brands. Windows 8 OS Laptop

FreeFileSync?

[jagabo]

DVD and BD movie discs are also reaching end-of-life as products. For example:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/why-best-buys-decision-to-drop-dvds-hits-so-...rd/ar-AA1iqpHW

A drop in availability of DVD and BD players and readers will follow.

I store my video collection (over 8TB) on SSD hard drives. I have a 16 TB drive in my NAS (just an old Windows computer) and a pair of 8 TB USB 3.0 drives for backup. I use FreeFileSync to sync the backups about once a month. And its full file compare function to verify the backups every six months or so. This is far faster, simpler, and cheaper than juggling 2000 DVDs.

Which brand SSD? I have SSD as well, 5TBS.. I'm not a PC expert like you.

I have Seagate and Kangaru brands. Windows 8 OS Laptop

FreeFileSync?

Oops, I meant to say SATA, not SSD. SSD is way to costly for bulk storage. I just edited the earlier post to fix that error.

FreeFileSync: https://freefilesync.org/

[alih786]

DVD and BD movie discs are also reaching end-of-life as products. For example:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/why-best-buys-decision-to-drop-dvds-hits-so-...rd/ar-AA1iqpHW

A drop in availability of DVD and BD players and readers will follow.

I store my video collection (over 8TB) on SSD hard drives. I have a 16 TB drive in my NAS (just an old Windows computer) and a pair of 8 TB USB 3.0 drives for backup. I use FreeFileSync to sync the backups about once a month. And its full file compare function to verify the backups every six months or so. This is far faster, simpler, and cheaper than juggling 2000 DVDs.

Which brand SSD? I have SSD as well, 5TBS.. I'm not a PC expert like you.

I have Seagate and Kangaru brands. Windows 8 OS Laptop

FreeFileSync?

Oops, I meant to say SATA, not SSD. SSD is way to costly for bulk storage. I just edited the earlier post to fix that error.

FreeFileSync: https://freefilesync.org/

How do I get a SATA on a desktop PC and a laptop? And how much would it cost?


Kind Regards

[jagabo]

How do I get a SATA on a desktop PC

Any desktop made in the last 10 years will have internal SATA ports.

and a laptop?

Just use USB drives.

And how much would it cost?

It depends on the size of the drives you get. 8 TB drives run about US$165 these days.
https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Desktop-Hard-Drive-WDBWLG0080HBK-NESN/dp/B07D5V2ZXD/