Life expectancy of DVD+RW vs DVD-RAM

[gordon k2]

I'm thinking about buying a DVD writer to double as a video-disc-recorder and a data backup for my 'puter. Been reading a Computer Shopper article which tells me: "the life expectancy of the DVD+RW media is up to 1,000 times that of the DVD-RAM media."

As far as I can find out, DVD+RWs are rewritable about 1,000 times and have a shelf life of about 100 years ; whereas DVD-RAM discs are rewritable about 100,000 times, and have a shelf life of 30-100 years.

Is there some other factor I'm missing, or is the Comp. Shopper quote just plain wrong?

Cheers -

g k

[tonyp12]

1000 times longer than DVD-RAM???

So if DVD-RAM is 10years a DVD+RW is 10'000 years.

I do not think so, and even it is you would not find a drive
that could read your DVD+RW in 10 thousand years from now.

DVD+R and DVD-R last longer than DVD+RW/-RW
so use that type of media.

If you choose DVD-RAM just becuase you can write to it 100'000
you need to get your head checked out.

Who would use the same disc and write
to it once a day for 273 years?????

[gordon k2]

>Who would use the same disc and write
>to it once a day for 273 years?????

heh.. a geek Time Lord

No, you're right, that's what I reckoned - but the rest of the article seemed to make sense, so I wondered if they were maybe saying the DVD-RAM discs were less reliable or something...

g k