[TriLUG] best dvd-r media

[Cristóbal Palmer]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Ralph Blach <chipperb at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Can anybody give any recommendations on the best DVD-r disk?  I need these
> for Archiving.

Short answer: consider DVD+R over DVD-R and make multiple copies
rather than trust the media. Longer answers:

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/opticalmedialongevity.html#Anchor-Is-23240

and

http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media

Cheers,
-- 
Cristóbal M. Palmer
ibiblio.org systems
cdla.unc.edu research assistant