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Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format by aw3c2 on Monday March 10, 2014 @06:48AM (#7372233)
Citation please!
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Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format by sp332 on Monday March 10, 2014 @09:45AM (#7372835)
BD-R's are metal-based, not dye-based. They may be more fragile than DVDs, but they are very light- and heat-resistant.

BD-RE advertised 10,000 overwrite cycles http://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0bdc/090076...

LTO-5 gets only 200 full-capacity writes http://support2.imation.com/downloads/imn/LTO/Usage_Life_Ima...

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Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format by aw3c2 on Monday March 10, 2014 @01:30PM (#7374334)
Thanks! I was more wondering about the lifespan of a resting medium though.
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Re:Sony and Panasonic announce the Archival Disc format by sp332 on Monday March 10, 2014 @01:38PM (#7374391)
Yeah, I'm having trouble finding numbers for tape (my google-fu is weak). This page advertises 50 years for BD-R http://panasonic.net/avc/blu-ray_disc/archive.html

Edit: This one says 30 years for LTO-5 http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/storage-media/product-deta...

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