> Might I inquire where you get this information? I remember hearing
something
> similiar in the late 80s that "CDs won't last longer than 10-15 years",
but here
> it's over 20 years since I got my copy of Billy Joel's Nylon Curtain and
it,
> along with 3 other CDs I got in 1983, still play and work flawlessly -
even in
> my old Sony CDP-101 player I bought!
hello all
i think the issue here is down to the dye used - as the dye is
photo-reactive i think the early dyes were yet to be perfected. so i suspect
the early CDs survivability depends on the storage & light conditions. dyes
have gotten a lot better in recent years, in the late 90's i think there was
an article in Audio Media looking at media lifespans - a good CDR (for
example HHB CDR74 Gold) is expected to last 100 years. it's DATs i'm really
worried about - but then again i was recently forced to re-master a pile of
stuff from DAT for itunes - so the really important stuff is backed up to
CDROM now...
cheers
paul