Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wwodets" 
<odets@...> wrote:
>
> I am wondering if people have experience archiving image files on 
DVD 
> as opposed to CD.  Is the DVD less reliable data storage?  After 
> transferring many CDs to DVDs, PS is suddenly unable to read the 
DVDs 
> and I get a "Cyclic redundancy check" error.  And yes, I've still 
got 
> all the CDs.
> 
> Experience would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Walt
>

DVD+-R is is currently less stable than some CD disks. If you want 
greater longevity with the larger storage, use one of the phase 
change technology disks like DVD-RW or DVD-RAM. And once again it 
pays to buy high quality disks, and not the cheapest that can be 
found.