[td1983]

Just a thought. I gave one to a friend that I made for him in 2006 and he says it only works on some titles on the disc now.
I've read on other websites that burned DVD's may only have a shelf life of 2-5 years before they start to disintegrate, is this true? Have you ever had any discs that have messed up in your experience?

[son_t]

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Originally Posted by td1983

I've read on other websites that burned DVD's may only have a shelf life of 2-5 years before they start to disintegrate, is this true?

This is probably true. If you store them is a dark cool place and never use them, they will probably last twice as long.

For sure, if you expose them to sunlight they kind of 'melt'. I have evidence of this; you can see with the naked eye that the dye has 'melted' on discs that I have displayed on the wall (like this pic).

[stvn758]

Why would you burn a DVD?

I have CDs that I bought 20 years ago that still work perfectly, I would imagine retail DVDs last longer than home recorded ones.

[Fussy]

Use a quality dvdr like verbatim and you should find that they will last plenty long .

And yes i have had quite a few go dodgy all due to crap media.

[Kojack]

It may depend on the quality of the media, I have a couple of movies from 2002 & they seem to still play fine but then again I haven't bought top quality discs either.

i have plenty from 2000 and 2001 that still playback fine,i've rarely bought any cheap discs.

[Erlang]

DVD RAM has the best archival longevity apparently.

I have back up digital photos and home movies to DVD RAM but I still check every year and make regular DVD-R copies.

I have had regular burnt disk go bad after only 2-3 years.

[Alfie2008]

I've got some Maxell DVD-R's which are nearly 4 years old now and still play fine.

Are the Maxell DVD-R's good quality compared to other media?

[Fussy]

It all depends on what dye they use for the discs.

Quality Taiyo Yuden Dye is what u need.

[mark2004]

what about memorex?