Convert Slides to proper storage media
Dec 26, 2011 18:35:00 #
Recently learned of deterioration possibility of CD; therefore, will convert slides for $.25 per slide into JPEG format and place on a $5.00 thumb drive of at least 4GB.
Dec 26, 2011 21:12:55 #
Dec 27, 2011 00:23:46 #
If you are burning your own discs, my first advice: go Blu-Ray. The chemistry involved is, in itself, much more archival.
If you are burning DVDs or CDs, buy the BEST blank media you can, and burn as close to or AT 1x speed if you can. The idea of fast CD burns, given ITS chemistry, is moronic. The PC industry warned, years ago, against EVER using recordable CDs for backing anything up. This is because CD burning on PCs turned moronic years ago. The fact a CD drive can burn at 74x or 82x or 108x speed does NOT mean you SHOULD.
It is all about pit depth. Very fast burns have very shallow pits = very short data life.
Very S L O W burns (like 1x) creates DEEP pits and thus MUCH longer useful life.
I have 25 year old CDRs I burned with and Atari TT030 which are still perfectly readable on my Mac. ISO discs are all created equal.
I do not use my PC for disc burns due to its inability to burn properly. Incredibly stupid. The Mac is not that much better, but you can manage 2x or 4x burns most of the time.
Blu-Ray, on the other hand, has great data density, and GREAT archival nature due to the CHEMISTRY involved. The burning, luckily, is still pretty slow.
In the end, it is ALL about pit depth.
Richard Brown
If you are burning DVDs or CDs, buy the BEST blank media you can, and burn as close to or AT 1x speed if you can. The idea of fast CD burns, given ITS chemistry, is moronic. The PC industry warned, years ago, against EVER using recordable CDs for backing anything up. This is because CD burning on PCs turned moronic years ago. The fact a CD drive can burn at 74x or 82x or 108x speed does NOT mean you SHOULD.
It is all about pit depth. Very fast burns have very shallow pits = very short data life.
Very S L O W burns (like 1x) creates DEEP pits and thus MUCH longer useful life.
I have 25 year old CDRs I burned with and Atari TT030 which are still perfectly readable on my Mac. ISO discs are all created equal.
I do not use my PC for disc burns due to its inability to burn properly. Incredibly stupid. The Mac is not that much better, but you can manage 2x or 4x burns most of the time.
Blu-Ray, on the other hand, has great data density, and GREAT archival nature due to the CHEMISTRY involved. The burning, luckily, is still pretty slow.
In the end, it is ALL about pit depth.
Richard Brown
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