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Best Way To Store Digital Video For 20 Years?

Posted by kdawson on from the thanks-for-the-memories dept.

An anonymous reader writes "My kid is now 1 year old and I already have 100G of digital video (stored on DVDs, DVD quality) and photos. How should I store it so that it's still readable 10 to 20 years from now? Will DVDs stil be around, and readable, 10 years from now? Should I plan for technology changes every 5 to 10 years (DVD->Blue-ray->whatever)? Is optical storage better, or should I try to use hard drives (making technology changes automatic)? And, if the answer is optical, how do you store optical disks so that they last?"

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  1. Re:CDs are still readable by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Only professional CDs have that sort of shelf life, because they're physically stamped. The consumer grade ones use a type of photosensitive dye that DOES decompose in less than a decade.

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  2. Flash Storage by ady1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm amazed that no one mentioned it. Just get 16gb usb flash disks.
    It has theoretically unlimited life for archiving. The only time it deteriorate is when you continuously write/erase it.