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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. Easy! by Smidge207 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Just draw each frame by hand, hire a professional to colour it and voila, you've got you own personal graphic novel.

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  2. Re:That's a good point. by dedazo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Too bad you got tagged "off topic" and then "troll"

    I agree, the moderation was unfair. It should have been Redundant, since you posted both comments.

    Do you really think everyone on Slashdot is that dumb?

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  3. Re:That's a good point. by BootNinja · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Will the real twitter please stand up?