source file: mills2.txt Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 10:48:02 -0700 Subject: Re: TUNING digest 750 From: John Starrett Ladies and Gentlemen- Yes it is true that the dyes are photosensitive, and will degrade in direct sunlight, but with proper care they should last between 50 and 100 years (according to manufacturer's accelerated aging tests). My brother (CDR expert) estimates more conservatively at about 10 years with the current media and sloppy handling. There are a couple of good CDR drives going for $700 and the media price has dropped to $6 per disk. Within a couple of months Phillips, Sony and Yamaha drives will all be available for about $700 (Bob says stay away from the JVC unit). CDR is not as permanent as CD with real pits and lands, but a disk with a 10 year lifetime is more than adequate for distribution to reviewers and radio stations as a promo tool. Brother Bob is going to loan me a Pinnacle CDR unit so that I may learn to record CDR myself, and I will keep the forum updated on my progress in the nerdly art. John Starrett Received: from eartha.mills.edu [144.91.3.20] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Sun, 16 Jun 1996 01:09 +0100 Received: from by eartha.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) for id QAA04249; Sat, 15 Jun 1996 16:09:00 -0700 Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 16:09:00 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@ella.mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu