[rollei_list] Re: Homve Movies
- From: Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 10:45:44 -0500
Hi Peter-
I hate to encumber you with the facts, but even the worst photographic
prints are more archival than the digital storage mediums you suggest!
Eric Goldstein
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On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Eric,
>
> Are you sure your name is not Thomas? ;-)
> Very doubtful it will disappear in 10 years. The type of media may change
> and you would simply transfer it to another type. For example, CDs moved to
> DVDs to disks and solid state memory. And if you have it digitized, you can
> always transfer it to a newer media. FWIW, if stored properly a DVD burned
> correctly will not fail in our lifetimes I did a lot of research on this one
> and wrote an article on it. So I am not talking off the top of my head.
> Yes, granted none are as permanent as say negatives, but certainly better
> than many prints which fade as does the wonderful E-6 Ektachrome slides
> unless stored properly as well.
>
> Peter K
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> That way, you can be assured that the back-up will be useless in 10
>> years or so... ;-)
>>
>> Home movies fell out of public favor for the same reason slides did...
>> because projected shows were a boring PIA.
>>
>>
>> Eric Goldstein
>>
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>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Peter K. <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > You should consider transferring them to a DVD or other media for
>> > storage
>> > just in case.
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