From: Bob.Pierce@f475.n2613.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Pierce)
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Newsgroups: comp.publish.cdrom.multimedia
Subject: CD Long-Term Durability?
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 12:26:00 -0500
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TH>From: dannyb@xmission.com (TheReverend)
TH>Organization: XMission Public Access Internet (801-539-0900)

TH>    In the broadcasting industry, we're discovering that some CDs start
TH>to develop enough errors to be unplayable after about eight or nine years
TH>-- even those that have been stored away without being played regularly.

TH>    I think this issue deserves as much serious discussion as we can give
it

I am very interested in this, do you have any real (ie more than opinion
of a dj) statistics on the shelf life?  Do you know what actually goes
"bad"?  Is it the surface or the inside?  Are all of the bad ones on
certain labels?

THANKS!

Bob

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