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FH Documents and Artefacts / Re: Caring for original photos
« on: Thursday 15 January 15 19:30 GMT (UK)  »
I went to millenniata.com and find that I made some errors in my post concerning their discs. The coating on regular DVDs is an organic dye which begins to deteriorate as soon as it is engraved. I stated that the millenniata disc was metal. That is wrong. The website states that data is engraved into a inorganic "rock-like" layer. The DVDs require a special writer.

They also make a blu-ray disc.  Some regular blu-ray drives can burn the M-Disc blu-rays. If you are going to buy a drive or writer, there are some that can burn and play both blu-ray and DVD.

I do not have a blu-ray player or drive, and no very little about them except that they can hold about 5 times as much data as a DVD. Before you buy a drive, go to the millenniata website and read all about it so you will be sure and get the right kind. I am really interested in this technology, and since I have a lot of photos and other family history data to store I am trying to find out what I can about it.

Hope this corrects any wrong impressions that I made with my last post.
Peggie

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FH Documents and Artefacts / Re: Caring for original photos
« on: Tuesday 13 January 15 21:45 GMT (UK)  »
I have been reading with interest this chat about storing photos. I had a lot of the same questions concerning acid, PVC, etc. One thing I do agree with is scanning and storing the digital files.

That brings up another thing. Cd's, and DVDs also deteriorate with time. I have recently become aware of a product that would help. I have recently come across a company called Millenniata who make a disc that will last for up to 1000 years. Regular Cd's and DVDs have a coating that data is engraved into which degrades over time. With the Millenniata discs, the data is engraved into the metal itself. You need an LG drive to engrave them, but they can be read and the data can be accessed in regular drives. If you are interested go to www.millenniata.com. I am not in any way associated with this company, but I do know some of the principals.

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