according to a recent research by dutch computer magazine pc active, the data on various types of cd-r’s become unreadable within 2 years! manufacturers often claim that they will last for a century. brands that scored especially bad in the test were platinum, kruidvat own label and mmore. well, this is probably good news for the music business…
i wonder how long my ‘original’ cd’s will last. a well-known phenomenon is disc rot or cd bronzing, from which many early world serpent cd’s suffer… apparently it is not a this problem is limited to CD’s pressed by cd manufacturer PDO from the UK between 1988 and 1993.