Question DVD Media storage

[cloudff7ps1]

What best box for long term storage DVD media?

 

[USAFRet]

What best box for long term storage DVD media?

Any box that is in a cool, dry location.

You're still on the long term DVD kick?

 

[USAFRet]

Or....

A small fireproof safe
Inside a Faraday cage
Inside a bank vault
On a techtonically stable island
In a country that is not on the target list for NATO/Russian/Chinese nukes

 

[Colif]

So Antarctica?

up until recently you could have said Australia as well.

 

[cloudff7ps1]

I thought about this dvdbox but enter light where are the arrows? i know any light harms the burned data
photo https://ibb.co/yswsKQS

 

[USAFRet]

I thought about this dvdbox but enter light where are the arrows? i know any light harms the burned data
photo https://ibb.co/yswsKQS

And if you put that plastic case (or a dozen of them) inside a 'box'...no light will enter.

 

[cloudff7ps1]

If i spin the dvd disc it inserted in dvdbox will scratch the disc?
https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_17960-MLB20147341942_082014-O.webp

 

[DSzymborski]

If i spin the dvd disc it inserted in dvdbox will scratch the disc?
https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_17960-MLB20147341942_082014-O.webp

Any movement against any object has that potential.

 

[USAFRet]

If i spin the dvd disc it inserted in dvdbox will scratch the disc?
https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_17960-MLB20147341942_082014-O.webp

No.

(dependant on length of time spinning and rotational speed)

 

[cloudff7ps1]

If i spin the dvd disc it inserted in dvdbox will scratch the disc?


https://ibb.co/FgsfR0b

 

[USAFRet]

Why would you be spinning the DVD inside that case?

 

[cloudff7ps1]

I have a black casebox like the one in the picture and if I shake the box the disc swings too and will it scratch the disc or not?

 

[DSzymborski]

Anything that moves the disc has the potential to scratch it because no surface is perfectly smooth.

This is the answer to the millions of slight variations you can make to this question.

 

[cloudff7ps1]

I didn't touch the disc it shakes when I open the dvdbox it is not 100% fixed in the center of the box

the dvdboxes are fragile they touch and scratch the disc

i have mdisc dvd

 

[cloudff7ps1]

because I have a DVD with some scratches and it passes Nero Discspeed's 100% Good read test? when a scratch occurs is any data lost?

 

[USAFRet]

because I have a DVD with some scratches and it passes Nero Discspeed's 100% Good read test? when a scratch occurs is any data lost?

"when a scratch occurs is any data lost?"

Seeing as a 'scratch' can interfere with the laser reading the disc, possibly.

The only true test of viability is if you can copy 100% of the data to some other device, and then verify completeness on the second device.

 

[hang-the-9]

I have a black casebox like the one in the picture and if I shake the box the disc swings too and will it scratch the disc or not?

That case suspends the disk over the plastic, if you have that case you must see that. Also you are using it for storage, so you put it away, it will sit there as you left it.

 

[cloudff7ps1]

When the disc spins inside the tray the dvd drive sata is the dvd disc suspended or not? does it rotate on contact?

turn the disc inserted in the dvdbox amaray it touches the plastic?

 

[USAFRet]

When the disc spins inside the tray the dvd drive sata is the dvd disc suspended or not? does it rotate on contact?

turn the disc inserted in the dvdbox amaray it touches the plastic?

If you look closely, the disc is suspended on the spindle. Does not touch the sides of the case, the only point of contact is the hole in the middle.

Now...if you shake the case around, or manually spin the disc...all bets are off.

Thisis supposed to be 'backups'? If so...they get written once and put on the shelf.

 

[cloudff7ps1]

yes for backup

Does mdisc dvd verbatim have any protection against scratches?

 

[USAFRet]

yes for backup

Does mdisc dvd verbatim have any protection against scratches?

A DVD is a DVD. Literally, a piece of plastic.
A scratch is a scratch.


The general protocol for DVD has a bit of error correction built in.
Given a big enough scratch, data is lost. (don't ask "how big is 'big enough'")


What "protection" are you looking for?

 

[cloudff7ps1]

i did a test i put a dvd disc in the Amaray dvdbox case and manually with my finger i pressed a point on the disc and rotated it then i removed the disc and i did not see any scratches where i pressed

 

[hang-the-9]

i did a test i put a dvd disc in the Amaray dvdbox case and manually with my finger i pressed a point on the disc and rotated it then i removed the disc and i did not see any scratches where i pressed

Yes, all the disk cases suspend the disk a bit, some more than others. It would be a pretty bad design for the case to be in contact with the media that way. Only thing that does that is the sleeve type holders. I mean stores sell DVDs in those cases, would be pretty bad if they shipped 10,000 of them and they ended up being scratched by the box they are in LOL

 

[cloudff7ps1]

Are DVD and MDisc DVD media very fragile to any kind of light? I your handling them in a place with a led lamp the light emitted by it will erase the data or increase the error rate

DVD casebox amaray offers any DVD disc protection?

 

[cloudff7ps1]

Yes, all the disk cases suspend the disk a bit, some more than others. It would be a pretty bad design for the case to be in contact with the media that way. Only thing that does that is the sleeve type holders. I mean stores sell DVDs in those cases, would be pretty bad if they shipped 10,000 of them and they ended up being scratched by the box they are in LOL

I have black Amaray DVDbox but I don't know if it's original but it's not thin casebox does it keep the disc suspended so that during transport it spins doesn't scratch?

dvdbox physically protects the disk from warping?