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DVD M-Disc appears to have been discontinued by CMC (who bought Verbatim from Mitsubishi in 2019, and also Taiyo Yuden in 2015).

Millenniata claimed that their M-DISC DVD recordings would last 1000 years if properly stored, but the company went bust in 2016 (the original discs were made by Ritek), after the French National Laboratory of Metrology and Testing found that the discs may have still been readable after 250 hours of accelerated aging, however with an error rate above threshold (yep, sounds like Ritek)

I have only ever bought "Azo" branded Verbatim which have seemed fine whether made by MCC in Singapore, Falcon Technologies (FTI) in UAE, or even (gasp!) Moser-Baer in India. I avoided Verbatim "DataLife" (not "DataLifePlus"), "Life Series" and "Value Series" which have always been made by CMC Taiwan, Ritek or Moser-Baer. Don't know who made their M-Disc but it may well have been Ritek as they were already equipped to make them.

In any case I don't think you can count on them lasting 1000 years. After all we've already discovered some microorganisms that can eat polycarbonate
 
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My M-Disc DVDs were purchased in 2016 I think they were made in Taiwan but I wanted to buy new discs so is it possible to find them on some website? DVD M-Disc

about the microorganisms in the polycarbonate is it easy for them to eat the disc?
 
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Taiwan generally meant CMC, Ritek or Prodisc. Given that Ritek was the launch partner for M-Disc in 2009, your discs are probably Ritek.

I see Ritek branded DVD M-Disc on eBay but they ship from overseas. There's also this Amazon listing for ten Verbatims that ships from Japan.

Just because microorganisms can eat something doesn't mean they prefer it if any other food source is available, so it's not like some Andromeda Strain that will start dissolving your PPE tomorrow. I mean there are people trying to select for the best bacteria to eat oil spills right now and our oil wells probably aren't in immediate danger. In 1000 years though, all bets are off
 
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M-Disc DVD only has for sale these printable inkjets can't you find the branded surface verbatim or millenniata or any other good brand?

do you know other links for sale? I'm from Brazil and this Amazon link is very expensive for me
 
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I am only seeing white printable surface ones in stock, and given they are discontinued the branded ones are unlikely to ever be back in stock. As they say, beggars can't be choosers. Hey, at least it's better than printable silver thermal hub tops which collect fingerprints as they are tacky to accept the thermal-transfer-ribbon wax ink

This one ships from the United States but costs even more here: https://www.amazon.com/Archival-Verbatim-M-Disc-Inkjet-Printable/dp/B0128ZJ5JQ

I see Amazon Japan has Ritek branded discs but the seller won't ship to Brazil. Surprisingly the Verbatims from there are cheaper than in the US and they do ship to Brazil because they are shipped from Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B0128ZJ5JQ
These are actually cheaper shipped to Brazil than ordering from the US site shipped to the USA, but that may have something to do with exchange rates

It's best to use Chrome to translate because Amazon's language selector doesn't translate everything
 
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all of amazon are very expensive shipping is more expensive than the product I really have no options for Brazil I won't be able to buy new M-Disc DVDs of any brand

the Amazon price varies up to 600 reais in the Brazilian currency
 
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Help me please I'm desperate looking for M-Disc DVD 4.7GB spindle of 10 or 15 units to buy but I can't find it at a good price for Brazil, here I don't sell it but on amazon, ebay, newegg the freight and rates are too high someone can you help me?
 
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