• @[email protected]
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    62 months ago

    Rated for, but that doesn’t mean they’re all actually manufactured to that standard.

    CDs were rated for like 50+ years originally I think. We found out real quick that was an optimistic number, especially when you buy the cheapest thing around.

    • circuscritic
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      2 months ago

      ISO certification does require a bit more effort than just the bare minimum necessary to legally advertise specific claims about a product.

      That doesn’t mean all M-Disc manufacturing is immune to shitty business practices of a manufacturer, but they do have to meet certain manufacturing specifications.

    • @ag10n
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      72 months ago

      The international organization for standardization has rated them for archival use in the hundreds of years. This is not a maybe and the Wikipedia page/link I shared above goes over the testing methodology

      • @WhatAmLemmy
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        32 months ago

        “Archival use” means a commercial climate controlled environment. Not a plastic tub in your basement or garage.

        • @ag10n
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          22 months ago

          No one said otherwise