CDs, DVDs Have Limited Life Span

At least one expert has severe doubts about the stability and longevity of optical CDs and DVDs. Kurt Gerecke, a physicist and storage expert at IBM Deutschland, says that magnetic tapes are more reliable forms of storage for digital media.

The problem, according to Gerecke, is that once the CD or DVD is used, the recording surface begins to degrade and can result in data "shifting" and, therefore, becoming unreadable.

By: Dave White
Via: Yahoo News

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