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Originally Posted by DrageMester  Polls tend to be popularity contest anyway, so even though the previous polls were about media for long term use, I think people voted for the media they liked the best then, and they will vote for the media they like best now in the current polls. |
I totally agree.
Polls for "best longevity" will mainly show only favorite media, not media actually tested for longevity, even less since very few members actually test for stability.
I see things in reverse actually, even in my everyday use of media: it's easier to pinpoint inherently
unstable media and name it, than declare something as stable, because even the best media can become unstable under specific conditions (lousy burn, lousy storing, high humidity, lousy handling....).
@schweino :
So far, I found to be unstable or suspect in my own collection
of well burnt and carefully stored media:
TDK003 - made in Luxembourg (slow degradation, all)
TTH02 - made in Luxembourg (slow degradation, some)
RITEKG05 (very fast degradation, all)
RITEKG04 (fast degradation, most)
TYG02 (slow degradation, 3 discs out of 200)
MBIPG101 R04 (all under the RICOH brand, none under the IMATION brand)
TDKG0200 - made in Taiwan (only overspeeded discs degrade)
All the rest I've used gives no sign of degradation. There are too many brands and MIDs to be cited here. *LOL*
A notable exception: ALL discs (including some of the best -R around) written in a JVC DR-M10 standalone recorder are degrading. Fast. But they were very lousy burns to start with, which backs up my previous explanation about lousy burns probably being more prone to degradation than good burns.
I've been sick lately and no desire to try them out.......
(Retired, only for reading damaged CDRs)
(reader, makes coasters 
) (secondary system)
(burner) (secondary system)
(main reader, ripper, disc quality scanner (DVDs) and DVD burner)
Good or Bad? Still testing 
