Re: DVD as a recordable medium?

Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Just wanted to get a feeling from others on using DVD as a recordable medium. On
> first glance it seems like a terrible choice, since one little burp can render a
> DVD disk into a $2,000 to $10,000) coaster  (or WAY more, depending on the loss,
> since that's what one day of production might cost, and be lost due to the burp.
> 
> Crease a tape and lose a few seconds, maybe one take.
> Blow  a DVD, say Adios to whatever is on the disk.
> 
> Hell, I've had tapes break off the reel and still salvage all the tape.
> 
> How about gyro errors? If I rise/turn at a rate faster than 1.75 G's, will my
> DVD recorder lose track and burn a 5" unusable track? What if, in my haste, I
> drop or scratch the disk before it gets archived? Am I ganked?
> 
> Sony and others seem to be in a rush to optical media, but it scares the hell
> out of me.
> 
> Watt dew U think?


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