Optical media archive life test approved by ISO

05 Feb 08 15:54 by DoMiN8ToR in category Uncategorized To news archive

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The Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) and Ecma International announced today that the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have approved the ISO/IEC 10995 standard. This is a global standard for optical media archive life testing for recordable and rewritable DVDs. The standard will enable the optical storage industry to offer reliable archival-grade optical discs to help end-users select the media life expectancy best suited to their application requirements.

For the real freaks, there is a PDF that contains a lot more information. Most tests are based on temperature and humidity. Something already discussed on our forums for a long time.

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lui_gough: Posts: 1253; Posted on: 06 Feb 08 04:56

It may be good to have a ISO standard but the problem is - will companies start testing against it now? Are they going to publish their results? Will there be any verification that their results are obtained properly? Surely the crappy companies will start mislabeling their products and creating more "confusion" which this is trying to solve. Other companies may not test or publish results meaning that there's no real comparability. Still doesn't change the attitude of buying discs from reputable manufacturers ...

neo1918: Posts: 259; Posted on: 08 Feb 08 08:54

What we'd need is a third party to do the testing. Say a trusted magainze or web site.

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