Archival quality CD-R and DVD-R disks exist.

I order mine from:
http://www.photo-accessories.com.au/
See:
http://www.photo-accessories.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=84_14\
6_147&products_id=700&zenid=af41e1589dd13131171f1d70b5a0f8a9
http://www.photo-accessories.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id\
=691&zenid=af41e1589dd13131171f1d70b5a0f8a9

(I'm sure these products are available in other countries.)

Regards,
Michael Green - Werribee, Australia.

> 1b. Archival wuality dvd-R
> Posted by: "Brad Jensen" brad@... eraser74146
> Date: Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:48 am ((PDT))
>
> I'm wondering why somebody like the National Archives doesn't put
> out a specification for a scratch-resistant, archival quality CD
> and DVD?
>
> Or maybe the National Bureau of Standards, and then the Federal
> government require the use of conforming CDs and DVDs for
> government data storage?
>
> It's absolutely silly how easy it is to scratch these things, and
> yet they are the best current format for storing data. We are so
> close, but so far away.
>
> With a good long life reflective layer (say gold instead of
> aluminum) and a scratch-resistant surface, it would make
> archiving a lot more affordable and doable for everyone.
>
> When I read about archiving to magnetic tape, it makes me
> shudder.
>