From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Peter Schleifer"  wrote in message   
   news:vtc38a5e4rv3v1au7qnghapa84khhma1u7@4ax.com...   
   > On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:05:19 -0600, Robert Heller   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>At Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:27:09 -0500 Michael Finfer    
   >>wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> On 12/4/2014 9:24 AM, conklin wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> > Unless you print out your pictures from digital media, every few years   
   >>> > will   
   >>> > make your storage medium obsolete.   
   >>>   
   >>> Has not happened yet, and there is always a transition period when you   
   >>> can transfer images from one medium to another.  The old days of floppy   
   >>> disc drives are gone, but those discs could not even hold one of the   
   >>> images that I take today.  Those things are not relevant to this   
   >>> discussion.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have all of my images in several places, my hard drive, at least two   
   >>> external hard drives, and good quality CD's or DVD's.  One of those   
   >>> external hard drives is kept at work in case my house burns down.  I   
   >>> just bought a 2 TB drive that will last me for some time.  So far, the   
   >>> industry has made all of its optical drives backwards compatible with   
   >>> the older formats, which is really just a software issue, and I see no   
   >>> sign that that is going to change.  I am not worried.   
   >>   
   >>Right.  It is more an issue with video tape.   
   >   
   > Yes, I copied all the video tape I want to save onto my hard drives (I   
   > have 10 TB so the space is not a problem) and DVD, but that involves 2   
   > or 3 pieces of aging equipment (depending on the tape format), none of   
   > which will be replaced.   
   > --   
   > Peter Schleifer   
   > "Ignorance is easy and you get it for free"   
      
   All this is fine if you spend a lot of time keeping up with the changes.   
   I've had a number of computer crashes over the years, including one   
   lightning  strike which smoked the computer, the phone lines, the router and   
   everything else.  Gone were the files.  As VHS, move that to DVD and then   
   from DVD to memory sticks, and hope they last?  I've had them crash too.   
   And the posted life expectancy of the computer-generated cd is 4 years.   
      
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