[ARSCLIST] Memorex CDs

[Karl Miller <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anyone familiar with these discs and/or the truth to the claims?

Karl

Gold Media Goes Mainstream

Remember the days of gold media? Well, gold is in again--using the same
process that Mitsui perfected back in the early days of CD recording.

For years, MAM-A Matsui has been offering gold "archival" discs in
specialty stores. The discs are so called in part because using a
24-karat gold substrate instead of the usual silver makes the disc less
susceptible to oxidation, should the disc's polycarbonate bonding fail.

Now Memorex plans to go one step further, by adding its DuraLayer
scratch-resistance technology to gold archival discs in order to protect
them from wear and tear. The Memorex Pro Gold Archival CD and DVD Media
come backed by a lifetime warranty. According to the company, the discs
will be the only gold archival media available at retail in the United
States.

Memorex says the discs are rated with an archival life of up to 300 years
for CDs and 100 years for DVDs. In the lab, the company says it has found
this media to be resistant to the usual artificial-aging torture tests
such as ultraviolet light, heat, and humidity.