Re: [ARSCLIST] Further thoughts on the new CLIR report. DVDs

[steven c <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sam Brylawski" <goodlistening@xxxxxxxxx>
> The report did not intend suggest that DVD be considered a storage
standard.
> It stated that DVDs were beginning to replace CDs. This is an
> acknowledgement of the push by companies toward DVD Audio as a consumer
> medium, not an archival medium. The context in which DVDs are entioned
inthe
> report is within the discussion of sampling rates, not archival media.
>
Question for the technically knowledgeable...

Since CD's and DVD's are (AFAIK) more or less the "same animal" and
operate by pressing (or "burning") pits into the surface of a plastic
disc, why should there be any difference in the lifespan of the two?

Do the littler "holes" fill themselves up more rapidly?

Steven C. Barr