Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:14 pm
Rather amazed to discover these concerns & this discussion, because I'd assumed (foolishly, it appears!) that the very raison d'etre for the invention of DVDs was their increased longevity over VHS tapes. Some of the latter I recorded 30 yrs ago in LP mode look very good today, with a bit of color-fading the only sign of their age. Some others, pre-recorded in SP mode, look perfect.
Recently bought some DVD+Rs by mistake. Found they record & play-back exactly as -Rs, but waste several minutes in initializing & menu-making.