10 to 15 Years of Cinema Lost...?

Jay Gladwell wrote on 6/25/2009, 9:12 AM

Here's a link to an interesting discussion on storage and archiving. The "industry" has come up with an interesting solution on how to archive the new digital media.

Comments

PerroneFord wrote on 6/25/2009, 9:58 AM

Sky is falling conversations again...

Film works. It's a bit pricey, but it works. If you NEED that level of backup, then go there.

Optical is viable as a stop-gap. Us computer guys have been relying on it for years without issue. My opticals from the 90s still work just fine. The problem there of course, is density.

LTO is viable if the data can be protected from fire and water, as well as magnetic influence.

There is no perfect solution. Even film has it's issues if environmental conditions aren't maintained. Optical has the benefit of being impervious to water, humidity, dust, and magnetic flux. I still think it's the right way to go long term.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 6/25/2009, 10:37 AM

i'd say there a lot of effort put in to preserving crap. We don't need people in 100 years finding a copy of "date movie" & assuming that's the most important thing we have now because we worked hard to preserve it. :D

Former user wrote on 6/25/2009, 11:04 AM

But who determines what is crap.

Where would we be without movies like "Plan 9 From Outer Space"?

Dave T2