Anyone notice imprinting on BD-Rs from contact with textured material?

[nstgc]

So, I just finished reading this article about this guy whose BD collection got trashed and naturally I freak the fuck out (I've been around her enough you you guys to know it natural for me).

Has anyone noticed this? My Optical Quantum disks from 10 months ago seem to be okay, but I was wondering if any one can confirm this.

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To sum it up for anyone who thinks "tldr":

Blu-ray discs are a bit squashy, so don't have anything pressing at them for longer periods of time, which will damage them.
Use the plastic cases instead of those white sleeves you can get, even if they take up more space.
If you've already damaged your discs this way, heating them with a hair dryer might fix them.

[buchno]

To sum it up for anyone who thinks "tldr":

Blu-ray discs are a bit squashy, so don't have anything pressing at them for longer periods of time, which will damage them.
Use the plastic cases instead of those white sleeves you can get, even if they take up more space.
If you've already damaged your discs this way, heating them with a hair dryer might fix them.

Personally, the only optical discs I use are for console games, and I've always stored them in the plastic cases they come in.

[halfelite]

anything can happen, I have had the pattern from a cd case imprint on cd-r. I would assume this goes up there with bitrot happening by the layers of dye decaying over time.

[vuzedome]

Still keep them in their plastic covers, they look nicer anyway all lined up on the shelf.

[kitamesume]

i think those imprints usually occur when you store them on a warm location. the CD/DVDs i had that i placed beside my computer got slight imprints because the area was pretty warm, the ones placed at some shelf where the air conditioner was directed didnt develop any imprints.

[datora]

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Anyone willing to recommend BluRay media they have high confidence in?  Personal anecdotes for good ones & bad ones appreciated as much as significant and trustworthy reviews.

I just got a BluRay burner to perform archival back-ups, especially of my anime but also other very critical data (photography & music archive, too).

I'm just now getting my feet wet in the BluRay media game and would greatly appreciate pointers of what to look at and what to avoid.

For the most part, I intend to focus on the most stable single-layer/25 GB media for the "near" future, but would certainly consider dual-layer 50 GB media if it has exceptional reliability for archival use.

A good, simple & free burning program for data w/ verification also, please, which has a good track record specifically for BluRay.  If it can be used for DVD & CD too, all the better.

Thanks!  .

[nstgc]

I've been using Memorex and Optical Quantum and so far I haven't had any real problems. I had one coaster in about 45 with the OQ and 0 coasters in 25 with the Memorex. Both are HTL discs, meaning that the media starts out more reflective than after its burned (DVD+/-R are LTH by comparison). The HTL discs use a metal layer instead of an organic dye (like burnable DVDs), and as such I assume are less prone to rot. So far, my oldest disk, which are about 11 months old, have a perfectly smooth read curve when I tested them last week.

I burn two copies of everything -- one on each brand. I also store them differently -- one in spindle one in book. Furthermore, I use DVDisaster to make ECC files while themselves are stored on BD-Rs (with a duplicate) and protected by ECC at the "high" settting (33.5% redundency).