Question re copying cassette tapes

[Claire Bowern]

I'd also strongly recommend having a hard drive backup (or two) and
DVDs of the materials. That way if you need to replace the CDs or
provide more copies it's easy to burn more.
Claire

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Eric Poncet [NunaSoft]
<tmp at nunasoft.com> wrote:
> Rudy,
>
> Given the affordability of blank CD's and given the worth of your content, I
> definitely suggest buying the best quality. The (very) small extra sum spent
> on top quality will be a good investment!
> Also, here's why CD-RW's should be avoided :
> a) because of their erasability. True, common sense tells us that nobody
> should reformat a properly labelled CD-RW... but that's not incompatible
> with prudence.
> b) though we have no evidence or statistics over a long period on longevity,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-RW gives some clues: "CD-RWs are not as
> reliable for long-term storage; however, under recommended storage
> conditions, CD-RW should have a life expectancy of 2 years or more (as
> compared to 30+ years for CD-R)"
> c) some CD players can not play CD-RW's
>
> Cheers,
> Eric
>
> Rudy Troike a écrit :
>>
>> Howdy, all,
>>
>>   I'm planning to copy some old language tapes on cassettes to a CD
>> format.
>> Any caveats would be welcome. One question -- for this purpose, is it
>> necessary
>> to use "music CDs", or will ordinary CD-R disks work?
>>
>>   Thanks,
>>
>>   Rudy
>>
>>   Rudy Troike
>