This sounds interesting. Short version is they claim that the discs will play back on any dvd player, & not suffer from age based degradation as per regular dvdr's. LG is supposedly one of the partners. Requires the "M" burner & "M" discs.

http://millenniata.com/

More: the discs are set to be $2.69-$3 ea at launch, & drives are being made by Hitatchi. One person posted that the drives are supposed to be comparably priced to Blu-ray burners.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-200 ... -archival/

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/M-READY-M-D ... 12173.html

I really don't have time to reburn my entire collection, especially @ $2.69 per disc, but still find this very interesting. My first experience with burned dvdr's many years ago was not good; a couple hundred Ricoh Maxell's went bad within 6 months of burning! I have been very paranoid with burned discs ever since.

Damn...I thought this was a new record by the "Pop Muzik" M.

Alan

It'll be interesting to see if this gets any traction in the marketplace. There IS a need for long-term storage, and the technology sounds promising without being prohibitively expensive.