We are excited to announce that our 100 GB capacity M-Disc will be available within the next few weeks. It has all the incredible features of our original M-Disc, with over 20x times the capacity of the standard DVD. Archiving large data sets is now much more convenient.
M-DISC's design is intended to provide greater archival media longevity. Millenniata claims that properly stored M-DISC recordings will last 1000 years. A stress test was performed by the Department of Defense of the media, proving at the very least that M-Disc DVDs and Blu-rays are more durable than conventional DVDs and Blu-rays.
Conventional DVD-R and BD-R LTH (Low To High) use recording layers of organic dye and separate reflective layers.[8] Standard (HTL) BD-R and BD-R/DL typically use inorganic data layers, but continue using a reflective layer. M-DISC uses a single inorganic recording layer, which is substantially inert to oxygen, but requires a higher powered laser. M-DISC does not require the reflective layer. Thus, both the M-DISC, and inorganic BD-R, physically alter the recording layer, burning a permanent hole in the material. Besides physical damage, failure of the reflective layer, followed closely by degradation of the data layer, are the primary failure modes of all optically recordable disks.
Recorded discs are readable in conventional drives.
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