New DVD Designed to Last 1,000 Years

Data on M-Disk can endure sunlight and extreme heat, company says
By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 17, 2011 5:43 PM CDT
New DVD Designed to Last 1,000 Years
File image. The new M-Disk DVD is designed to safely store data for 1,000 years, enduring sunlight, humidity, and even extreme heat, according to Millenniata, the company that made it.   (Shutterstock)

Are you hoping that future generations will watch fine modern fare like Mars Needs Moms a thousand years from now, on DVDs that can endure 932 degrees Fahrenheit? You're in luck, thanks to Millenniata, a company that has created the M-Disk—a DVD that stores data on synthetic material that won't fade in the sun or under humid conditions, Digital Trends reports.

Traditional DVDs store information when light spots are burned onto a dye that coats the disc. But that data eventually degrades, unlike the metals and other rock-like, inorganic materials on the M-Disk. It was even tested by US Navy's Weapons Division, or so says Millenniata. The discs should go for about $3 each; no word yet on prices for future M-Disk drives. (More DVD stories.)

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