Recordable DVD … Delivering the Convergence of Consumer Electronics and PCs
(Panasonic)
http://www.panasonic.com/industrial...RDVDCapps2a.doc
第五頁「Format-specific Features」部分節錄：

DVD-RAM – Offering 100,000 write/rewrite cycles and built-in error correction... The media has a 30-year data life...
DVD-R General was developed for business and consumer applications – data archiving and one-time video recording. A write-once technology, DVD-R General provides a 100-year data life...
DVD-RW (DVD-Re-recordable) -- DVD-RW is the rewritable version of DVD-R. Similar to DVD-RAM except that its technology writes sequentially. Users can record, erase and re-record the discs 1,000 times and has a 30-50 year data life...


另外，一篇美國 NIST 的文章：
Stability Comparison of Recordable Optical Discs—A Study of Error Rates in Harsh Conditions
(National Institute of Standards and Technology, 簡稱 NIST)
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/gipw...bilityStudy.pdf