Pascal Schmidt wrote in a message to Charles Angelich:

 PS> Hi Charles! :-)

 CA> Considering all the talk recently that CDs and DVDs may not
 CA> last more that 2 years under adverse conditions of sunlight
 CA> and/or moisture I would opt for the VHS combination myself at
 CA> $19.95 (no book). :-) 

 PS> Note that the discussion then was about writable CDs, not those
 PS> pressed in a factory. Direct sunlight (i.e. lost of heat) is still
 PS> a problem with pressed CDs, but moisture less so.

Does that distinction still hold for DVDs,  as well as CDROMs?

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