JVC Recording Media - USA -

Recently, we have seen an increased demand to archive "digitized or analogue data" onto optical discs. Content such as "cultural heritage" in Europe, "official archives" in the U.S, make up a market that requires the archiving of important documents of government or general business which must not be altered or deleted.

At the same time, recording, writing and read-back errors are happening because there are so many low cost optical discs that do not satisfy basic requirements, and unfortunately users do not know which optical discs are suitable for long-term archiving for extremely important data.

We, Victor Advanced Media, take this demand seriously, and our Archival Grade DVD-R was developed to meet those critical requirements from the market. Archival Grade DVD-R incorporates all of the technology and know-how built from our 20 years of experience in the professional market. These products passed the ISO/IEC10995 test, the only international test standard that estimates the DVD-R archival life time.

Our commitment is to deliver "security" to all of the users that demand long-term archiving, while contributing to the further development of the archiving industry.

Optical disc manufacturers, including us, have been claiming archival lifetime based on the result of testing performed without critical test details or important factors for "long time data retention" clearly stated. The ordinary test method is simple: to test discs in a high temperature and high humidity chamber and take the average of the result in each condition to estimate the archival lifetime.

However, ISO/IEC10995, which is only one standard in the world defining the test method for estimating DVD-R archival lifetime, is a highly reliable and strict method. First, the method takes fluctuations in disc quality into consideration, not simply taking an average. Secondly, the stress test breaks DVD-R in many different patterns, some of which unrelated to lifetime estimates. These patterns are eliminated from the test result and the method only focuses on "longevity".

Our Archival Grade DVD-R was tested by Archival Disc Test Center (ADTC). The test method complies to ISO/IEC10995. The analysis states the data can be retained safely for more than 30 years under a temperature of 25 degree Celsius and with 50% relative humidity.

* : The details of ADTC, visit http://n-adtc.org/

Our Archival Grade DVD-R is fully tested by an independent test laboratory called ADTC-N in Japan. The test is conducted using the international standard ISO/IEC10995. The certified results for our products depict an archival life of more than 30 years. The logo is given to the products by ADTC to properly certify these results. All the users can choose the proper products for long term archiving by looking at the logo affixed to the products.

With long term archiving, the use of properly designed DVD-R and well-maintained drives to maintain a low initial writing error rate is important because discs with a high writing error rate could be easily impacted by external conditions such as temperature and humidity, which could trigger the risk of read back problems during the long term storage.

Essential disc parameters of our "Archival Grade DVD-R" are controlled at a higher level when compared to standard DVD-R. Furthermore, frequency of the inspection is approximately ten times greater in order to minimize the high error risks caused by DVD-R disc itself.

Archival lifetime could be affected by the storage capability of DVD-R. It goes without saying that rigorous specifications for the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the DVD-R are important, but the raw materials used for the DVD-R, such as reflective layer and organic dye, are also vital.

"Special Silver Alloy" is employed on the reflective layer

As you know, there are existing DVD-R discs that employ "gold" on the reflective layer. Its purpose is to minimize the degradation of the layer during long-term storage. However, generally speaking, reflectivity (an important parameter for writing process) on gold is lower than that of silver. Simply changing the material in that layer may cause an escalated writing error rate, which affects the lifetime of recorded discs. Additionally, JVC use silver based reflective layer because most of the drives in the market is designed with silver reflective layer discs and the best compatibility between these are secured.

Our Archival Grade DVD-R employs a uniquely devel-oped "special alloy" on the silver based reflective layer to maintain suitable reflectivity so that long-term storage capability can coexist.

"Uniquely Designed Organic Dye"

The design of the organic dye is also important for long-term archiving. Additives developed in-house are used for the organic dye for our archival grade DVD-R. This minimizes decomposition of the organic dye by heat or light during long-term storage.

JVC Hard Coat Technology provides extra protection

A special coating on the recording surface creates a hard coating and protects your important data from scratches, fingerprints, and dust.

- Made Only In Japan -

Victor Advanced Media is the only manufacturer who can control all aspects of its manufacturing. Our Archival Grade DVD-R is manufactured, even after the acquisition of ISO certification, by exclusive production lines and quality standards are set at the highest level. Our commitment is to minimize the fluctuation of the products and to meet your strict storage needs.

[Fully automated production lines, manufactured only in Japan]

Furthermore, stress/acceleration tests are carried out to each lot to ensure the durability and reliability is high enough for "Archival Grade".

[Acceleration test to each lot]

• Specially tuned-up drives provide the most suitable laser power for our "Archival Grade DVD-R", which minimize the occurrence of writing error.
• Drives have a "Self Diagnostic Function". This function prevents drives from running under unfavorable conditions (Such as laser power deterioration, laser pick-up getting dirt/dust etc.) which minimizes the risk of high error rate because of drive issues.
• Our user-friendly error checker analyzes the error rate without any complex operation. You can measure initial writing error rate immediately after writing or error rate during long-term storage for future migration purposes.

(Special Drive)

• Optimized drive for JVC Archival Grade DVD-R. This drive used with JVC Archival Grade DVD-R achieves "low occurrence of writing error".
• Self-diagnostic function

DV-W5000S-76 (DV-W5000U)
Disc Speed	DVD+R 16X (CAV) DVD+R DL 8X(ZONE CLV) DVD-R 16X (CAV) DVD-R DL 8X(ZONE CLV) DVD+RW 8X (ZONE CLV) DVD-RW 6X (CLV) DVD-RAM N/A CD-R 40X (CAV) CD-RW N/A
Reading Speed	DVD-ROM 16X (CAV) Single Layer DVD-R 16X (CAV) DVD+R DL 12X (CAV) DVD-R 16X (CAV) DVD-R DL 12X (CAV) CD-ROM 40X (CAV) CD-R 40X (CAV) CD-RW 32X (CAV)
Interface	USB 2.0
Data Buffer	2MB
Loading Mechanism	Disc Tray
Loading Lifetime	More than 10,000 times (in clean environment)
Environmental Conditions	Operating: 5~35℃
	Not operating: -10~50℃
	Transportation: -20~55℃
Power	100~240V AC50~60Hz
Size	172W x 64H x 242D (mm)
Weight	1,350 g

Manufactured by TEAC

(Error Checker)

• Optimized drive for JVC Archival Grade DVD-R. This drive used with JVC Archival Grade DVD-R achieves "low occurrence of writing error".
• Self-diagnostic function

DV-W5000S-76 (DV-W5000U)
Appricable Discs	DVD	DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL DVD+RW
	CD	CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-R
Disc Dimension	12 cm, 8 cm
Measurement	DVD	PI Error Rate
	CD	Block Error Rate
Measurement time	DVD	Standard Mode: 10 min. 30 sec Quick Mode: 2 min. 30 sec
	CD	Standard Mode: 6 min Quick Mode: 1 min. 30 sec
Interface	USB 2.0
Loading Mechanism	Disc Tray
Loading Lifetime	More than 40,000 times (in clean environment)
Environmental Conditions	Temp.	Operating: 5~35℃ Not operating: -10~50℃ Tansportation: -20~55℃
	Humidity	15~85℃ (without condensation)
Power	100~240V AC 50~60Hz
Size	172W x 64H x 242D (mm)
Weight	1,350 g

Manufactured by TEAC