Archiving and Migration Solutions

for Optical Discs

Made in Japan

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Company IntroductionJVC Advanced Media is a sales subsidiaryowned by Victor Advanced Media, which is a

joint-venture company owned by Taiyo YudenCo., Ltd and Victor Company of Japan, Limited.

Strength of Victor Advanced Media

Unlike other manufacturers, Victor AdvancedMedia can control all aspects of its manufac-turing, such as raw material development.Victor Advanced Media designs our ownmanufacturing process and controls new

• Taiyo Yuden is the inventor of CD-R and holds many patents related to optical discs.• JVC has supplied the market high quality recording media solutions since the use of tape.

technology developments. We continue tooffer the market high quality products byusing our proven technologies and strengthadvantages.

Products from Victor Advanced Media are highly appreciated by professional users becauseof proven high stability and unmatched quality.

JVC established 1927

• Recording Media• Video Camera• AV Equipment• BD/DVD Recorders, Players

USA

R&D

Product Design

Manufacturing

Sales & Marketing

Europe China Japan

Taiyo Yuden established 1950

• Recording Media• Capacitors• Inductor, Ferrite• Modules

Victor Advanced MediaResearch and development, product design and sales of recording media

Raw material developmentincluding organic dye

Development of manufacturing equipment

Relation with hardware manufacturers

CONSISTENCY

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Key to Long Term Archiving

The knowledge of an ISO standard for operations is not widely known in the market.The ISO standard, ISO/IEC29121, defines the migration timing and a safe level of error rateat the time of writing and during storage.

Primary 5yrs 10yrs 15yrs 20yrs 25yrs 30yrsstage

Time period of information stored (projected number of years)

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Secure: (data can be read without any problem)JVC Archival Grade

DVD-R from Shop (A)DVD-R from Shop (B)

For long term archiving with optical disc, thechallenge is always “media has to be recordedproperly”. It goes without saying that themedia quality must be suitable for long termarchiving. It also requires the use of the properdrives to record data properly and to maxi-mize writing quality.Until now it has been difficult to properly

validate archival standards and related oper-ation due to the lack of a common systemsolution and no standards in the market thatdefine the “rule” that has to be followed bythose who need to retain the important dataon optical discs. The initial writing error ratehas a direct impact on the length of archivallifetime.

Best Practice for Long-Term Archiving

Quality Media (JVC)

Dedicated Drive Error Checker

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Data contained in this graph is derived from accelerated age-testingunder the conditions of 80°C at 80% humidity, which have beenconverted to normal storage conditions of 25°C at 50% humidity.

Source: In-house survey

280: Upper Failure Limit by ISO/IEC29121

140: Initial Error Limit by ISO/IEC29121

JVC Archival Grade DVD-RIn response to strong demand from archivists,government agencies and service providersfor a recording medium that will retain impor-tant data to the highest possible standard, JVCAdvanced Media, the world’s leading manu-facturer of optical discs, developed “ArchivalGrade DVD-R”. This coupled with the fact that there is noworldwide standard that defines the test

method to estimate the longevity of opticaldiscs, has caused many misunderstandingsin this industry regarding archival grade prod-ucts. JVC Advanced Media has now intro-duced the world's first DVD-R in compliancewith ISO/IEC10995, the industry standardthat defines the test method for estimatingDVD-R longevity.

Our Archival Grade DVD-R passed ISO/IEC10995 testOptical disc manufacturers have been claim-ing archival lifetime based on the result oftesting performed without the clearly statedcritical test details or important factors forlong term archiving. ISO/IEC10995 test is avery reliable and stringent test method. Thismethod takes fluctuation in disc quality intoconsideration and eliminates factors unre-lated to longetivity estimation. The ordinarytest method that most manufacturers use is

to take a simply average value in each testconditions for the estimation. As a result,claims of longevity vary from 30-100 years.This simple average creates a probability that50% of the result is below the average.ISO/IEC10995 test does not define the lengthof longevity, however it says 95% of the discshave to survive for over 30 years at the con-dition of 25°C and 50% relative humidity.

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

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Unique Features of JVC Archive GradeArchival lifetime could be affected by thestorage capability of DVD-R. It goes withoutsaying that rigorous specifications for theelectrical and mechanical characteristics of

the DVD-R are important, but the raw mate-rials used for the DVD-R, such as reflectivelayer and organic dye, are also vital.

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Morphology change of reflective layer by heat test (250°C)

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JVC Archival Grade

DVD-R from ShopsDVD-R from Shops Gold Reflector DVD-R

As you know, there are existing DVD-R discsthat employ “gold” on the reflective layer. Itspurpose is to minimize the degradation of thelayer during long-term storage. However,generally speaking, reflectivity (an importantparameter for writing process) on gold islower than that of silver. Simply changing the

material in that layer may cause an escalatedwriting error rate, which affects the lifetimeof recorded discs. Additionally, JVC use silverbased reflective layer because most of thedrives in the market is designed with silverreflective layer discs and the best compati-bility between these are secured.

“Special Silver Alloy” is employed on the reflective layer

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

Rough structure

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Our Standard Products; Silver

JVC Archive Grade; Alloy of Silver

Unstable

Large particles increase corrosion.

Stable

Finer particles are more stable and enhance corrosion resistance.

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A special coating on the recording surfacecreates a hard coating and protects your

JVC Hard Coat Technology provides extra protection

important data from scratches, fingerprint,and dust.

The design of the organic dye is also impor-tant for long-term archiving. Additives devel-oped in-house are used for the organic dyefor our archival grade DVD-R. This minimizes

decomposition of the organic dye by heat orlight during long-term storage since the sig-nal (data) cannot be read back if the dye isdecomposed.

Uniquely designed organic dye

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Organic Dye with special additives

Organic Dye Only

Our Standard Surface Hard Coat Surface

• 200 times more scratch resistant

• 7 times more finger print resistant

• 1000 times more dust free

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Stability and Consistency in Each Production Lot

“Archival Grade DVD-R” is manufactured byexclusive production lines in Japan. Qualitycontrol is set at the highest level and inspec-tion frequency is approximately 10 timesgreater compared to standard products. Thisallows the minimum fluctuation of the prod-ucts needed to meet strict storage require-ments.

Made only in Japan

Fully automated production lines

Acceleration test to each lotFurthermore, stress/acceleration tests arecarried out to each lot to ensure the durabilityand reliability is high enough for “ArchivalGrade”.

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The low occurrence of initial error rate is a keycomponent in achieving long term archiving.All error rates are decided by the quality ofthe drives and media used. For this reason,we developed archival grade drives that havespecialized firmware used to optimize JVCarchival grade media. This combination en-sures the best recording quality and extendsyour disc migration period. Our uniquely developed self-diagnosis soft-ware verifies proper drive operation andmanages results to the required levels. This

process and self-diagnosis consistently pro-vides the best -recording outcome. An LEDlight turns on automatically and this desig-nates that a recalibration test is needed. Therecalibration test is done every 200 hours.Once the recalibration test is completed theLED light turns off and the count resets tozero, assuming the result meets the presetJVC quality level. If degradations are found,the LED light stays on and further action isrequired.

Below is a test result from different drives andJVC Archival Grade DVD-R. The graph explains

how important the combination of drive andmedia is to achieve the lowest error rate.

Archival Drive

Display showing positive result Display showing failure alert

Characteristic comparison –Combinations of drives and DVD-Rs

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• Internal serial, internal parallel and external USB are supported. • Self-diagnosis function works on Windows, XP, VISTA, Windows7.

140: Initial Error Limit by ISO/IEC29121

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Industry standards strongly recommend thechecking of disc quality before archiving dataon optical discs or during long term storage.ISO/IEC29121 defines the initial occurrenceerror rate and the rate during the storage forsafe data retention. JVC’s Error Checker wasspecially developed for the archiving indus-try with the primary objective to provide safedata retention on optical discs.It is an easy operation. After inserting a discand pressing a button, discs are automaticallytested and the result and warning level is

shown. The results can be downloaded to CSVfile for analysis and review. This exclusive errorchecking technology was developed by JVCusing its expertise and extensive experienceas the market leader in disc manufacturing.JVC has employed all of its knowledge andengineering into this product. The ErrorChecker also has a self-diagnosis function toensure the best possible condition of the uniton a consistent basis to achieve accurate testresults.

As shown below, error rate, warning level andthe required time interval for the next test willbe displayed on the screen for a full under-standing of the disc conditions. The displayedindexes comply with ISO/IEC29121. Theseindexes define how to achieve the safestarchiving on optical discs through the man-agement of error rates. ISO/IEC29121 sets as‘initial error rate at <140’ and ‘archiving errorrate (during storage) at <200’.

There are some other values explaining thecondition of the discs such as jitter and devi-ation. The error rate (PIE and POF) representthese rates. (Error rate is escalated when oneor more of these values are at an unsatisfac-tory level.) The management of error ratesenables users to accurately understand thedata condition.

Result display

• Self-diagnosis function works on Windows, XP, VISTA, Windows7.

The results can be downloaded to CSV file formanagement and analysis of the disc. Themain display items are result, type of disc,

label, MID, testing date, warning level andthe time interval before next test.

CSV file output

Error Checker

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Archival DriveDisc 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/ACD-R 40X (CAV)CD-RW N/A

Reading Speed DVD-ROM 16X (CAV) Single LayerDVD-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 2.0Data Buffer 2 MBLoading Mechanism Disc TrayLoading Lifetime More than 10,000 times

(in clean environment)Environmental Conditions Operating: 5-35 ºC

Not operating: -10-55 ºCTransportation: -20-55 ºC

Power 100-240 V AC 50-60 Hz Size 172 W x 64 H x 242 D (mm)Weight 1,350 g

Error CheckerAppricable Discs DVD DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL

DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DLDVD+RW

CD CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RDisc Dimension 12 cm, 8 cmMeasurement DVD PI Error Rate

CD Block Error RateMeasurement time DVD Standard Mode: 10 min. 30 sec

Quick Mode: 2 min. 30 secCD Standard Mode: 6 min

Quick Mode: 1 min. 30 secInterface USB 2.0Loading Mechanism Disc TrayLoading Lifetime More than 40,000 times

(in clean environment)Environmental Conditions Temp. Operating: 5-35 ºC

Not operating: -10-50 ºCTansportation: -20-55 ºC

Humidity 15-85 ºC (without condensation)

Power 100-240 V AC 50-60 HzSize 172 W x 64 H x 242 D (mm)Weight 1,350 g

Manufactured by TEAC

Manufactured by TEAC

Specification

Internal Drive External Drive Error Checker

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SAFE and LONG term Archiving

JVC’s Solution Complies to:

ISO/IEC10995International standard defining the test method

to estimate DVD-R longetivity.

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ISO/IEC29121International standard defining a safe level of error rate

at the time of writing and during storage

Subsidiaries of Victor Advanced Media Co., Ltd. A Joint Venture Company of Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. & Victor Company of Japan, Limited.

Recording media for professional use

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