So recordable CD's only have a lifespan of 5 years?
 

Is this true?

i'll say a lifespan of 5 days.. lol, seems these CDs start skipping without any scratches on them... :pimp

Depends on which ones you buy.
I've got some that I treat worse than a $2 whore and still play fine after a few years.

I don't know I have old CDRs that are just fine.

You talking about regular CD-Rs or CD-RWs?

yes its true, unless you feed them diet cleener :Oh crap

NO ITS NOT TRUE!!!!!!
All my crappy cds that are not 10 years old still work!

Consider the 3-whatever years a guideline for important data.

probably true, and if you buy the generic ones, it's probably even less...

I bought a spindle of those generic ones and they last about a week. Good thing I just burn music on them to take on the boat.

I think he means CD-RWs and I heard the same thing also

i think some are made with vegitable dyes and will break down in ultra-violate light... generally the blue ones... silver ones should last for decades

hmmm if you dont mistreat it...it should last pretty long...it's not like they will desintegrate after 5 years....

I got some old ass CD..with shitloads of scratches..and they still work good..