raden wrote:
In message , Mike Harrison
writes
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:57:13 GMT, raden wrote:

In message , Sim D.
writes
{*} contents would include the predictable items such as a selection
of that day's newspapers, written letters from each of the family,
brief history of the house and family, photographs videos CDs of music
and commentary from us all.

I'd steer away from (especially) video - they might have problems with
the Maxell lifetime guarantee in 1000 years time

The CD format is on it's way out, There is a DVD format war going on at
the moment with china (who makes most of the players) coming up with
their own format by 2008

I think CDs are now so widespread that there will always be something
to read them reasonably
available,

Really ?

Certainly.

Have you forgotten that the primary medium for sound reproduction for
more than 70 years was vinyl, yet how many people still have a
turntable, or that Dixons no longer sell video recorders which were the
almost exclusive means of recording video images for about 30 years or
that Kodak are bowing out of traditional film for cameras ?

The point is not "how many people still have".
But, how many people in the world have one.
I'd guess that right now, 100 people in my little village have the
capabiity of reading vinyl.
I would be utterly astonished if the number of edison disk readers in the
UK was less than 1000.
And reading old film isn't exactly hard.