coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agoSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comcoyotino [he/him]@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoHonestly surprised, i thought blu-ray m-disc was moderately popular
minus-squareChronographs@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’d never even heard of it, I feel like cheap large flash drives and streaming killed the main use cases for these.
minus-squareeco_game@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI believe Blurays are still a very good medium for long term data storage, like a cold offsite backup.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoSure, if you have enough data to make the cost of a tape drive worth it.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoM-disc is for long term storage, which flash and hard drives are not suitable for.
Honestly surprised, i thought blu-ray m-disc was moderately popular
I’d never even heard of it, I feel like cheap large flash drives and streaming killed the main use cases for these.
I believe Blurays are still a very good medium for long term data storage, like a cold offsite backup.
Isn’t that what tapes are for.
Sure, if you have enough data to make the cost of a tape drive worth it.
M-disc is for long term storage, which flash and hard drives are not suitable for.