Sony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-link coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) TechnologyEnglish • 9 months ago message-square26arrow-up1123
arrow-up1123external-linkSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.com coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) TechnologyEnglish • 9 months ago message-square26
minus-square MonkderDritte ( @MonkderDritte@feddit.de ) linkfedilink19•9 months agoWelp, so only 🏴☠️ it is.
minus-square coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish34•9 months agofortunately, this change does not affect Bluray movies you can buy at the store. This is only about recordable Bluray drives, which basically no one uses on a consumer level.
minus-square TheButtonJustSpins ( @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglish12•9 months agoI’m pretty sure some people use them for backups.
minus-square JCPhoenix ( @JCPhoenix@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•9 months agoI’m sure they do, but I feel like even on r/datahoarders, I only ever see people talk about masses of HDDs, tape drives, or cloud storage.
minus-square rekabis ( @rekabis@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink4•9 months ago8Tb optical disks don’t exist. Much cheaper to just do spinning-rust or cloud.
Welp, so only 🏴☠️ it is.
fortunately, this change does not affect Bluray movies you can buy at the store. This is only about recordable Bluray drives, which basically no one uses on a consumer level.
I’m pretty sure some people use them for backups.
I’m sure they do, but I feel like even on r/datahoarders, I only ever see people talk about masses of HDDs, tape drives, or cloud storage.
8Tb optical disks don’t exist. Much cheaper to just do spinning-rust or cloud.