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 • 3 days ago message-square29arrow-up1122
arrow-up1122external-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 • 3 days ago message-square29
minus-square coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglish33•3 days 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 ) linkfedilinkEnglish11•3 days agoI’m pretty sure some people use them for backups.
minus-square JCPhoenix ( @JCPhoenix@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 days 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•2 days ago8Tb optical disks don’t exist. Much cheaper to just do spinning-rust or cloud.
minus-square FuzzyRedPanda ( @Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 days agoThere are dozens of us!
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.
There are dozens of us!