coyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years agoSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1123
arrow-up1123external-linkSony kills off [recordable] Blu-ray and optical disks for consumer market — business-to-business production to continue until unprofitablewww.tomshardware.comcoyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) to TechnologyEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squarecoyotino [he/him] ( theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 years 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-squareTheButtonJustSpins ( TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoI’m pretty sure some people use them for backups.
minus-squareJCPhoenix ( JCPhoenix@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years 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-squarerekabis ( rekabis@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years ago8Tb optical disks don’t exist. Much cheaper to just do spinning-rust or cloud.
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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.
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