Same with #DVD. but #BluRay is even worse due to it's amped-up #DRM...

• Also why is there no off-the-shelf #BDXL player that can just play every #BD & #DVD regardless of region?
  • Cuz believe it or not, some folks may even own a Region 8 DVD or have moved continents.

You know how fucking hard and expensive it is to do the whole player importation thing???

• Noone should be forced to buy 3 blu-ray players just to be able to play discs they physically own!

@FuturisticRobert @tezoatlipoca @whatdidmarksay in fact, I'd go out of my way that the only cases where I've seen people pirate stuff is when they couldn't get a legal copy (or even afford it)…

• There are literally #shows like #WestWorld where the greedy corporation (#HBO) decided to break the unspoken social contract of the #MovieIndustry and shaft the entire crew by #delisting it and thus not having to payout any #residuals to cast and crew.
  • obviously that too means you can't just buy a box of (#4K) #bluray|s with it on.

Not to mention the whole fuckup of #Enshittification like #RegionCoding / #RegionLocking #DVD & espechally blu-ray drives.

• You know how hard it is to get a truly multi-region #BDXL player that plays all the blu-rays and DVDs?
  • If you can even find one that is…
  • Spoiler alert: An exploitable PC drive and tools to rip legitimate bought discs is significantly cheaper…

And that assumes the content you want to buy is even available in your region:

• Like I can't even import a blu-ray of #CyberSix from Canada and shove that into a Player here in Germay, cuz I'm expecting this to be blocked by the players' firmware for no reason but that this bullshit is still legal.
  • Like whenever those that "play by the rules" get shafted I think it's 100% self-inflicted #piracy for said companies.
  • So why (aside from the fact that I've to legally condone it and won't do it out of principle) wouldn't people #pirate if the only alternative is to spend triple-digits on a used disc (DVDs with easy to bypass region-locking are even more expensive!) one cannot even play legally???
  • It's not as if the #IP holders have any confidence or hope to get any money out if this, or they'd at least put it up for icensing as a download?

@krutonium @fuchsiii Maybe @tomscott & @mattgrayyes release a #CollectorsEdition of their videos on a #physical #BDXL like James Rolfe did for #AVGN!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMA83Q7XGEc

@spacehobo @nina_kali_nina also #MiniDisc do take the best from 3,5" FDD, Mini-CD and MOdisc to recombime then into a really good portable media format.

• Where #Siny not.constantly hamfisting stuff, it would be even more awesome.

Like if it used #BDXL tech and supoorted #FLAC as well as mixed mode (audio + data) use...

@fgaz @nina_kali_nina @spacehobo whilst we can all agree that #Flash is yet to come down in #pricing for #BulkStorage to compete with #HDD or even #Tape, it's pretty certain that #BDXL¹ as storage medium doesn't have sufficient capacity and that #SSD|s can and will get cheaper, bigger and faster at way faster speeds #HDDs and #Tapes can because these older media are already at the technological "bleeding edge" when it comes to reliability.

• OFC a 3-dimensional [see VMD} or "5-dimensional" storage will obviously be even more dense, but they'll likely not achieve the necessary low price, high speed, and portability to work unless we suddenly make some serious technology jumps.

@rc2014 @f4grx @Datassette_User see, I want a #NeoFloppy as a new #Storage media because #SSD|s are the future and #BDXL and even #ArchivalDisc are getting maxxed out with current-day storage demands...

Plus #NVMe is faster than #SATA-6G that #ODD|s still use!

https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy

@RollingStone @all-news-RollingStone #WhatsMissing: a modern #PhysicalMedia that can keep up with the ever increasing need for higher capacity.

• Cuz we approach the era where 128GB #BDXL can't contain modern games anymore and we need to do #MultiDiscReleases now or suffer through triple-digit Gigabyte downloads.

My suggestion: #NeoFloppy aka. #SSD|s in 3,5" FDD form factor!

https://github.com/KBtechnologies/NeoFloppy