With Affordable Storage Options Dwindling, Where to Store Our Data?

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Blurays are the creation of master ragebaiters, you're telling me a single layer bluray witha lil scratch can't be cleanly ripper but a double layer bluray with 5+ scratches including 2 over 5cm long gets ripped fine. Like wtf man this is bullshit.

#bluray #opticalmedia

My media pc is getting worse. Now it won't read some double layer blurays. Am I cooked?

#bluray #mediapc #opticalmedia

Japanese firm stops production of Blu-ray disc drives — Buffalo says there will be no successors to its current trio of portable USB-attached drives

Firm, best known for its networking and hub products, is adjusting its external storage lineup.

apparently the twin peaks full series bluray box containts 10 blurays in one box which is mind boggling to me.

#bluray #twinpeaks #opticalmedia

It has been 0 days since SI units and binary units made me think a storage device had more capacity than it really did.

In this case a BD-R DL disc that supposedly has "50GB" really has 46.6GiB.

#OpticalMedia #Storage

I just found out that apparently if your disk drive is too dirty it will scratch the optical medium that's inserted. HOW FUCKING DIRTY MUST IT BE FOR THAT TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN.

#opticalmedia

I remember how simple life seemed when I believed that a backup to a CD was thought to be "a good safe backup" and the belief that it would last for ages.

#CD #Burning #Writing #CD #CDR #CDRW #DVD #DVDR #DVDRW #Nero #NeroBurningROM #Backup #Backups #OpticalMedia

Apparently the Mission Impossible 7.1 bonus bluray is 4,67GB which is almost as small as a single layer DVD. which crackhead though that was a good idea.

#bluray #dvd #missionimpossible #opticalmedia