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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Don't fret, Verbatim will still be making recordable BD-Rs. However, this will mean that there will be no more 128GB BD-Rs, we'll be stuck with only 100GB BD-Rs (Sony is the only company that makes 128GB Blu-rays).

I recently ordered a pack of 128GBs from Japan. I'd recommend you do the same, because the prices are gonna skyrocket.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

May I ask what uses you have for them?

[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Backing up personal data, mostly stuff from my childhood that is irreplacable. Sure, I could just put them on a HDD, but then I'd have to replace it every 5-10 years. Data stored on Blu-ray can last a long time.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Data on hard drives also generally lasts a long time. Much longer than 5-10 years.

And make sure you're constantly monitoring those discs, disc rot is very much a thing for all optical medica.

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Rated for, but that doesn't mean they're all actually manufactured to that standard.

CDs were rated for like 50+ years originally I think. We found out real quick that was an optimistic number, especially when you buy the cheapest thing around.

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The international organization for standardization has rated them for archival use in the hundreds of years. This is not a maybe and the Wikipedia page/link I shared above goes over the testing methodology

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Archival use" means a commercial climate controlled environment. Not a plastic tub in your basement or garage.

[–] ag10n@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No one said otherwise

[–] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ISO certification does require a bit more effort than just the bare minimum necessary to legally advertise specific claims about a product.

That doesn't mean all M-Disc manufacturing is immune to shitty business practices of a manufacturer, but they do have to meet certain manufacturing specifications.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Assuming the drive spins back up after being left in a cupboard for 15 years, if you're still even able to find a computer compatible with whatever cables it used back then. But yeah.

[–] orangeboats@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

If proper SATA ever goes away, I'd wager that there will still be SATA-to-USB adapters on sale. Heck, people still find ways to connect floppy drives to their modern PCs.

Whose to say you'd have a computer compatible with the disc and the drive in 15 years?

And even if the platters are irreparably stuck you could go to a data recovery service and still pull the files off that way.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

The 128GB blurays have always been very expensive. The smaller discs are cheaper per GB.

[–] lustyargonian@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Will this mean PS5 games in coming years would come in two disks?

Update: never mind they were always using 100 gb