Topic: huh? When did Blu ray discs become cheap?

[Teen Wolf Blitzer]

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$28 for a 20 pack?  wow.  I swear the last time I priced them they were like $20 a blank?  Anyone recommend a good pc burner?   

[beatkilla]

I use a Buffalo external usb burner.No coasters yet,burned about 50 bluray so far.

[spyder9]

Discs are on their way out.  See thread on Sony closing its New Jersey cd plant.  Says it all.

[Shawn]

Discs are on their way out.  See thread on Sony closing its New Jersey cd plant.  Says it all.

I have a feeling discs are on their way out the same way vinyl was on it's way out.

not that I think blu-ray discs and burners are a long term thing. I'm just saying discs in general as a medium for purchasing music will be here for quite a while, which is a darn good thing IMO.

[Fatah Ruark (aka MIKE B)]

Discs are on their way out.  See thread on Sony closing its New Jersey cd plant.  Says it all.

"CD's" are on their way out.

That doesn't mean little discs that came after CD's are out.

I'm all for the end of CD's. Bring on the Hi-Def Audio (not that I actually think it would catch on since most people are happy with MP3's).

Still a bit pricey for me. I guess it wouldn't be a bad idea to have yet another form of media to store my backups on. Right now I'm 100% hard drive based, so I don't think it would hurt to add another medium. I don't believe burned media is the most reliable, but I don't consider anything 100% reliable.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up. When drives are $50 and discs under $1 each I'll bite.

[spyder9]

SSD and Flash drives are the wave of the future.  You can have hard drives.  Me no like moving parts.

[beatkilla]

True but since we are not in the future we must use what is currently available.I love my bluray.

[faninor]

True but since we are not in the future we must use what is currently available.I love my bluray.

Seriously, why are we never in the future? 

[OFOTD]

SSD and Flash drives are the wave of the future.  You can have hard drives.  Me no like moving parts.

Solid State Drives and flash memory failure rates are right along side their moving parts counterparts in the industry.  In many cases the failure rates for both SS mediums are higher depending on manufacturer.

The 'no moving parts is better/safer/etc' argument is not based in any factual data whatsoever.   In theory the argument may sound reasonable but in the real world it's just not the case.

[Brian E.]

probably because no one uses them.  You can get a 4GB thumb drive for like $8 now, why burn a bunch of stuff to one disc once?

[George]

I had a Kingston SSD 64GB die on me after a month of use.  Damn thing just BSoD on me out of nowhere.  All I had was Win 7 64bit on it.  I got it replaced, but have yet to drop the OS back on it. 

[OFOTD]

probably because no one uses them.  You can get a 4GB thumb drive for like $8 now, why burn a bunch of stuff to one disc once?

Countless small businesses buy the shit out of BluRay discs for backup and storage.    And dare I say they're generally more reliable than Flash Drives.    You drop a BluRay disc and scratch it sure you're probably hosed but i've seen too many flash drives crap out because of USB power spikes, folks not removing them correctly and a whole host of other things. 

Physical media isn't completely dead its just more targeted nowadays.

 

[Brian E.]

yeah, I guess.  flash is just so much more useful and it's still cheap enough that you can buy two and back up to both just in case.  BD's, you have to have a BD drive on your computer - which automatically cuts out all Apple users.

I've never used a BD-burner before, but I imagine it takes a long long time to burn.

[beatkilla]

I use blu rays strictly for the purpose of burning my HD shoots to them with fancy intricate menu systems ,chapters ,easter eggs,bonus features and extra audio tracks.And to be played on a blu ray player connected to a hdtv. I dont think a flash drive does all that.I think most are just assuming blu ray is for file back up.

[Brian E.]

True, for that they are the way to go