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gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’d say we’re ready for the next generation of home media - I don’t want optical anymore. Give me some sort of SD Card, that I can store in a storage wallet that doesn’t take up half my house and can’t get scratched. I’m sure they’re going to want some sort of new DRM scheme, so change up the media format at the same time!

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TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
There are many reasons we do not use SD cards/flash memory devices for movies and TV:

SD cards have extrenely slow read rates compared to optical.

Optical discs are a much more reliable data storage format than flash memory devices. SD cards and other flash memory devices need to be used every few months, or the electric charge will wear out, causing the data to be unreadable. On the other hand, a professionally-pressed Blu-ray disc can theoretically last 50-100 years.

SD cards are more expensive to manufacture than optical discs.
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llii@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

that I can store in a storage wallet that doesn’t take up half my house

That doesn’t even make sense. Switch game cards are way smaller than any optical disc, but the game cases aren’t. And there are already CD cases/bags where you can store 100 or more discs in a relatively small space if you’re ready to ditch the cases.

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- gnuplusmatt@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The number of optical discs that have been gouged sliding around in those shitty wallets back in the day. I wouldn’t trust a fragile medium in one
  
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