After 18 years, Blu-ray media production draws to a close — Sony shuts its last factory in Feb
After 18 years, Blu-ray media production draws to a close — Sony shuts its last factory in Feb
MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes will also be abandoned.
MiniDiscs for recording, MD data for recording, and MiniDV cassettes will also be abandoned.
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This is truly disappointing. The end of a physical media era and nothing on the horizon to replace it.
But this move to streaming libraries, where there is no ownership and the movies and shows you watch could simply disappear without warning, reminds us how fleeting life can be.
No, it reminds me our corporate overlords will continue to take away things that don’t make them a continuous stream of free money.
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SD cards & microSD cards are still an option
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Sure, for storage. I’m more concerned about first party sources for high quality rips. The only thing left will be streaming rips, which just don’t compare on a proper display, especially once HDR gets involved.
It’s like if they just stopped selling CDs and all you could find were YouTube rips anymore.
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Jellyfin/Plex + Sonarr/Radarr + Usenet + HDDs/SSDs
HDDs/SSDs are a form of physical recordable media with FAR more capacity and speed than any optical medium
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If there are no more discs to rip how will people get the movies and shows in the first place?
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For all their efforts in DRM, Netflix et al have thus far failed to prevent people from ripping their highest quality streams and torrenting them
My setup has had 0 issues grabbing the latest "streaming only" content very quickly after release
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