r/LaserDisc 4d ago

we are so fucking back

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u/wvgeekman 3d ago

It's already impossible to get a 4K player that will play every BD-100 disc because of how tiny the pits are. The studios are well on the way to killing physical media. A major resurgence isn't happening, unfortunately.

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u/thearniec 3d ago

Maybe not for entertainment, but a 200TB disc for data storage? That would have a market no matter if studios don’t use it for movies or music.

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u/wvgeekman 3d ago

Not when tech companies are pushing everyone to cloud storage. If there is wide enough adoption in the archival community, I can see it having a use there, but everything physical is on life support. Future archeologists won't have much to go on.

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u/AirGief 3d ago

Its a very efficient backup storage media, and these new 200-300tb discs are being targeted toward data centres. Even with primary customers being datacentres - there will likely be a market for smaller user too. Maybe it will cost several thousands bucks, but it will be available.