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This community's stance on physical media ownership? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by SpiceDealer@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I might be asking a rhetorical question here but I was curious as to the overall consensus on physical media. Do support it because, unlike streaming, media can't take away what you've payed for? or are you against because it's a waste of money when you can "acquire" it through "alternative means?" I'm also thinking about getting a 4K Blu Ray player for when my wife and I get a new place; preferably one that can also play self hosted media. What do you guys think?

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[-] Deckweiss@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago

Keep in mind that the average longevity of laser disks is 10-20 years. After that the data gets corrupted and will become unreadable at some point.

Thats why I don't use cd/dvd/bluray.

Books on the other hand, I love as a physical media.

[-] Willem@kutsuya.dev 18 points 5 months ago

My mind directly went to Laserdisc before I realized you were talking about the generic category 😅.

cd/dvd/blueray doesn't become bad that fast, properly stored they can easely live to 50+ years (except the writeable variant). they are physically etched which helps with longevity.

VHS or other types of magnetic storage is more of a chore, they often don't survive the passing of time.

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