On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 12:10:54 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I have a blu-ray reader, plugged into my Kodi machine. It's never had a > BR disk in it, instead, it plays CDs!
I have a Blu-Ray reader in my desktop, it's a nice fast DVD-RW drive :)
> On the very few times I've needed to do something with that many gigs of
> data, I've used a memory stick instead with the benefit they don't need
> optical hardware. I'd have to do this quite a few times to offset the
> cost of the hardware.
Blu-Ray never took off to the extent that BD-ROM became useful as a
distribution method.
> I've also concluded that apart from movie studios and maybe niche
> markets, BR was dead when it hit the street
Even there it's dying. 25/50GB discs may have seemed like a good idea
when they first started on them, but by the time it became commercially
availably HD movie streaming was not only possible but for more
convenient for many.
--
Neil Bothwick
furbling, v.:
Having to wander through a maze of ropes at an airport or bank
even when you are the only person in line.
-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets"
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