Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
By: Arelor to Kaelon on Sat Jul 16 2022 12:26 pm
> Your regular IT Microchiphead has the discipline required to sotre
> everything in a NAS and take the necessary steps to make sure the data will
> last as long as the IT Microchiphead.
>
> Most people does not have the discipline required.
>
> Meanwhile, a commercial DVD is likely to work for long without any special
> attention as long as you keep a functioning DVD appliance around. Most
> digital iliterates understand that concept, and that is why comercial disks
> are a better aproach for them.
>
> I agree that a movie has better chances of surviving half a century if it is
> stored in a SAN cluster, equiped with a tape robot and with regular
> integrity checks running in the background. However, good luck making
> regular people set that up...
I don't disagree that for -archival- purposes, optical disc formats probably hav
e a longer staying power than properly configured RAID arrays on NAS devices. B
ut from a utility perspective, optical media is still a pain in the ass. If we'
re concerned about people not knowing how to manage entire ecosystems, then at l
east give people movies on SSD or USB drives that can interface seamlessly with
most TVs. Many modern TV's have built-in decoders, whereas optical readers (DVD
players and Blu-Ray players) continue to support the nonsense of "region codes,
" and other such proprietary flotsam.
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-=: Kaelon :=-
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