Digital streaming is displacing the last remnants of physical media.

Digital streaming is displacing the last remnants of physical media.

In a disappointing turn of events, FlatpanelsHD reports that LG has ended production of its Blu-ray player series, which includes the UBK80 and UBK90 models. With limited stock available, prospective buyers should act quickly to secure the last remaining units before they are sold out.

After Samsung and Sony’s departure from physical media, LG was one of the last major manufacturers of Blu-ray players

  • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
    5·
    15 days ago

    but those only last a few years.

    Where do people get this information? Hard drives are very stable now (as are SSDs). All of mine are still going strong after 6+ years.

    • mosiacmango@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      15 days ago

      That was true a while back, but yes drives have gotten way better.

      That’s just failure rate though, not data loss. You need your drives using a sane file system like zfs or using raid 1/10/6 where discs can do error checking as well to prevent silent data loss.

      They also need to be powered on. Offline drives will lose data to bit rot over time.

      • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        The lifetimes have improved, but according to your link, the currently measured average age of a drive at failure is 2 years, 10 months. They expect that to increase as they roll over to newer, more reliable drives. These drives are under heavy use, unlike drives used for offline storage, but still it’s not really the kind of lifespan you’d ideally want in an archival medium.