As Sony exits, Verbatim doubles down on optical media — stable supply of discs is a "top priority" despite shrinking market
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This is why you add a disc reader and a laptop that can run directly from a power brick without a battery installed in the safe. This way the next generation has a way to read it and transfer it to modern media.
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Burned DVDs use a dye that turned dark when hit with a laser. The dye was claimed to be stable for 100 years but wasn't. Mdisc is different and should last longer.
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If you're encrypting and scrambling your own personal data and not properly saving the keys, that L is on you dog.
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Ahh, didn't see the .au
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Nothing stops people from mix matching backup media.
If I lose the series I downloaded versus my family photos, not the same impact.
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I was the infant and have destroyed many discs.
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So basically no,you haven't.
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Looking up the Hutchinson Encyclopedia pictured above: which one of you did this?
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We regularly look at photographs taken at the dawn of photography, and read documents created hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
There is a use case for this tech.
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Disc failure is the verbatim I remember, but I'm glad they're still around. My 2008 car has a 6 disc CD changer, and I have a few retro PCs which rely on CDs too. Yes, I know I can get adapters for CF cards and the like, but doing things the old way is the whole point.
