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

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOP
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    6 days ago

    Oh, and paying through the nose for someone’s cloud service so they can hold our data to ransom while mining it for AI.

    That’s what “they” want. lol. Everything seems to be pushing that way for sure.

    Though I am a little less pessimistic about spinners fully going away until all-flash datacenters are the norm. I’ve also had some running for close to 10 years, and they’re going strong (I’ve also got much newer ones as well)

    I forget the article I posted here months ago, but there’s a new optical format which is in the multi-TB range. Not sure if/when it’ll be commercially available, but maybe that will come about?

    https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/23/optical_disc_breakthrough/

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      That’s technically promising, but I can’t see it being a mass-market item since most people don’t care about backups, so it will likely be prohibitively expensive for most home users.