The starting of the stopping of the disc format sales
 

I can remember when vinyl albums were dumped for CDs with the note that there was also increased profitability per shelf space due to the smaller space and higher value of CD stock.

From https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/m...ts/101223-1100

There's more at the article.

Andrew

Re: The starting of the stopping of the disc format sales
 

I cannot remember the last time I bought a physical CD/DVD/BR - in fact I invested in a Blueray duplicator and some discs, and not one client ever asked for one!

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I bought a Blu-ray burner and ultimately never even opened the box. Threw it away when I moved a few years ago with the shrinkwrap still on it.
Not one of my better decisions.

Re: The starting of the stopping of the disc format sales
 

It's been a long time since I burned a DVD etc, but there has still been a need to occasionally retrieve something from a disc. Purchased a Pioneer BDR-XD07TB external unit that connects via USB and it's been brilliant when needed. It's the last one I will ever need to purchase and will now come with me to whatever computer I upgrade to.

I wish I had purchased something like this a number of computers back. Incredibly small and slimline and works like a treat.

Andrew

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I bought a blu ray burner years ago but only used it a couple of times. Clients didn't ask for them and I didn't want to encourage them due to the difficulty and expense in producing them. The software companies would not offer anything with the ability to author decent menus the media was expensive and slow to burn. The industry was so fixated on preventing people from copying and burning discs they actively killed their own product. Streaming makes so much more sense in every way.

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Another early nail in the coffin of BluRay was the royalty costs embedded in the duplication of them. Never ever sent a BluRay off for replication, unlike DVDs.

Lovely that it was HD, but a real PITA format on many levels. Digital upload is just so much easier.

Andrew

PS. At least I never bought in to the HD-DVD format. :-)

Fun fact: I always had a mental bet on BluRay winning since they had a proper logo and not something that looked like the office girl made a quick modification to the existing logo and that's what stuck.

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We used to have a CD/DVD duplicator at work , that would also print onto printable discs .

These were used for delivering to clients at work and also for handing out to public .

What killed it was when our ICT department stopped giving out desktops and laptops with optical drives .

I installed two Blu Ray recordable drives in my Mac Pro , I still burn discs for my own use , but rarely for anyone else .

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I’ve used them for archiving finished jobs , in case of hard drive failure , and easy to keep the discs in a different location in case of fire/whatever .

I just used Toast as they were only for my own use