M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
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Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#2> M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs
citation needed. My DVD/Blu-ray writer does not support M-DISC
> may last up to 1000 years
or may not. Who knows ?
Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#3> M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs citation needed. My DVD/Blu-ray writer does not support M-DISC > may last up to 1000 years or may not. Who knows ?
The discs are entirely compliant with the Blu-Ray spec, there is no “compatibility” mark; anything made in the past 10-15 years should work fine. Your writer may be out of spec?
Apparently original M-Disc DVDs required a more powerful laser than normal, but that is not the case for Blu-Ray.
Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#4The drives to read them (Blu-rays) will be the problem. Pioneer stopped manufacturing them in 2024, only LG drives are available now.
Coincidentally I just bought one, they’ve doubled in price now recently.
Also bought some M-Discs to try. They’re half the price in Japan (Amazon) compared to Germany.
Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#5I wonder why every types of discs seem to be entering a de facto deprecated state over the last ~10 years, especially inorganic types are. Is it simply because everyone's on Netflix? Or could it be environmental/material cost issues?
I believe these discs are made by transferring materials by vaporizing them in a series of big vacuum chambers, maybe those materials are toxic and/or China dominated and nobody wants to deal with them anymore?
Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#6I bought 3 burners and burn 2x copies of every 100GB disc. Only Verbatim burners seem to not fail with 50+Gb discs. By the way!
Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#7> M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs citation needed. My DVD/Blu-ray writer does not support M-DISC > may last up to 1000 years or may not. Who knows ?
Confusingly you need an MDISC writer for some but not all disks.
Any bluray reader will work to read tho.
Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#8I have a few of these drives. They also rip discs very accurately. Bit-identical to my Plextor, at a fraction of the price. But sadly no ripping software offers these the verification logging that is required for redump approval.
Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#9I wonder why every types of discs seem to be entering a de facto deprecated state over the last ~10 years, especially inorganic types are. Is it simply because everyone's on Netflix? Or could it be environmental/material cost issues? I believe these discs are made by transferring materials by vaporizing them in a series of big vacuum chambers, maybe those materials are toxic and/or China dominated and nobody wants to…
There's just no mass-market appeal?
Large storage hyperscalers or whatever just use tape?
I can't wait for tape patents to expire.
Re: M-DISC – DVD/Blu-ray compatible discs that may last up to 1000 years
#10> Verbatim Japan claims that M-DISCs now use a titanium layer to prevent moisture ingression and to provide environmental stability
From what I understand, Verbatim no longer manufactures true M-DISC media. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1i0ky6v/what_h...
It's all just MABL now.