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I’m Tired of Pretending Physical Media Isn’t Still Better Than Streaming Digital (gizmodo.com)
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[-] MacGuffin94@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I want cartridge based physical media like how Nintendo does it. DVD storage is my main issue but if I could do the significantly smaller size I would buy way more

[-] TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

I talked about this in another thread, but there are many reasons we do not use SD cards/flash memory devices for movies and TV:

  • SD cards have extrenely slow read rates compared to optical.
  • Optical discs are a much more reliable data storage format than flash memory devices. SD cards and other flash memory devices need to be used every few months, or the electric charge will wear out, causing the data to be unreadable. On the other hand, a professionally-pressed Blu-ray disc can theoretically last 50-100 years.
  • SD cards are more expensive to manufacture than optical discs.
[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 1 day ago

I pulled an SD card out of the cupboard I literally haven't touched in ten years and not a single file's checksum had changed

[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

I think their point is more putting technical or commercial feasibility aside, cartridges would be the better UX. I agree with that sentiment, cartidges are way cooler.

There are large communities around cassette futurism/retro futurism for a reason. There is something much more satisfying about thwacking in a cartridge than inserting a disk or just pressing play on a screen.

You are right that as things are disks make more sense, but it's a different discussion. what is vs what ought to be

In a perfect world I'd rather have storage crystals with programmable stable display voxels inside. But that's not realistic any time soon sadly.

this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2024
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