Subj : "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
To   : Kaelon
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Jul 16 2022 12:26:35

  Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
  By: Kaelon to Nightfox on Sat Jul 16 2022 09:21 am

 >   Re: "Highly profitable" Bay Street Video store n Toronto thrives
 >   By: Nightfox to Kaelon on Tue Jul 12 2022 09:09 am
 > 
 >  > I'm not sure I'd call optical formats unnecessary..  You can't always rely
 >  > on your internet always working 100%, and same for a streaming service.
 >  > Streaming services randomly pull content from their services too, so you
 >  > can't even rely on something always being available to watch there.  Those
 >  > are a few of the reasons I still like to buy movies on physical formats.
 > 
 > I don't disagree.  But do we need to preserve optical formats with their limited st
 >  so that I don't have to insert discs anymore, and I just stream it on my own home 
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I have had this same conversation elsewhere.

Your regular IT Microchiphead has the discipline required to sotre everything in a NAS
and take the necessary steps to make sure the data will last as long as the IT
Microchiphead.

Most people does not have the discipline required.

Meanwhile, a commercial DVD is likely to work for long without any special attention
as long as you keep a functioning DVD appliance around. Most digital iliterates
understand that concept, and that is why comercial disks are a better aproach for
them.

I agree that a movie has better chances of surviving half a century if it is stored in
a SAN cluster, equiped with a tape robot and with regular integrity checks running in
the background. However, good luck making regular people set that up...

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