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On Sun, 28 Jun 2015 12:10:54 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> I have a blu-ray reader, plugged into my Kodi machine. It's never had a |
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> BR disk in it, instead, it plays CDs! |
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I have a Blu-Ray reader in my desktop, it's a nice fast DVD-RW drive :) |
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> On the very few times I've needed to do something with that many gigs of |
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> data, I've used a memory stick instead with the benefit they don't need |
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> optical hardware. I'd have to do this quite a few times to offset the |
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> cost of the hardware. |
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Blu-Ray never took off to the extent that BD-ROM became useful as a |
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distribution method. |
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> I've also concluded that apart from movie studios and maybe niche |
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> markets, BR was dead when it hit the street |
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Even there it's dying. 25/50GB discs may have seemed like a good idea |
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when they first started on them, but by the time it became commercially |
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availably HD movie streaming was not only possible but for more |
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convenient for many. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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furbling, v.: |
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Having to wander through a maze of ropes at an airport or bank |
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even when you are the only person in line. |
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-- Rich Hall, "Sniglets" |
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