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Re:A Review of M Disc Archival Capability. With long term te... by 8fingerlouie on Saturday February 14, 2026 @04:49PM (#47018728)
Assuming you need to “get up and go”, like a refugee situation, what are the chances that you’ll find a drive that can read Blu-ray disks, versus the chances that you’ll find a LTO tape drive ?
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Re:A Review of M Disc Archival Capability. With long term te... by aidenn0 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:11PM (#47018908)
Blu-ray drives are fast becoming hard to find, so I'd pack a USB bluray drive with your discs.

New computers don't have them and haven't for a few years. I purchased a drive recently and to get a quality drive, I had to go for a NOS pioneer drive, or get another LG, and the LG drives are kid-of shit.

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Re:A Review of M Disc Archival Capability. With long term te... by gambiting on Sunday February 15, 2026 @02:54AM (#47021866)
How exactly are they becoming hard to find? There's literally tens of options for brand new drives I can order for next day delivery on Amazon, and endless choice of second hand options on eBay.
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