I like the Blue Ray format as a storage medium.
These things are not always going to cost so much.
Right now the only thing keeping me away from a blue ray burner is the price and scarcity of the blank media.
At 25gigs a disc I do like the addition to my storage portfolio.
Hard drives fail, flash memory doesn't like too much abuse and is prohibitively expensive for one time usage. Discs always get scratched but under ideal conditions they can last a lifetime. Online storage is the wave of the future, but security and fallibility are still an issue. These four things need to be taken into consideration when thinking about long term storage of digital information. You don't need to save everything, but after seeing my family photos annihilated by a can of coke I am unwilling to put my data at risk.
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