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Netflix Discs is going away, where will you rent/buy disc based media? (help.netflix.com)

submitted 1 year ago by undeadfoodsnob@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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"On September 29th, 2023, we will ship out our final red envelope. It has been an honor to share movie nights with you. ...We sincerely thank you for joining us on this amazing journey of 25 years." -The Netflix DVD Team

With Netflix discs closing its doors on the 29th, where will you get your DVD's, Blu Rays and UHDs?

This raises a few questions for discussion:

What services do you use?
Whats your experience with any of these services?
What do you do with your physical media?

I know, I know, yes, its 2023 and people still get physical media. A physical disc can have many advantages over a streaming service, such as:

Control Over Content
Quality
Sound Profiles
Extras
Back Ups

Here is a list of popular Rental and Buy services:

Rent:

Buy (New):

Buy (Used):

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[–] Blake@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You’re not necessarily wrong, but you are unbearable.

Just because a technology has been eclipsed, it doesn’t mean it no longer has value.

Optical media is really the best choice for data archival. Magnetic media is far more subject to big rot. High quality CDs, DVDs and to a lesser extent Blu-ray Discs can last an order of magnitude longer.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Data redundancy exists, and tape backups is a completely different technology then CDs/DVDs/Blueray/etc, which is what this topic is about. Then I should be an easy block for you.

[–] Blake@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Tape is magnetic media and doesn’t really last long at all.

Optical media is also immune to many effects which would be likely to erase large amounts of data, such as EMP or solar radiation.

Blu-Ray discs and DVDs which last as long as 1000 years can be obtained quite cheaply, and there are optical storage media which last indefinitely, but they’re expensive.

Tape, hard drives, you’re lucky if they last 30 years.