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Author:  AlunD [ Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:36 pm ]
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:shock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8021012.stmWow that would be handy.
Author:  Danstevens [ Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:23 pm ]
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AlunD wrote:
Wow that would be handy.


.............for people who work for the government to lose even more data with on the move with :x :lol: . Sorry, I'll get my coat but I just had to.

On a more serious note, they would be pretty handy if they could be written to at any sort of speed. It takes a reasonable while to fill up a DVD or Blu-ray disk. You'd need a quick burner (and a lot of stuff) to fill one of those things. I don't think they are anywhere near ready for mass use yet but eventually, they could be useful.
Author:  AlunD [ Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:45 pm ]
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Danstevens wrote:
.............for people who work for the government to lose even more data with on the move with :x :lol: . Sorry, I'll get my coat but I just had to.


Looks around for JV :?

Yes I tend to agree with you :D
Author:  KRKux [ Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:19 pm ]
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You wouldnt need HDDs, jsut keep the CD in the drive D:
Author:  Electric_Wizard [ Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:42 pm ]
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KRKux wrote:
You wouldnt need HDDs, jsut keep the CD in the drive D:


It would be comparatively slow writing though.
Author:  TheHobgob [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:50 am ]
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Well that's fancy ain't it. Still by the time it comes out the entire principle of a disk will most likely be outdated.

Hobgob.
Author:  Agrajag [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:08 pm ]
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AlunD wrote:
:shock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8021012.stmWow that would be handy.


I suppose they could be useful for backup - just depends on how much they cost compared to LTO and how long they last for...
Author:  KRKux [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:09 pm ]
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Electric_Wizard wrote:
KRKux wrote:
You wouldnt need HDDs, jsut keep the CD in the drive D:


It would be comparatively slow writing though.


Yah, that is true :D
Author:  JJW009 [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:27 pm ]
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I must have 100 or more DVDs and CDs with my backups on. It would be nice if it all fitted on a couple of disks.

At the moment, I'm using hard drives because they take up less space!
Author:  Coref [ Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:44 pm ]
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Agrajag wrote:
AlunD wrote:
:shock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8021012.stmWow that would be handy.


I suppose they could be useful for backup - just depends on how much they cost compared to LTO and how long they last for...


You can already get that kind of size of tape, which is proven if slow technology. For home backups it's be great though.
Author:  Agrajag [ Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:55 pm ]
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Coref wrote:
Agrajag wrote:
AlunD wrote:
:shock: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8021012.stmWow that would be handy.


I suppose they could be useful for backup - just depends on how much they cost compared to LTO and how long they last for...


You can already get that kind of size of tape, which is proven if slow technology. For home backups it's be great though.


Assuming 500GB native it would be somewhere between LTO3 and 4.

But an optical disc is a lot more simple than a LTO tape so I would have thought would have been cheaper.

I can imagine it would be easier to store ten thousand CD cases than ten thousand LTO tapes! :)
Author:  brataccas [ Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:19 pm ]
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are these available in blu ray? I have 100s of backups of all my memory photos, stuff i film etc, would love it all on just one disc :x
Author:  JJW009 [ Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:40 pm ]
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I don't remember posting in this thread! But then, it was 3 years ago :lol:
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:59 am ]
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They obviously never amounted to much then....
Author:  forquare1 [ Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:26 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
They obviously never amounted to much then....


Today I regularly use:
2006 MacBook
2011 iMac
2011 Mac Mini
iPhone 4

The MacBooks optical drive is fudged while the Mac Mini and iPhone don't have optical drives...
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