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by catwhatcat 383 days ago
What are the chances this becomes a desktop form-factor alike cd drives?
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duskwuff 383 days ago
Zero. There's no market for consumer archival-only storage; magnetic tape has been an enterprise-only product for 20+ years. Even write-once formats are barely holding on; recordable Blu-Ray production ended earlier this year.
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dehrmann 383 days ago
> recordable Blu-Ray production ended earlier this year

It looks like it's only Sony that's ending production?

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duskwuff 382 days ago
You might be right. Either way, it's a signal.
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