Comments on: Millennial Disc http://www.libology.com/blog/2009/07/19/millennial-disc.html Libraries::Technology::Ideas Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: walt crawford http://www.libology.com/blog/2009/07/19/millennial-disc.html/comment-page-1#comment-1234 walt crawford Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:31:11 +0000 http://www.libology.com/blog/?p=3097#comment-1234 Rick, I'm inclined to take a longer view of physical media partly because of how media change has played out over the last century--and partly because I think lots of us, including a few million younger folk, still like to own things. And, as Amazon has recently demonstrated once again, you may or may not own a download... Admission: I've only burned one or two CD-Rs on my latest PC--and, so far, have yet to burn a DVD on it. I do indeed use a name-brand flash drive for backup. I mostly believe that pressed/published DVDs (and, as a result, CDs) will be around for a long time to come...and, of course, could always be wrong. (Actually, DVD-Rs will also be around quite a while, because that's how publish-on-demand works for video, and we're starting to see more of that. Similarly, lots of startup bands produce CD-Rs rather than trying to get CDs pressed...) Rick,

I’m inclined to take a longer view of physical media partly because of how media change has played out over the last century–and partly because I think lots of us, including a few million younger folk, still like to own things. And, as Amazon has recently demonstrated once again, you may or may not own a download…

Admission: I’ve only burned one or two CD-Rs on my latest PC–and, so far, have yet to burn a DVD on it. I do indeed use a name-brand flash drive for backup. I mostly believe that pressed/published DVDs (and, as a result, CDs) will be around for a long time to come…and, of course, could always be wrong. (Actually, DVD-Rs will also be around quite a while, because that’s how publish-on-demand works for video, and we’re starting to see more of that. Similarly, lots of startup bands produce CD-Rs rather than trying to get CDs pressed…)

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]]> By: Rick Mason http://www.libology.com/blog/2009/07/19/millennial-disc.html/comment-page-1#comment-1232 Rick Mason Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:21:44 +0000 http://www.libology.com/blog/?p=3097#comment-1232 Thanks for the correction on the disc size, Walt! It will be interesting to see how long the discs will remain current. I suspect that online-accessible storage and media downloads might shorten that time span (but I could easily be wrong, as well). Re-thinking the cost factor... my sweet spot for flash drives is $20-$25, usually on sale. I am picky about brand and design, as I have no patience for drives that break or bend easily. My current carry-around drive (SanDisk Cruiser) is nearly two years old and has gotten a tremendous amount of use. Whether I would have spent less or more on disc media depends on several factors. If I were to use them as much as my USB-based storage drive I suspect the cost would be greater. The added work of using disc media (software, +/- dvd compatability, etc), combined with the non-pocketable-ness would drive the actual use downward for me. I still have a large number of CD-Rs from a few years ago that I used in a similar way to my flash drive use today, and they did seem to accumulate fairly quickly. Would I go through 100 of them in the same time span as the flash drive? I am not sure. Thanks for the correction on the disc size, Walt!

It will be interesting to see how long the discs will remain current. I suspect that online-accessible storage and media downloads might shorten that time span (but I could easily be wrong, as well).

Re-thinking the cost factor… my sweet spot for flash drives is $20-$25, usually on sale. I am picky about brand and design, as I have no patience for drives that break or bend easily. My current carry-around drive (SanDisk Cruiser) is nearly two years old and has gotten a tremendous amount of use.

Whether I would have spent less or more on disc media depends on several factors. If I were to use them as much as my USB-based storage drive I suspect the cost would be greater.

The added work of using disc media (software, +/- dvd compatability, etc), combined with the non-pocketable-ness would drive the actual use downward for me.

I still have a large number of CD-Rs from a few years ago that I used in a similar way to my flash drive use today, and they did seem to accumulate fairly quickly. Would I go through 100 of them in the same time span as the flash drive? I am not sure.

]]> By: walt crawford http://www.libology.com/blog/2009/07/19/millennial-disc.html/comment-page-1#comment-1231 walt crawford Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:13:54 +0000 http://www.libology.com/blog/?p=3097#comment-1231 While I agree that it's improbable that enabling elements of the "millennium disc" will be around in a millennium, I'd disagree on the probable future lifespan of 12cm (*not* 5") optical media. I'd bet 12cm optical discs will be actively published for another 15 years and "around" (playable) for at least another 15-20 years. (Really? It's cheaper to use a flash drive to send someone 4GB of your stuff than it is to burn a $0.25 DVD-R? Where do you buy your flash drives?) While I agree that it’s improbable that enabling elements of the “millennium disc” will be around in a millennium, I’d disagree on the probable future lifespan of 12cm (*not* 5″) optical media. I’d bet 12cm optical discs will be actively published for another 15 years and “around” (playable) for at least another 15-20 years.

(Really? It’s cheaper to use a flash drive to send someone 4GB of your stuff than it is to burn a $0.25 DVD-R? Where do you buy your flash drives?)

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