Onrawi t1_jcwqkt7 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 3:34 AM

Regarding optical media, yeah, probably. Removable media will continue to move to the SD-Card/Flash Drive route until something comes along to disrupt flash media.

ArOnodrim t1_jcwx9qp wrote on March 20, 2023 at 4:40 AM

With SD cards the capacity of hard drives 10 years ago, there is no other physical media that makes any sense anymore.

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jgzman t1_jd0b0bl wrote on March 20, 2023 at 10:17 PM

With SD cards the size of your smallest fingernail, another physical media is needed. Maybe one of those credit-card sized things they use to store phone chips on.

riceandcashews t1_jd0g0og wrote on March 20, 2023 at 10:52 PM

A usb stick is a thing that exists

Jaker788 t1_jd17ibd wrote on March 21, 2023 at 2:11 AM

Optical media is still cheaper and simpler to manufacture though. Blu rays max out right now at 128gb with BDXL triple layer, no copper or silicon or crazy expensive photolithography machines. 128gb of flash is still a higher material and product cost and will for some time.

Onrawi t1_jd1cg2e wrote on March 21, 2023 at 2:49 AM

Sure, I just don't think we'll see a successor to Blu-Ray optical media. It's cheaper to produce for now but even triple layer is getting pretty close to thumb drives at 128GB, with SD Cards being about twice as expensive, give or take. In order for another standard to win it has to have a reason to hit mass production at scale, and it was tough for a lot of people to swallow the cost of Blu Ray when it was new with streaming services biting into its biggest market. Honestly if it weren't for video games and some archival media Blu Ray would be limited to cinephiles and users in low internet service areas already.