roxics
Veteran
I know it's cool these days to hate on optical media. But I still like it. Mostly for my own private movie collection (store bought discs) and home video backups.
I still keep home videos on a few hard drives as well. Plus a private youtube channel. But I like the idea of having nicely labeled discs on a shelf that can be easily seen and played in a set top player by family, should something happen to me.
With that in mind. I know that typical optical media has a less than desirable shelf-life. Or so it's been said.
I've been burning optical discs since the late 90s and have had hit or miss results. I'm actually kind of surprised at how much of it still works. More than not. But those were mostly CDs and some DVDs. Blu-ray burning is still new to me. Only about four years into that. And never put much thought into the discs I was burning them on.
I know that both Sony and Panasonic have been working on a newer archival optical disc format called Archival Disc. Where do they come up with these crazy names?
Pretty cool. But I'm sure it's way out of my range.
That said, how many of you have experience with some of the newer solutions out there? DVD, Blu-ray. Stuff like M-Disc, Gold Discs and some of those JVC archival discs.
What is the best/within financial reason - solution for backing up HD/4K video on optical media right now for easy set top playback?
What are the best burners right now and what is the best media for the best price?
I've been researching this myself, but it's taking some time. I'll update here as I learn more, but maybe some of you already know. So I figured I would ask.
I still keep home videos on a few hard drives as well. Plus a private youtube channel. But I like the idea of having nicely labeled discs on a shelf that can be easily seen and played in a set top player by family, should something happen to me.
With that in mind. I know that typical optical media has a less than desirable shelf-life. Or so it's been said.
I've been burning optical discs since the late 90s and have had hit or miss results. I'm actually kind of surprised at how much of it still works. More than not. But those were mostly CDs and some DVDs. Blu-ray burning is still new to me. Only about four years into that. And never put much thought into the discs I was burning them on.
I know that both Sony and Panasonic have been working on a newer archival optical disc format called Archival Disc. Where do they come up with these crazy names?
Pretty cool. But I'm sure it's way out of my range.
That said, how many of you have experience with some of the newer solutions out there? DVD, Blu-ray. Stuff like M-Disc, Gold Discs and some of those JVC archival discs.
What is the best/within financial reason - solution for backing up HD/4K video on optical media right now for easy set top playback?
What are the best burners right now and what is the best media for the best price?
I've been researching this myself, but it's taking some time. I'll update here as I learn more, but maybe some of you already know. So I figured I would ask.