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With Mobility Rising, MacBooks Looming, Don’t Assume Optical Discs for Distribution
Endangered species? Maybe. Worth double-checking you can do online distribution, if you haven’t already? Definitely. Photo (CC-BY) Adam Jackson. Memo to music software developers, artists and labels distributing music, and anyone else who uses optical drives: stop assuming they’ll always be there, because they won’t. Talking points: Netbooks and tablets already lack optical drives. With […]
Read moreISO Releases Standard for Care and Feeding of Your CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs
The ubiquitous shiny disc. Photo: “Fanch The System.” There’s a massive misconception of digital formats, that somehow if something’s digital it’ll last forever in a pristine state. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth: because digital formats are so intolerant of any error, they’re actually more susceptible to physical harm than analog formats. […]
Rolling Your Own Blu-ray Discs: It's Not Far Off
Photo: Billaday, via Flickr. I think the label says something about Blu-ray being awesome, and don’t stare into the laser, and go buy a PlayStation 3 because you really need one. During the high-definition wars, your feelings about new higher-capacity storage discs may have ranged from ambivalence to dread to simple disinterest. (Well, that’s how […]
Peter Kirn - April 30, 2008
Archive Motion Music tech
Rolling Your Own Blu-ray Discs: It’s Not Far Off
Peter Kirn - April 30, 2008
Archive Motion Music tech
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