As we enter a new decade, it’s time to look beyond the physical storage media of the past and embrace newer, more advanced data storage technologies. While cloud storage and flash memory certainly have a strong foothold as alternatives to traditional forms of fixed storage, optical media such as CD’s, DVD’s, and – more recently [...]
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Tags: BDR-206MBK, BDXL, Blu-ray, Pioneer, storage 
No Comments »While we won’t go so far as to say that Blu-ray is a dying technology, it does seem like the next logical form of ubiquitously adopted entertainment media will involve streaming content via online sources. The success of Netflix streaming business (and the conflicts created by this success) and Internet connected devices like the Roku [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, DVD, Home Theater, Personal Media Players, TV and Video Tags: Blu-ray, carousel, Disc Vault, dvd, home theater, Kaleidescape, media, storage 1 Comment »Blu-ray discs exceeding 100GB of capacity should be available shortly, now that the Blu-ray Disc Association has finalized and released its BDXL specification. In an announcement today, the association said the following: “…manufacturers can now obtain licensing information and license applications needed to begin production of the high capacity write-once and rewritable discs and hardware [...]
Posted in Optical Storage, PCs and Laptops, Storage Tags: BDXL, Blu-ray, blu-ray disc association 1 Comment »Got a burgeoning Blu-ray collection but no way to backup all those discs? Since Blu-ray burners and media are still relatively expensive, direct-copy methods don’t make a lot of financial sense. Fortunately there’s the free x264 software library which now can compile Blu-ray compatible h.264 encoded content to subsequently be recorded on standard single and [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Home Theater, Optical Storage, PCs and Laptops, Storage, TV and Video Tags: Blu-ray, dvd, h.264, x264 No Comments »
