Regular readers of my articles know I have no love lost for optical disc media. It’s a decidedly old technology that’s been around since the mid-1970s and has gone through several generations (CD, DVD, Blu-ray, etc.). In my experience burned discs have an average life span of 5 years or less. Yes, I have in fact had discs last beyond 10 years, but...
Two 2TB hard drives are currently available on NewEgg for a flat $79.99 with free shipping:Because the price is truly flat, that translates to $0.04 per GB. The cheapest way to buy optical media is by 100-pack spindle, and the most rock-bottom price on that is $18.99 (note that the third choice below has free shipping, and shipping must be included in...
For those that have been reading my articles for some time (this is Rich, by the way, better known as "Not Dave"), I can’t stand optical discs. They’re slow to write, scratch easily, have inferior life span compared to USB sticks and the list goes on. However the one thing I absolutely can’t argue with is that it currently is the...
The days of linear format camcorders are dying. Linear as it relates to camcorders is anything using slack that requires rewinding or fast-forwarding. And to be honest I’m not sorry to see them go. This is more or less the last in line of tech products to get "off the slack", so to speak. There are many of you out there who still have MiniDV...
Situation: You’ve decided that you’re going to build a new computer. You put your part list together (case, mainboard, RAM, hard drive, processor, etc.) and then come to the point where you have to purchase an optical drive. Seems like a waste of money, doesn’t it? On the Linux side of things, it has been proven that you can install a full...
You may have a disc, be it music or data, that is scratched and will not read in your optical disc drive no matter what you do to it. Can it be saved? Possibly. There are a few things you can try to save that disc. Hardware method: It could be just the drive you’re using If the disc won’t read in your optical drive, try another one that’s...
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