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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Trey_An7722 on 2024-11-02 11:57:36+00:00.
I thought they are a mythical creatures. It turns out they are available, even though Sony appears to be the only source. And sources for lesser models have basicaly shrunk to Ricoh and CMC magnetics ( under various brands).
I also didn’t know that triple-layer 100GB disk can also be had as “REwriteable now”.
128GB models used to be unobtanium. At most one could grab a Verbatim disk at$40-50, but prices seem to have fallen to $10-ish range now: * BDXL QL 128GB on Amazon
Just a few days ago, this guy went on a quest for checking the BDQL market an playing with discs:
- Experimenting with BDXL – Part 1: The Media
- Experimenting with BDXL – Part 2: Burning Some Discs
- Experimenting with BDXL – Part 3: Quality Scanning Gone Wrong ft. TSST SE-506CB
- Experimenting with BDXL – Part 4: Scanning BDXL Discs feat. LG BH16NS55
His old materials about M-DISC/BluRay difference WRT archiving might be of interest: * Review, Tested: Verbatim Lifetime Archival (Millenniata/M-Disc) 4x BD-R 25Gb