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Shipping a read-only 128GB thumb drive would be more practical, wouldn't it?
by copperx 6y ago
Shipping a read-only 128GB thumb drive would be more practical, wouldn't it?
- sempron64 6y agoInteresting which is cheaper to produce. I have no idea about wholesale prices, but let's look at retail to get a rough ratio: 10 DVDs at retail cost $25 https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-DVD-R-4-7GB-Recordable-Media/dp/B003ZDNZT2/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=100+dvds&qid=1594930720&sr=8-2 https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-DVD-R-4-7GB-Recordable-Media... So $2.50 for 10 discs. An unbranded 128 GB usb stick is $16 https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-128GB-Flash-SDCZ36-128G-B35/dp/B00TKFCYP0/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=usb+stick+128gb&qid=1594930866&sr=8-3 https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-128GB-Flash-SDCZ36-128... Assuming the box will be about the same size, it's likely that the DVDs are simply still cheaper. An interesting lament is that disk media did not really evolve past DVDs to blue-rays or multi-layer to the mass consumer market, as 100GB blu-ray discs are actually available (still more expensive per-GB than DVDs!) https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-100GB-White-Inkjet-Printable/dp/B00POY826G/ref=sr_1_1?crid=224DK5Z66DFRK&dchild=1&keywords=100+gb+blu-ray+disc&qid=1594931021&sprefix=100+gb+blu-ray+disc%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-100GB-White-Inkjet-Printable...
- colejohnson66 6y agoOne thing to keep in mind is that those DVDs need to be burned. Retail DVDs are usually "pressed" (like vinyl) IIRC, which is much cheaper.
- colejohnson66 6y agoFlightGear is available on DVD (in addition to download), but the scenery is available on a 128 GB flash drive[0] (in addition to download). [0]: http://store.flightgear.org/product/flightgear-complete-collection-128gb-usb/ http://store.flightgear.org/product/flightgear-complete-coll...