Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38742585 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38742585 Optical Media Durability (2020) > https://blog.dshr.org/20

Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38742585 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38742585 Optical Media Durability (2020) > https://blog.dshr.org/2023/08/optical-media-durability-update.html https://blog.dshr.org/2023/08/optical-media-durability-updat... -- M-DISC on HN: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=m-disc&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=m-disc&sort=byDate&type=commen... My understanding is it was something unique for DVDs (which are no longer manufactured) but not much difference anymore for Blu-ray. [edit] > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33593967#33595128 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33593967#33595128 BD-R discs using inorganic dyes are durable enough that the M-Disc branding is likely moot -- 300GB https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archival_Disc https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archival_Disc per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39165981#39170038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39165981#39170038