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Sector__7 t1_j1dbxit wrote

Reply to comment by jaydawg_74 in Blu-ray player gathering dust? Turn it into a laser-scanning microscope | Not as powerful as a commerical one, but thousands cheaper. by chrisdh79

Why would you want to do that when you can look at each disc under your new microscope? This has got to be one of the stupidest articles out there. Maybe it might be worth doing if you can pickup a used player cheap but even then it’d be a gimmick as you’d probably end up using it one or two times then that’s it. After that, it’d just become another e-waste product.

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crazy_gambit t1_j1d57k0 wrote

Reply to comment by cbzoiav in Blu-ray player gathering dust? Turn it into a laser-scanning microscope | Not as powerful as a commerical one, but thousands cheaper. by chrisdh79

You overestimate me. I have to get up, look for the case for a lot longer than 30s, pray it's inside the right case, hope it's not scratched to oblivion and then do the same for the case of the disk inside the player.

Yeah, I was not made for physical media. I game on consoles and even understanding the advantages of physical media (namely that you can resell them) I never went back once they offered the option to buy digitally.

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smaugington t1_j1d1dfz wrote

Reply to comment by RolandMT32 in Blu-ray player gathering dust? Turn it into a laser-scanning microscope | Not as powerful as a commerical one, but thousands cheaper. by chrisdh79

Blu-ray disc is actually the only storage unit that can last a lifetime currently. They have no organic material in them so don't breakdown as easily. 25-100 years depending on the disc compared to a HDD that doesn't last longer than 10 years.

The only downside is the cost of blank discs aren't that cheap because they aren't a common thing anymore.

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