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LG GP60NB50 External Super Multi DVD Rewriter $28 + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $39 Spend) @ Harris Technology via Amazon AU

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Long-lasting data protection with M-DISC™ Support
The M-DISC™ uses a patented rock-like recording surface instead of organic dye to etch your records. The M-DISC offers superior reliability in data storage compared to other recordable DVDs on the market today.

Play in peace with less noise
As a disc is being read, Silent Play technology helps reduce the noise during playback by automatically adjusting the playback speed.

Non-stop seamless playability
Jamless Play prevents the video playback stopping due to a damaged disc. Damage such as scratches and fingerprints are ignored by jumping through the erroneous data or damaged areas.

8x DVD±R Writing Speed
Higher writing speed reduces the time taken to copy data.

TV Connectivity
Quickly and easily connect to TVs, digital photo frames and PCs via USB for playback.

Windows & Mac OS Compatible
Enjoy freedom in use, compatible for both Windows series and MAC OS.

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  • Manny Calavera on 15/02/2022 - 21:51
    +7

    I vaguely remember this sort of object.

  • limucat on 15/02/2022 - 21:52

    MO-Disk… Good ol' resident evil memories

    • daft009 on 15/02/2022 - 22:18

      Magneto Optical disc?

  • BuyoTheCat on 15/02/2022 - 22:05
    +8

    ah, the cup holder

    • Dreamcast on 15/02/2022 - 23:27

      Ahh i worked in customer support yonks ago, where an elderly lady called me to tell me her tea cup holder was not working.

      Want to guess what it was…..

  • CountDuckula on 15/02/2022 - 22:07
    +1

    Had one for a cpl years, works fine although it's so light you'll want to put a book or something else heavy on top to dampen the vibration when it spins up.

  • richieisnow on 15/02/2022 - 22:17

    Welcome to the year 2000, where entire meals come in pill form.

    • rodericb on 15/02/2022 - 22:31

      And the machines will do the work.

  • GreyChris on 15/02/2022 - 22:18

    Great price for an antique BNIB.

  • richieisnow on 15/02/2022 - 22:37
    +1

    My concern about a DVD burner is that you need multiple people who want a DVD.

    • batkav on 16/02/2022 - 15:48

      I had to log in just to give this an upvote.

  • Schmerkin on 15/02/2022 - 22:47
    +2

    Time to make some playlist CDs for the car

    • shabaka on 15/02/2022 - 23:21
      +1

      uh oh time for a new car

      • muwu on 16/02/2022 - 09:12

        Mine has a cassette player!

  • Italkdigital on 15/02/2022 - 23:03
    +2

    Anyone know if there is a Blu-ray writing version using M-DISC technology or this technology only for DVD writers?

  • richieisnow on 15/02/2022 - 23:07
    +1

    My concern about a DVD burner is that you need multiple people who want a DVD.

  • Italkdigital on 15/02/2022 - 23:09

    My concern too why my question above 😁

  • shabaka on 15/02/2022 - 23:22

    My concern about a DVD burner is that you need multiple people without concerns about a DVD burner

    and actually know what's a DVD and where to stick it

    PS I bought this same thing in May last year for the same price. it's still in my desk drawer, unpacked.

  • Italkdigital on 15/02/2022 - 23:25

    One can get a Blu-ray writer (not external but easy to turn into one) and this has M-DISC technology but looking at the specs M-DISC is only for DVD's $89 here up to 128gb capacity for Blu-ray with 3D Blu-ray technology

    • schquid on 16/02/2022 - 00:22

      Not sure about the M-Disc support but BDXL is ridiculously expensive, the 100GB Verbatim 25pk come in at $400 on Amazon. Can't seem to find anyone actually selling the 128GB disks.

      At $160/TB you're starting to get into the territory where LTO-8+ consumables ($100ish per 12TB) and hardware (couple of thou) look attractive if you're serious about backups, given it scales much better.

  • Elpres on 15/02/2022 - 23:26
    +10

    A year or so ago I needed to burn a DVD. I could only buy a pack of 50. I still have 49.

    • Italkdigital on 16/02/2022 - 00:13

      What was DVD capacity again,. 4.8gb?

      • Elpres on 16/02/2022 - 00:14
        +1

        4.7 i think was standard.

  • MasterScythe on 16/02/2022 - 00:10
    +1

    Wow M Disc compatible, thats a good buy.

    For a home user, they're the only affordable solution to long term storage unless you want to go 2nd hand tape drives.

    • justtoreply on 16/02/2022 - 10:19

      Or.. Multiple hard drives. Because it's so much easier

      • MasterScythe on 16/02/2022 - 11:55

        How so? Having to checksum the data and copy it to new devices every 5-10 years as the bearing grease passes its lubrication threshold.
        And what if the checksum doesn't match? what medium should I have my backups on? More HDDs? Tape? And hope like hell those checksums match still? Or hope that some cloud provider hasnt booted me out, or compressed my RAW photos over 30-50 years?
        Or with SSD's as bit integrity starts to fail as gates are affected by radiation.

        What if I pass away and someone else doesn't know how to do those things?
        Do we just accept the family photo albums are going to 'rot away' on less safe storage mediums?

        I really dont see how that is easier than writing the files, verifying they're correct, then having them on media thats rated for a minimum 1000 years stable.

        • justtoreply on 16/02/2022 - 12:07

          It's a valid point regarding other family members.

          The rest.. Yes. Do that. It's easier on hdd, with backup, checksums and upgrading drives every 5 years because I'm talking info in the terabytes and the tendency to be upgrading drive size anyway. And if it's lost when you die nobody would care.

          Photos.. Sure. Other media. For me that's still easier on hdd though.. And other family members are more likely to plug and play than separate and burn in 4.3gb chunks

          • MasterScythe on 16/02/2022 - 12:28

            @justtoreply:

            It's easier on hdd, with backup, checksums and upgrading drives every 5 years because I'm talking info in the terabytes

            Yeah, see I'm not.

            • My Audio CD's are only 600-750MB per CD ripped to ISO images, so I can fit multiple albums per DVD, and have a backup disk per artist.
            • I don't usually shoot in RAW, I usually use low compression PNG, so a single event usually only 3-4GB.
            • The various speeches and VHS-transfer recordings are often only in the hundreds of megabytes thanks to H265.

            10-20 M-Disks, nicelely labeled with each photo albums name, is in my experience much easier for a 3rd party to browse through than someone elses file structure.

            Not only that, but your only formats on HDD that would be acceptable in your scenario would be BTRFS, ZFS, ReFS or APFS. Nothing else does checksumming. And you'd need to teach a person viewing the files how to do that, because when the 'accessed' tag is written, you might introduce errors. So unless you're an Apple user, the person who just wants to view your photo album is going to need to know how to mount a filesystem (and if possible, mount it read only)….

            It's fine, you do you, but I really don't find any of that easier, than flipping through a folder seeing "Johns wedding 2009" and going "Oh! put that on!" and knowing the data has the potential to be perfect for 1000 years.

            Archiving data has been part of my career for a long time now. I've had to deal with everyone from nerd, to grandma wanting to recover files from literally a generation ago.
            Tape's ability to have a 'contents record' and MDisk's ability to be stable, has outshone any other solution so far. HDDs are also susceptable to floods and natural disasters, mdisks aren't.

            Having a CD drive stored with them, isnt tricky.
            We already do it today, but just with Slide Projectors when viewing family slides or Negatives.
            It's just the next step.

            • justtoreply on 16/02/2022 - 13:05

              @MasterScythe: All good. I go simpler than what you perceive tho.. Generate an sfv file. When copying, check the copy against the sfv. If anything failed, recopy it and check. I'll automate it one day but it's not intensive as i only have one drive that sees regular file changes. The point of using an sfv is I can just use ntfs (wouldn't do it if my drive contents changed more regularly). Given i have backups (offsite) and upgrade hdds every 5ish years I'm happy with it.

  • Creepy Woody on 16/02/2022 - 01:40

    Useful to go in a draw for just in case you ever need one. Have one myself.

    Last time I used it was for a driver disc when MSI's website simply refused to let me download a driver for a piece of their hardware.

    • muwu on 16/02/2022 - 09:19

      Exactly this.

      It's cheap, and it sits in my desk draw for those uncommon instances where I just can't do something digital. I think those instances have been like driver issues when I've made a hardware change to my PC, or some random purchase that for some reason has something on a CD (that isn't readily available online). There are also some fields that still insist on hard copies of things at times; I know medical imaging (radiology) can be one example.

      I wish it still didn't have its uses in 2022… but when it's your only option, you'll be thankful it's on-hand.

  • Rod71 on 16/02/2022 - 08:58
    +1

    Any deals on Taiyo Yudens :)

    • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 16/02/2022 - 09:38
      +1

      Holy flashback, Batman!

      You just gave me PTSD. A guy from Uni was obsessed with these.

    • MasterScythe on 16/02/2022 - 12:03

      I only have 2 spindles left.
      I had them sealed in a bag full of Argon so they dont age.

      A DVD full of hundreds of MP3s is still the most simple way to shove music on during a roadtrip.
      BT is a pain, having to 'pair' guests phones, which will often forget yours.

  • Mtat on 16/02/2022 - 13:36
    +3

    Seems to be available for $1 more + del (I know, hand in my OzBargain licence :p) sold by Amazon AU

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