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DVDs are the new vinyl records: Why Gen Z is embracing physical media (www.latimes.com)
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[–] -2 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Your hard drive can be erased in many ways. And soon you wont be able to afford them or be allowed to own them.

Vinyl lasts forever. Its only damaged if you play it 😐

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Your hard drive can be erased in many ways.

    I'm willing to bet my main SSD, my backup HDD, my FLAC player's SD card, and my laptop SSD all carrying the same file are going to be more durable than a piece of plastic.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Sure, but that's a lot of work and worry to keep all those backups going and syncd...ugh. I hate dealing with it. Takes hours of my life. Now, you're probably an IT admin or programmer like most people on Lemmy, but I don't have 13 hours to sit on a computer and troubleshoot why Borg won't work on my restic fluffywhatever. I'm sure you'll say "its easy, justtttt..." Yeah, its not easy, I've lived it.

    And in the end, you have a computer hooked to your stereo, the one place I'm trying to escape the constant computing.

    A CD works just fine and I can burn another physical copy if I want it.

    I'm glad your setup works for you! I have a nas packed full of stuff as well but I rarely use it for the reasons listed. Its a hassle.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    Sure, but that's a lot of work and worry to keep all those backups going and syncd

    I think it took me 15 minutes to first install SyncThing and Vorta? I literally haven't worried about this for the last two years

    Now, you're probably an IT admin or programmer

    I'm a biologist :) (though to be fair, mastering in bioinformatics, but this setup came first!)

    And in the end, you have a computer hooked to your stereo, the one place I'm trying to escape the constant computing.

    My stereo is a Gradiente from the 70s, no computers there. My portable player does connect to a computer to sync sometimes... but I do this when charging, so out of mind.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    They make record players that use lasers so they don’t slowly wear down the grooves

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    Those never worked well. They pick up every tiny bit of dust and scratch, far more than a stylus does. If you keep your stylus in good condition, changing it regularly, and set up your tonearm correctly, it shouldn't harm the records.

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