Agreed and was looking for this comment.
The medium is cheap but the device to read/write is pricy.
Tapes themselves are cheaper but there’s also the upfront cost of the tape drive (we’re talking thousands).
AtariDump@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Tapes themselves are cheaper but there’s also the upfront cost of the tape drive (we’re talking thousands).
Agreed and was looking for this comment.
The medium is cheap but the device to read/write is pricy.
umbraroze@kbin.social 6 months ago
And that there is the real crime. It's a real shame no one's making a tape drive at the consumer market price point. Tapes are a hell of a lot more convenient for backups and archival than the giant weird pile of storage formats we've seen over years.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 months ago
The average consumer can make do with Blu Ray.