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Why are 100 GB Blu-rays so much more expensive? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by KingKevin-23@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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I have recently thought about burning some data to Blu-ray and therefore looked for some cheap blank discs. To my surprise, higher density Blu-rays seem to be much more expensive than lower density ones. In my country (Germany) for example, I could buy a 25 GB BD for 0,44€. A 100 GB BD would cost me 8,77€! At that price, it would be more efficient to store 100 GB on four 25 GB discs instead of one 100 GB disc (1,76€ vs. 8,77€). Sure, if it is one file I would have to split it first and combine it again when I want to access the data, but that effort seems to be worth it.

Why are high capacity Blu-rays so much more expensive, especially compared to HDDs or SSDs where the price per GB/TB usually drops with higher capacity?

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[–] Keddyan@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I could buy a 25 GB BD for 0,44€.

sheesh, I wish, I actually never considered BD for storage and today was the first time I saw a pack of BD for sale because I had to search for it LOL

Why are high capacity Blu-rays so much more expensive, especially compared to HDDs or SSDs where the price per GB/TB usually drops with higher capacity?

I believe it's because of the density? the space is the same but you have to store way more