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Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing (www.bbc.com)
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Oppenheimer and the resurgence of Blu-ray and DVDs: How to stop your films and music from disappearing::In an era where many films and albums are stored in the cloud, "streaming anxiety" is making people buy more DVDs, records โ€“ and even cassette tapes.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You don't keep it completely powered off; you power it on occasionally, but don't keep it constantly running.

Parts that are constantly moving wear, and will eventually fail. Things that are never used can seize. You want to have a happy medium. But that's also why you want to have multiple mechanical drives that you're cycling through; if any single device fails, you still have your data backed up.