Pressed(stamped) optical discs and M-Discs recordable discs can last over 1,000 years

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Originally Posted by PenguinInfinity

I understand backing up the expensive discs, but why backup everything?

The cost of your hard drives is therefore £1,792. At an average of £10 per disc (which is probably high), 180 discs would have to fail for the backups to be cheaper. Additionally hard drives don't last a long time so they will probably have to be replaced every 10 years. That would mean that 180 discs would have to fail every 10 years for the back-ups to be cheaper.

You clearly didn't do the math.

The answer is because I can backup everything. I will do it as long as I can afford it.

Nowadays I don't watch the discs. I watch the 1:1 rip as it is easier to browse through the films and pick one instead of spinning the discs. The media player has so many features that are not available on disc players. Mine can output both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision.

Average of £10 per disc is only when you get the discs via deals/promos. Otherwise the cost of 4K disc here in the UK is usually £19.99 or £24.99.

The backup is there for my own peace of mind, so in a sense, yeah I add few £ on top of the disc price for that which IMO is worth it for the sake of convenience and dealing with bad discs.