Do we know / Can we guess the future Blu-ray media? - Blu-ray Forum

misthalu · 01-18-2019, 05:14 AM

I'm using Blu-ray for my personal video albums, planning on handing all of it to my daughter some day when she's old enough, so she can be nostalgic watching clips from her childhood and such.

I like the optical discs, because I can't think of any other media with better durability and suitable as a playable backup. And because it's a "dead" platform (i.e. it doesn't change), then I know it'll still be playable 50 years from now - one way or another.

People keep telling me the disc is dying though. While I don't really believe that, it has made me curious anyway. I wonder what kind of media might replace it, if so.
I did notice, when the UHD Blu-ray players came along, that the word "disc" was actually omitted in the name. It was no longer called a "Blu-ray Disc Player", but simply a "Blu-ray Player". So maybe some other media is being planned on?

The first idea is of course some kind of flash memory, maybe formatted as UDF2.5. But it'll need to be cheap if it is to replace the optical discs...

For now, I'm planning on giving my daughter all these albums in 2 ways: As a bunch of discs, neatly packaged with labels. But also on some kind of hardware media player, like Dune HD Smart D1 (but of course some newer model at that time): All ISO files playable from harddisk.

The reason it has to be Blu-ray is because I'm also using Java to add descriptions for the videos, with options to change font size and such.

Right now there are many devices that offers ISO playback (or Blu-ray folder structure) from USB or harddisk. Including software media players such as VLC and Kodi (though they still have a long way to go to be 100% compatible).
The hardware devices offered this via SoC (System on Chip). But then new requirements came along (as far as I understand), that put a stop to companies adding BD-J support on these chips. (as far as I know, it was Cinavia that required more license money).

Some Android devices supposedly plays Blu-ray's with BD-J support now. Does that mean maybe we can hope for future Android Smart-TV's with Blu-ray playback support?

Who has qualified guesses about the future?

01-18-2019, 05:14 AM	#1
misthalu Junior Member Member since:May 2017 Location:Denmark	Do we know / Can we guess the future Blu-ray media? I'm using Blu-ray for my personal video albums, planning on handing all of it to my daughter some day when she's old enough, so she can be nostalgic watching clips from her childhood and such. I like the optical discs, because I can't think of any other media with better durability and suitable as a playable backup. And because it's a "dead" platform (i.e. it doesn't change), then I know it'll still be playable 50 years from now - one way or another. People keep telling me the disc is dying though. While I don't really believe that, it has made me curious anyway. I wonder what kind of media might replace it, if so. I did notice, when the UHD Blu-ray players came along, that the word "disc" was actually omitted in the name. It was no longer called a "Blu-ray Disc Player", but simply a "Blu-ray Player". So maybe some other media is being planned on? The first idea is of course some kind of flash memory, maybe formatted as UDF2.5. But it'll need to be cheap if it is to replace the optical discs... For now, I'm planning on giving my daughter all these albums in 2 ways: As a bunch of discs, neatly packaged with labels. But also on some kind of hardware media player, like Dune HD Smart D1 (but of course some newer model at that time): All ISO files playable from harddisk. The reason it has to be Blu-ray is because I'm also using Java to add descriptions for the videos, with options to change font size and such. Right now there are many devices that offers ISO playback (or Blu-ray folder structure) from USB or harddisk. Including software media players such as VLC and Kodi (though they still have a long way to go to be 100% compatible). The hardware devices offered this via SoC (System on Chip). But then new requirements came along (as far as I understand), that put a stop to companies adding BD-J support on these chips. (as far as I know, it was Cinavia that required more license money). Some Android devices supposedly plays Blu-ray's with BD-J support now. Does that mean maybe we can hope for future Android Smart-TV's with Blu-ray playback support? Who has qualified guesses about the future?

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