Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Damn, and I like 1394. So iPods will switch to USB? I now use a DVD burner for my work so I have hundreds of blank DVDs. I wanted to make some new tunes for my car, dammit! Now I need some CD's. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid"Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Digital image longevity > The CD format will be around for a long long long time. > There's no reason to abandon it in favor of DVD or Blu-Ray or anything else. It's the same size as newer formats and can be read with the same drive, and millions of people use CDs as archival storage. > > USB is also going to be around for a long long long time. > With USB2 it's now fast enough that there's not a huge need for a replacement format, and if they do come up with a replacement, it will be USB3 and be backwards compatible. > > 1394 is going to fade away. It's not enough better than USB to warrant the extra complexity of its implementation.