Thread: Digital or printout ?

Digital for years now. I did have to ask for my paper still mum and dad to hold the old ones as we have a pup coming home in a few weeks and do not have the old standby for puppy poo

In a previous life I was a 'Printer'.

Printed media needs no interface devices... can never be obsolete ... (Try finding a punch tape or punched card reader ?)

Once made, printed info cannot be altered or interfered with or wiped out of existance - via malicious computer virus or copyright company asserting control over your device.

Or affected by electrostatic or magnetic fields etc etc.

Guess my preference !

Printed has it's own issues but most of them tend to be just as problematic for digital media. (fire, water, stuff like that)

The only advantage digital has is that it does not degrade in quality, it's pretty much all or nothing. Media lifecycle management is a thing though. Computer tapes with a shelf life of 30 years are not uncommon but indeed, try finding a properly working tape drive 30 years old! Not to mention the interface required to run that thing...

regarding series: TNG, hands down.