I posted on twitter two days ago that I’ve never used, or even owned, a dual-layer dvdr disc. This is on my mind because I’m going to have to start using them in the near future, expanding my DVD authoring skills.

As I explained, I’ve never needed a DL DVDr. I’ve always bought the biggest USB drives I could find, and I use a media center PC to play movies, not a DVD player. This means I’ve never needed to burn 8GB on a disc, I could just throw it on a thumb drive, and I could play videos off the thumb drive on my television just fine.

However, looking at these thumb drives, I’m reminded of a rule of thumb, especially in regards to technology: Early adopters get screwed.