On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:35:26 +0100, "|--Spike=-"
<|--Spike=-@Home.Co.UK> wrote:
>On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:33:27 -0400, mike wrote:
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>>On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 19:42:34 +0100, "|--Spike=-"
>><|--Spike=-@Home.Co.UK> wrote:
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>>>On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:51:13 GMT, RIB <rib@rack.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In reply to "|--Spike=-" who wrote the following:
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>>I'm curious what the advantage is of using disc storage over portable
>>hard drives. I've been storing and playing vids on HP and WD portable
>>hard drives for 5 or so years. My first was 500GB ( BR discs are
>>200G?) and my largest is 2TB, none of which i ever had problems with,
>>even when reorganizing files from one to another, deleting large
>>quantities of files then adding more. I have a laptop with a decent
>>media player loaded on it hooked to my TV to watch the vids and never
>>have problems. It seems to me the disc storage is a noisey and
>>troublesome way of doing it. Am I missing something?
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>For me personally its the amount of data that could be lost in 1 drive
>crash. Losing just 4GB from a bad DVD used to sting, but now I'm
>prepared to risk 23GB with switching to Blu-Ray, I have archives
>collected from years back and a large part of it isn't available
>anymore or would be a nightmare to collect all over again, so risking
>1/2 TB isn't really a safe enough option for me... unless I had a
>back-up drive of my back-up drive... and so the cost doubles straight
>away. (THAT might actually work for me) :)
>
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That makes sense, although a little cumbersome, but I'm glad you are
so careful about saving everything because you are so great at filling
requests and I really appreciate that.
Portable HDs are not as tough as discs for sure and if you drop or
bang one it could be damaged and you could lose a lot good material.
I keep my HDs in a closed box with my old music cds (which are useless
with digital music so prolific) next to my desktop with the USB cords
poking out.The box is where it can't be kicked. I can plug in any HD i
want for saving or watching vids because the cords are marked so I
know what is what. I've got a 10 ft usb cord that stretches to a
laptop next to a 38" TV for viewing and use thumb drives to take vids
downstairs to watch on the big TV. Its really convenient and I never
have to move or jostle the HDs ever. Just an idea.
Thanks for all the great posts!
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