So much for the NAS device,,, - Democratic Underground

Deja Q

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Sat Jan-19-08 07:43 PM
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So much for the NAS device,,,

1 terabyte, $300, but to store my movie/tv collections I'd need 2.7tb... for every disc, including extras and such...

:crazy:

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Duer 157099

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Sun Jan-20-08 05:18 PM
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1. Funny you should mention this...

I was just thinking about my burned DVD collection, stuff from TV/cable, and I was wondering what the best way to archive it is. It seems that DVD disks and readers can be so picky about how they play together, and with things and standards changing, I'm wondering if it's best to just keep a second copy of everything as an iso image on hard drive(s). I'm guessing that's where you're coming from too.

I've invested an awful lot of time collecting these, and I'd hate to eventually just lose them because no hardware can read them.

So is this a solution?

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Deja Q

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Sat Jan-26-08 04:52 PM
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2. Yup.

Easier on the computer; in a protected device.

But that's 6 terabytes to be purchased. For everything. And the data can't really be compressed any further. (if it could, non anamorphic movies, when scaled on the widescreen monitor, wouldn't look like crap.)

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Duer 157099

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Sat Jan-26-08 06:06 PM
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3. OK, so iso image on dedicated hard drive

but don't use the hard drive for anything else, so as not to risk wearing it out.

Just fill up a drive and put it in a box and store it.

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