Re: Recommendations for external DVD-ROM drive?

On 2020-10-07 18:06, [email protected] barfed:

> DVD? Really?  How about joining the 21st century and getting a Blu-ray
> drive?  You can get a lot more data on a 25GB BD disc.  BD discs are very
> cheap.  You'll pay less for one BD disc than the number of DVDs to store
> the same amount of data.

Let me guess by your short-sighted reply: you're an American? ;-) Cons:

1. BD drives are significantly more expensive here (Netherlands).
2A. Similarly, BD discs here are not significantly cheaper than DVD-Rs
in terms of cost per GB.
2B. That said, only requiring 1 disc instead of 5 or 20 is of course
very nice in terms of space savings.
2C. But BD's cost per GB is still hideous compared to standard hard drives.
3. Also, no one I know uses BD discs and/or players.

In other words: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

--Martin