Re: Recommendations for external DVD-ROM drive?

"Fred Maxwell [email protected] [EAC]" <[email protected]> Thu, 8 Oct 2020 20:55:10 -0400
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> On Oct 8, 2020, at 9:34 AM, Jerry Baker jbaker6953-/[email protected] [EAC] <EAC@y=
ahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Quality 25 GB BD-R discs cost $0.03 per GB. 100GB BD-R discs are $0.06=20
> per GB. I don't find that HDDs are significantly less than BD-R discs.
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Only if value your time at $0/hour.=20=20

A terabyte of files takes 10 BDR-XL 100GB discs, which cost $60 total (Verb=
atim BD-R XL, 4X).  They record at almost exactly 1GB/min. That works out t=
o about 17 hours per terabyte, with you returning every 95 minutes or so to=
 swap out media.=20

Compare that to a $48 1TB external usb hard drive from Amazon (Toshiba, WD,=
 and Seagate are all listed at that price +/- 10 cents on Amazon).  Start t=
he copy and it completes in a fraction of the time with no user interventio=
n.

Now compare the costs when you have to update the data in a few months and =
that involves overwriting some files on the hard drive or throwing away $60=
 worth of BD-R XL discs and replacing them.

I=E2=80=99m not saying that there are no good use cases for BD-R XL discs, =
just that such use cases are relatively rare for most users.

Regards,
  Fred Maxwell
  Moderator, Exact Audio Copy Yahoogroup


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y Baker <a href=3D"mailto:jbaker6953-/[email protected]" class>jbaker6953-/[email protected]<=
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 1em;" class>Quality 25 GB BD-R discs cost $0.03 per GB. 100GB BD-R discs a=
re $0.06<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><br class>per GB=
.. I don't find that HDDs are significantly less than BD-R discs.<br class><=
/p></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><font style=3D"font-size: 14p=
x;" face=3D"Arial" class>Only if value your time at $0/hour. &nbsp;</font><=
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s>A terabyte of files takes 10 BDR-XL 100GB discs, which cost $60 total (Ve=
rbatim BD-R XL, 4X). &nbsp;They record at almost exactly 1GB/min. That work=
s out to about <i class>17 hours per terabyte</i>, with you returning every=
 95 minutes or so to swap out media.&nbsp;</font><div class><font style=3D"=
font-size: 14px;" face=3D"Arial" class><br class></font></div><div class><f=
ont style=3D"font-size: 14px;" face=3D"Arial" class>Compare that to a $48 1=
TB external usb hard drive from Amazon (Toshiba, WD, and Seagate are all li=
sted at that price &#43;/- 10 cents on Amazon). &nbsp;Start the copy and it=
 completes in a fraction of the time with no user intervention.</font></div=
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></font></div><div class><font style=3D"font-size: 14px;" face=3D"Arial" cl=
ass>Now compare the costs when you have to update the data in a few months =
and that involves overwriting some files on the hard drive or throwing away=
 $60 worth of BD-R XL discs and replacing them.</font></div><div class><fon=
t style=3D"font-size: 14px;" face=3D"Arial" class><br class></font></div><d=
iv class><font style=3D"font-size: 14px;" face=3D"Arial" class>I=E2=80=99m =
not saying that there are no good use cases for BD-R XL discs, just that su=
ch use cases are relatively rare for most users.</font></div><div class><fo=
nt style=3D"font-size: 14px;" face=3D"Arial" class><br class></font></div><=
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<span class>Regards,</span><br class><span class>&nbsp; Fred Maxwell</span>=
<br class><span class>&nbsp; Moderator, Exact Audio Copy Yahoogroup</span><=
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