Re: Archival cost of hard drives

Dave Dodge <[email protected]> Mon, 9 Aug 2004 14:16:28 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.hardware.roku.technical
Message-ID	<20040809181628.GA30050@basmati>

On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 12:05:48PM -0500, Steve Martin wrote:
> A 250Gb drive should hold about 16-28 movies, putting the cost at 
> $4->$9 per movie (depending on bitrate and drive size).  That puts it 
> in the same range as DVHS tapes.  Not a bad proposition.  Of course you 
> need an enclosure (Firewire/USB2.0)

Don't forget to factor in the price of the DVHS recorder/player.

                                                  -Dave Dodge