Anyone own one yet or plan on getting one?
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Not me. If there aren't any lines or snow in the picture it looks just fine to me!
not until linux distros start coming out on blueray ISO's, they seem to be the only thing i burn lately.
it would be cool to have one, but of course that would mean i would have to get a HD camcorder in order to put something on the disc, so count me out i guess.
They aren't cost effective.
The 25gb discs still run about 5 dollars a disc. Let's say the average size drive today is 300gb. So you'll spend $60 on discs. Good deal right?
Wrong. You can buy 300gb drives from Best buy right now for $69. You can find them for $50 online. Going with dual layer discs makes the price difference even higher. I would recommend that if you need to backup that you go with a drobo or windows home server and just load up on terabyte discs (around $100) Just keep track of the failures so you can swap them out without losing anything.
The 25gb discs still run about 5 dollars a disc. Let's say the average size drive today is 300gb. So you'll spend $60 on discs. Good deal right?
Wrong. You can buy 300gb drives from Best buy right now for $69. You can find them for $50 online. Going with dual layer discs makes the price difference even higher. I would recommend that if you need to backup that you go with a drobo or windows home server and just load up on terabyte discs (around $100) Just keep track of the failures so you can swap them out without losing anything.