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Ok, due to the cable cost going up and me not wanting to pay any more $$ for the crap. I need more information on DVD storage devices. (not racks or shelfs)
the plan:
buy “something” that will hold ~ 500 hours or so of dvd’s, Then buy the DVD’s of the shows that i want, burn them on to the “unit” mentioned above, resell dvd’s (not for profit, just becuse i would want to store them)
I know this is not hard. just want to know if any one is doing this.
well simple math… this is to FTP the saved DVDR’s to your computer… which will require a G router… some Lan cables… (el cheapo) then the DVDR box and service… its not really cheap
500 hours we’ll use 2 hours per DVD
so that gives you about 250 dvds
250 DVDS * 4.7gb = about 1200 GB, 1.2TB
putting you at about 4 drives of about 400gb a piece = 109 * 4
or 4 drives of about 320gb = 89.99*4
4 drives of 250gb = 69.99 * 4
i am using 4 drives because most common PCI to SATA raaid cards have 4 sata connections
then
the PCI card = 69.99
thats just for storage… i can go on if you are interested…
edit: clicked submit hold on…
I had the math, just wanted more information on the set up’s and if anyone is using this type of set up?
after some thought… what about windows home media…
I’ve heard of people using the set up above… but idk its pretty expensive… you could take a tuner card… and encode the eps… and use one drive… then burn like 20 eps to a DVD… then delete after words… would be much cheaper… but you would lose a little quality… but putting them on a normal tv you wouldn;'t notice it that much… on a nice HDTV you would though
Q & A time
where would these DVD’s be played?
What kind of TV?
what kind of set up for you have, computer wise already…?
t.v 65 inch hd 1080 rear projection
i would like just to be able to have a bunch of stored “movies, shows” to be able play what i want.
and people could buy me the dvds instead of trying to buy me cheap tools and selling them on ebay…
i do not like paying $1200 for cable any more.
Instead of buying and reselling the DVD’s you’re better off getting a netflix or blockbuster pass. $20 a month, and every time they send you movies just copy them and send them right back.
yes i was going to use netflix to off set some of the shows that i want to watch. but i want a place to store the shows and not take up the room of all the dvds. basically a “itunes” format for dvds.
family buying my shows > me buying my own.
some stuff that i have found:
http://www.dvdo.com/pro/index.php
http://www.intervocative.com/DVDCollection.aspx/stchman
http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/addonics/4sa/
http://www.htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17379
scrap the G router idea, you be there forever downloading dvds using wireless.
just use media center and buy a shitload of HDD, they are so cheap these days.