For the time being I am completely ignoring both Blu-ray and HD-DVD. I hate being taken advantage of by Sony et al and will not put up for it.
Case in point - why the hell are the Blu-ray drives so expensive? Because Sony wants people to push their PS3, that's why. You can get a naked HD-DVD drive for $250 to put in your PC but Blu-Ray is still $600 - the same price as a whole PS3!!!! Marketing wars also make me sick - like Sony coming out last week and announcing that they had "won" the format war because of Dec/Jan sales. No, for the time being I am willing to stick with what I have and I refuse to re-buy my entire DVD collection all over again. I'm just looking for better ways to store/enjoy it right now. On 2/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "hwg" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:40 PM Subject: [H] Connecting a DVD changer to HTPC? > Anyone experimented with this? A possible alternative to several TB > of HD space would be to get something like this: > > http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_techspecs_full.php/masterid=9723273/ > When we talk about high quantity data storage on optical disks, aren't DVD's already obsolete as far as serious consideration goes? When my planning for the future advances to hard drive space vs. optical disk data storage, I think in terms of Blue Ray, not DVD's. This brings up two questions: 1. Who is your vote for, Blue Ray or HD-DVD? 2. Which one will win? I hope we do not end up with a hung jury on this one! I hope Blue Ray does to HD-DVD what VHS did to Beta tapes and what IBM clones did to Macs. I hope Blue Ray will offer 3 inch diameter disks, like CD's and DVD's did. Can you imagine how many MP3's will fit on a Blue Ray 3 inch diameter disk? Those will work well in multi media players that play most all formats in CD, DVD and Blue Ray, audio and movies. Chuck
-- Brian
