[videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread David Howell
You will pay less if you buy an internal hard drive and a external firewire drive case. Just pop open the case and install the HD into it. Your basic 7200 RPM drive will do the job. Actually, since you are in Minneapolis, try going to Microcenter. This drive,

[videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread francisco_daum
taulpaul, If you want to check out Newegg.com, they carry the Macally PHR-100AF External Firewire 400 hard drive enclosure for $34 (The USB 2/Firewire400 is an extra $5). They also carry the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 Perpendicular Recording ST3250820A 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread Lan Bui
yes, this is good advice. I would recommend doing this to save some money and get as much space as possible. Another great place to look a HDDs is www.newegg.com they have great deals on internal and external drives (as well as enclosures if you go with an bare drive) I stick to the major

[videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread francisco_daum
taulpaul- USB 2.0 is useless, there's not enough voltage. Firewire 400 is my mainstay. I personally use the Macally PHR-100AF Firewire 400 enclosure. I don't think Maxtor is the best brand out there, I use a couple of Maxtors and Western Digital hard drives. The word on the street as far as lowest

[videoblogging] Re: Need hard drive advice

2007-01-12 Thread taulpaulmpls
Thanks for all the info guys. It was really helpful. Good ole' Microcenter and newegg. I did a bit of research and ended up getting this AcomData 320gig 7200rpm 8mb cache drive: http://www.amazon.com/o/ASIN/B0009U7YK0/ref=s9_asin_title_1/102-5850982-0062521 Since it is actually coming from