What is the point of having a blu-ray burner at this point in time? It is impractical for system backups, and it isn't good for copying movies since probably 1% of America has a blu-ray player & HDTV. I saw some bd-r discs at Target the other day for $25/each. The cost of the burner and discs is just far and away too expensive when you could get an external hdd with much more storage for a fraction of the cost.
You and your uncle might not be ready to pay for this, but we professionals are ready for a reasonably quick backup that takes up little space. Hard drives are cumbersome and FAIL. 50GB is enough to archive our 12 minute HD 720p television episodes, and even with a modest budget these are a good deal.
Back in June of 2001 I decided that discs and burners had finally become affordable enough to use it home. A Pioneer 2x burner had come down to $875, DVD-R blanks were $15 and DVD-RWs had come down to only $23 a piece.
You wouldn't believe how much CD discs and burners cost back in 1991!
I hope I don't need to connect the dots for you...
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What is the point of having a blu-ray burner at this point in time? It is impractical for system backups, and it isn't good for copying movies since probably 1% of America has a blu-ray player & HDTV. I saw some bd-r discs at Target the other day for $25/each. The cost of the burner and discs is just far and away too expensive when you could get an external hdd with much more storage for a fraction of the cost.
Once upon a time CD and DVD burners and blanks were in the same position... did you just wake up from a 20 year nap?
You and your uncle might not be ready to pay for this, but we professionals are ready for a reasonably quick backup that takes up little space. Hard drives are cumbersome and FAIL. 50GB is enough to archive our 12 minute HD 720p television episodes, and even with a modest budget these are a good deal.
Back in June of 2001 I decided that discs and burners had finally become affordable enough to use it home. A Pioneer 2x burner had come down to $875, DVD-R blanks were $15 and DVD-RWs had come down to only $23 a piece.
You wouldn't believe how much CD discs and burners cost back in 1991!
I hope I don't need to connect the dots for you...