On 04/26/05 04:27 ET, cgroth said...
I understand the theoretical advantege of a hard
disk system, but with the unreliability of computer
systems I would not feel very comfortable entrusting
a PC with the equivalent of a thousand DVDs, which
I guess I would have had to pay for somehow, and
possibly also spend a lot of time getting!
Also, wouldn't it require vast amounts of storage
space, relative to what is commercially available
on the consumer market, to store a thousand DVDs?
Christopher
You would keep the DVD's for backup, but the library would bemuch easier to acces on HD, and much more convenient to source. Granted , the storage capacity isn't there yet, but it won't be long the rate the technology is evolving. It's also possible that you will eventually purchase DVD's over IP, and once purchased, you will always be able to get a backup copy the same way with proof of purchase if you have a HD failure. perhaps all of your media will be eventually purchased and owned this way
