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MP3s backup on DVDs

With your growing lists of trance music, etc would you guys opt to backup all your (trance( music on one cd?

ya some of you have like 20-30 gbs worth of tunes.

shit buy a dvd burner
than bust out HELLLLLLLLA MONEY for dvdr's?

hell no i rather buy a portable 60 gb firewire hd or something
at least thats more useful

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Originally posted by Photo_bot_2k1 shit buy a dvd burner than bust out HELLLLLLLLA MONEY for dvdr's? hell no i rather buy a portable 60 gb firewire hd or something at least thats more useful

Believe it or not but dvdr's arent that much.

JaY

ive been thinking about a DVD burner but the initial cost of the thing is fookin expensive, they are like $250+....ouch for someone on a budget. i need something to backup my mp3s thats faster than a tape backup which i have but dont use cause its slow, and holds more than cds cause backing up over 20gb on cdrs at 4x is rather time consuming with my current burner. i think im going to temporarily settle with a 48x (only 50 bucks) cd burner and just burn like 30 cdr's. at that speed it should only take a couple hours @ about 3 mins/cd .

maybe ill just get a firewire drive like photo_bot said.
all i know is i need more space

250$ is nothing for a dvd burner, stop lamenting...

I mean, geez, yes, it IS money, but technology is dirt cheap nowadays, and you get A LOT more for your money than you used to... ;(

in 1999, I payed 300$ for a scsi 6x CDRW

in 1996, I payed about 800$ for a 1 GB scsi drive (which failed me in 2 weeks after the purchasse.. gay Quantum :whip and 16 MB of RAM

in 1996 (still) I payed 400$ for an Iomega Jaz drive (1 GB).. Each additional 1 GB cartridges (have 4 of them) costed me 90$ each)//

in 1995, I payed 400$ for 8 MB of RAM

in 1994, I payed 250$ for an Iomega Zip drive(100 MB)

in 1993, I payed 300$ for a 2X CD READER

etc etc....

all on 1 cd? lol i wish. More like 100+ cdrs.

im for a DVD burner one day, they hold like 4 gigs a DVD?

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Originally posted by Technaut im for a DVD burner one day, they hold like 4 gigs a DVD?

im pretty sure they hold like up to 4.7 gigs a disc! now thats insane! thats alot of trance per disc!

I am strange but I reckon investing in a second hard drive is the way to go Backing up several gigabytes worth of mp3s to CD isn't expensive but it can be time-consuming, and DVD-writers and writeable DVD discs aren't cheap. The biggest pro from my point of view though is the fact that copying mp3s to a second hard drive is incredibly easy, quick and flexible in that you can add, delete, move and edit your mp3s without having to burn them all again.

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Originally posted by k.k.d. 250$ is nothing for a dvd burner, stop lamenting... I mean, geez, yes, it IS money, but technology is dirt cheap nowadays, and you get A LOT more for your money than you used to... ;( in 1999, I payed 300$ for a scsi 6x CDRW in 1996, I payed about 800$ for a 1 GB scsi drive (which failed me in 2 weeks after the purchasse.. gay Quantum :whip and 16 MB of RAM in 1996 (still) I payed 400$ for an Iomega Jaz drive (1 GB).. Each additional 1 GB cartridges (have 4 of them) costed me 90$ each)// in 1995, I payed 400$ for 8 MB of RAM in 1994, I payed 250$ for an Iomega Zip drive(100 MB) in 1993, I payed 300$ for a 2X CD READER etc etc....

DAYUM!!!!! Those last 3 (1993, 1994, 1995) impress me as far as how fast technology moves, as well as how cheap it's getting! How much was a 1x CD-ROM (READER/PLAYER, NOT BURNER) drive when they first came out? Also, when did they come out? DVD burners costed ~20 000 USD in Febuary 1998. So, in 4.5 years, prices almost dropped 99 per cent!

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Originally posted by k.k.d. 250$ is nothing for a dvd burner, stop lamenting...

Too bad we aren't all rich bastards...

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