Re: DVD for RunRev?
Moin, i thought tape was the worst. Tape is the best tested, longest lasting backup media currently available. There is not enough experience available about how long DVDR will keep their data, although enough users already have already reported problems with cheap DVD media (whatever that is). It is a proven fact that CDR do not last longer than a couple of years - they work well for music (since there is an error recovery algorhythm for that), but data is a problem and long-term backup strategies always will copy CDR to tape at some point in time. If you want to store your data SAFE, CDR or DVDR surely are the second worst choice, HDs being the worst. If you want comfort, the line is reversed. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marc Albrecht A.C.T. / Level-2 Glinder Str. 2 27432 Ebersdorf Deutschland Tel. (+49) (0)4765-830060 Fax. (+49) (0)4765-830064 ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: DVD for RunRev?
--- A.C.T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tape is the best tested, longest lasting backup media currently available. There is not enough experience available about how long DVDR will keep their data, although enough users already have already reported problems with cheap DVD media (whatever that is). It is a proven fact that CDR do not last longer than a couple of years - they work well for music (since there is an error recovery algorhythm for that), but data is a problem and long-term backup strategies always will copy CDR to tape at some point in time. If you want to store your data SAFE, CDR or DVDR surely are the second worst choice, HDs being the worst. If you want comfort, the line is reversed. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Marc Albrecht danke, 'ch bin ueberuebert. how do you like CDs and can you get 28 min of video onto a CD? Erik Hansen = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: DVD for RunRev?
--- Ian Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But only for short-term use, if you are backing up much stuff or archiving then HDs are just going to cost too much. And would you really trust it to be uncorrupted when you connect it up five years later? Drives are much handier, but also much more fragile, dropping a DVD in a case is not going to have the same catastrophic effect as dropping the external drive. In other words, short-term backup on a drive yes, but for longer term backup DVD or tape is likely to work out much cheaper and more reliable. this is shocking news. i thought tape was the worst. At the moment there ARE no other practical options for video if you want to play it on a computer. There are a lot of people out there who don't have broadband access, and even if they do it'll take a day or two to download a DVD-quality movie. thanks for the info advice. looks like buying the built in DVD burner is a good investment. the Powerbook page is confusing in that you can get a $2600 SuperDrive 15 or a $2000 ComboDrive 15. then the $2000 model gives you the option of getting the SuperDrive drive for $200 more. same term on different logical levels. nor is it clear that the extra $200 buys iDVD... then there are all of the external DVD burners from $100 to $1000. more to learn. it never stops, does it? = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
DVD for RunRev?
with more and more things being sent across the web, is burning DVDs still important? if you can stream videos from a web site, and back up your files on a portable disk, is it really worth spending another $200 to get a Superdrive on a Mac? thanks, Erik Hansen = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: DVD for RunRev?
Depends on two things: how big the files are you want to back up and how much you want to make video DVDs. I like backing up my entire home (user) directory periodically and the SuperDrive facilitates that. And I REALLY like using iDVD! My 2 cents. Marian On Mar 8, 2004, at 5:06 PM, Erik Hansen wrote: with more and more things being sent across the web, is burning DVDs still important? if you can stream videos from a web site, and back up your files on a portable disk, is it really worth spending another $200 to get a Superdrive on a Mac? thanks, Erik Hansen = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: DVD for RunRev?
On Mar 8, 2004, at 7:06 PM, Erik Hansen wrote: with more and more things being sent across the web, is burning DVDs still important? if you can stream videos from a web site, and back up your files on a portable disk, is it really worth spending another $200 to get a Superdrive on a Mac? thanks, Erik Hansen Yes, heavy multimidia apps cannot be streamed, midia is very cheap and good for distribution. and to download 4.5 GB is very painfull. DVD rocks! and streaming is not even near the quality of full featured DVD video. I am into film school (Rio de Janeiro Federal University), we're moving all our videos to DVD now because of quality and price... cannot stream full movies, it always lag... Cheers Andre -- Andre Alves Garzia 2004 Soap Dog Studios - BRAZIL http://studio.soapdog.org ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: DVD for RunRev?
--- Marian Petrides [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depends on two things: how big the files are you want to back up and how much you want to make video DVDs. I like backing up my entire home (user) directory periodically and the SuperDrive facilitates that. i can back up files on an external hard drive. And I REALLY like using iDVD! so to distribute ones videos, a DVD burner looks good compared to other options or the next few years? = [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.erikhansen.org __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what youre looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
