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Time to Purchase a DVD-R?

Posted by Cliff on from the higher-density-removable-media dept.

Evanrude asks: "With DVD writers having significantly come down in price over the past year more companies are coming out with their version of the DVD-R. My company has a large file archive of documents and data that don't necessarily need to be stored on read/write media, but need to be kept online. I want to accomplish this with online DVD storage but is this the right way to go? Who has the best value with the most features of all the DVD-R's on the market? What are some things to look for and things to avoid when purchasing a DVD-R? Is it even time to purchase one, or should I wait another six months?"

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  1. Seedy-R formats by RumbaFlex · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wow this is the only story i eve got a hard-on from reading at slashdot... except the storys about big iron :)

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    -By attempting the impossible we can achieve the absurd..
  2. Re:Use hard drives... by GSloop · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well at least they had enough sense to abandon the totally moronic system.

    Lets see,
    12 inches = foot
    Oh, but 3 feet = yard.
    Mile, oh, that's 5280 feet, or 1760 yards, or 63360 inches.

    So, lets see,
    1cm = 10 mm
    1m = 100cm = 1000mm
    1km = 1000m = 100000cm etc...

    Which seems more simple?

    (Even more whacky, was the GB monetary system. Pounds, schillings, pence, etc! Sheesh!)

    So, the only brain dead country still using a totally limp measurement system, is the good old US of A, who didn't even invent such a stupid system. Perhaps we should also start believeing in a flat earth too! (Gah, as an American, we can be such stupid fools - english measurements, electing GWB and his Jack-booted cronies etc!)

  3. It was all in good fun. by Procrasturbator · · Score: 0, Troll

    By burning pirate DVD's, I helped the terrorists get a passport. I helped Bin Laden escape the US forces. I helped kill police officers, fathers, mothers. Because I burned Spiderman instead of waiting and buying it, I caused AIDS to spread. It was all in good fun. I help Colombian gangsters kidnap innocent people. It's my computer, right? By burning DVD's, I failed to let the Eagle Soar. (Paid for by the US Government)