I like your view on the PS3 debate. However I would like to take it one step further and suggest some ideas regarding ripping movies/etc.
Why do we rip music off CD's/download MP3's, AAC, WMA? Well, as I see it, there are two main reasons - it's quick to download/rip, and we like to click instead of rummaging about for that elusive disc you had lying around somewhere.
Why not the same with DVD movies etc? How long does it take the average computer to RIP (copy and reincode) a typical movie? A lot longer than a CD!!!
As far as I see it, people are not utilising the capabilites of their 300GB harddrives for movies, and other size-hungry files because of the bottlenecks in the computer hardware.
Think about it - you can only copy as fast as your mainboard clock can process PATA/SATA.
From my experience in IT, I would venture to say that HD disks will REALLY take off when we have some useful bandwidth from computer component to computer component. Until then, CD's and DVD's are about as effecient as permament storage discs go for the amount of bandwidth we have in our computers.
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I like your view on the PS3 debate. However I would like to take it one step further and suggest some ideas regarding ripping movies/etc. Why do we rip music off CD's/download MP3's, AAC, WMA? Well, as I see it, there are two main reasons - it's quick to download/rip, and we like to click instead of rummaging about for that elusive disc you had lying around somewhere. Why not the same with DVD movies etc? How long does it take the average computer to RIP (copy and reincode) a typical movie? A lot longer than a CD!!! As far as I see it, people are not utilising the capabilites of their 300GB harddrives for movies, and other size-hungry files because of the bottlenecks in the computer hardware. Think about it - you can only copy as fast as your mainboard clock can process PATA/SATA. From my experience in IT, I would venture to say that HD disks will REALLY take off when we have some useful bandwidth from computer component to computer component. Until then, CD's and DVD's are about as effecient as permament storage discs go for the amount of bandwidth we have in our computers.