Streaming prices are out of hand. What are cheaper alternatives?

  • paranoid@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    It’s definitely the hard drives. A 1tb SSD is about $150, and can definitely get you far, but it’s never far enough

    • remon@ani.social
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      12 days ago

      I use a 1 TB and a 2 TB ssd for temporary storage, sorting and transcoding. But for permanent storage, HDDs are the way to go if you want a lot.

      • chisel@piefed.social
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        12 days ago

        A single bluray movie will run around 50GB and full TV shows can easily be 100s of GBs.

      • amniotic druid@lemmy.world
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        12 days ago

        Haha. That depends on a few factors. If you’re going to the highest fidelity possible, you could fill 1tb up with about 20 UHD movies at ~50gb each.