Re: Universal dropping HD DVD exclusivity
Friday, January 11, 2008
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May 2007
Kinda off topic but since we're talking PC's, might as well jump in...
1 TB is nice to have and it's great that you've never had a problem with your PC, nhall72. It seems you are pretty computer literate so I guess you have some sort of RAID array for backup purposes? In addition, I'm assuming you also have burned a copy of Windows XP and you know how to include all the latest service packs in the install DVD so that you don't have to re-install them during a catastrophic failure? If you don't have any of these or other fail-safe backup plans, have fun bringing your 1 TB back up to speed!
I agree with everyone else concerning the failure rates of hard drives. I've had 2 identical Seagate SATA drives fail on me within a month of each other. I hope you never hear the dreaded "click...click...click."
Getting back on topic: all this news from Universal, Paramount, Microsoft, etc. doesn't count for squat. They're all saying what they need to say to save face but you know that they all have their own agenda and the grapevine says we'll hear from one of them within a month. I love movies and that's why I'm a dual format supporter but the average consumer is going to know a lot less about what a TB is, how much bandwith is needed to download movies, etc. vs. choosing either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
1 TB is nice to have and it's great that you've never had a problem with your PC, nhall72. It seems you are pretty computer literate so I guess you have some sort of RAID array for backup purposes? In addition, I'm assuming you also have burned a copy of Windows XP and you know how to include all the latest service packs in the install DVD so that you don't have to re-install them during a catastrophic failure? If you don't have any of these or other fail-safe backup plans, have fun bringing your 1 TB back up to speed!
I agree with everyone else concerning the failure rates of hard drives. I've had 2 identical Seagate SATA drives fail on me within a month of each other. I hope you never hear the dreaded "click...click...click."
Getting back on topic: all this news from Universal, Paramount, Microsoft, etc. doesn't count for squat. They're all saying what they need to say to save face but you know that they all have their own agenda and the grapevine says we'll hear from one of them within a month. I love movies and that's why I'm a dual format supporter but the average consumer is going to know a lot less about what a TB is, how much bandwith is needed to download movies, etc. vs. choosing either Blu-ray or HD-DVD.
