The only problem here is HDD space in
the
long term, this was discussed on another group
recently. If you think 1Gb per movie @ VCD quality
then you soon easily eat up and surpass even the largest of drives
available
today. If you want a decent quality then you can easily double or triple
that
figure and, for me, VCD quality just doesn’t cut
it!
In two years time…who knows it
will
probably be the way to go, but for now I reckon that it’s impractical
although feasible.
K.
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Message-----
From: Stainton-James, Mark
(London) [mailto:stainmar@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 19
April
2002
10:29
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Video
Server, was [OT] Interesting HD article
Surely
by far the easiest way of doing this today is just to use Showshifter or
Tivo
with no subscription as a video server, that way the hard graft of software
development and hardware matching has already been
done.
A
video server in my mind is financially almost there. In disk space terms
alone,
say VCD (no point doing more for VHS) quality and an average of 120minutes
per
film I reckon that is about 1Gb per film, or in cash terms £1 per film for
direct access and digital storage.
.